Originally Posted by johnboyzzz

Originally Posted by tropper66

Dont do it mate the FFI needs you

When it is dark and cold

Achluophobic, and Cryophobic, with a touch of Balistiphobia

You're married.She already controls every other aspect of your life.You will soon get used to having no genitals.

Twin boys hahahahahaha. Good luck. The title of this thread should read do I want to age exponentially, cease thinking about anything other than child welfare for the next 4 years, stop feeling like a man and become a 'daddy and housekeeper' figure. If the answer is yes go for. But be warned what you believe is an accurate job description which you think is easily within your capacity, thus leaving you room for extra opportunities of skivving away to indulge your hobbies. Bin it it's not going to happen....and if it does then I hereby announce that all men should be the child-rearer and we women take up the role of salary provider.

Nobody has ever said "I wished I'd spent more time at the office" especially on their death-bed.
Go for it, get a hobby, work from home, Yummy mummies and MILF's.

Minted.

CG

DO IT; DO IT NOW AND DO NOT LOOK BACK!

Yes it has downsides. Serious ones. But the gains in freedom; properly reared boys and not being worried at what the overly priced childcare is doing to yur boys are woth it. You will have -in a year or so- time spare on a job you can do at home, or maybe get into the TA (so you'll know what we're all on about here on Arrse

Once you get rid of the conditioned sense that "you're the man and the broad needs to stay at home", you'll be laughing all the way! Financially it seems to make sense and once you get where you can become a reservist, you might even make a profit.

Oh yeah... this is the NAAFI: When you hand in your willy at the Q, ask them where to leave your spine!

And yes; I am jealous...

I've been in work now for approximately 40minutes, & I've made my mind up to jack it in and become my wife's beatch at home.

Fuck it! This place is not worth it. The only draw back for me was the handing over of my manhood as per 5A, CQMs, & AS, etc's comments, and the reaction of people when they ask, "What do you do for a living?" Then having them sniggering when I reply. Bollocks to it though. My kids are more important than my feelings. Plus, I can either join OU or my local Uni to sort out having better job opportunities when I do go back to work.
The idea of checking out MILF's, & popping to the pub in the afternoon for a quick pint have had absolutely no bearing on my decision.

Stay at home and start earning more than the Mrs: http://www.enterprisenation.com/

Right choice mate.

The manhood thing will haunt you, so the idea of some 'other' distration to make you fell all manly is definitley a good one.

Here's a thougth; Test the water once you're up and running with the boys, and think about becoming a childminder yourself Not as silly an idea as you think. It's changed considerably in the last few years and it focuses more on interacting with the kids rather than feeding them Chicken Nuggets and plonking them in front of the TV (and she came highly reccommended, which has since been rectified ). You can learn a whole basket of skills and it might also help your young un's interact with other kids.
More importantly, let someone else pay for your time at home. I know of several mums {and one family) who gave up successful careers to stay at home with the kids and childmind at the same time, Win/Win.

And when you've earned some good dosh from sucker workaholics, you can pay to get your knob sown back on.

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home...nguage)/eng-GB

Originally Posted by Markintime

........ If most of your pay is either going to be spent on petrol or childcare why not make the sensible financial decision. ......

It's not an "either" "or", it's "both".
He says he's spending £300 a month on petrol getting to work.
And, from September, if he chose to continue working (which he hasn't), they would incur childcare costs as well.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/wor...re/costofcare/

It appears childcare costs can be from £150 - £400 per child per week, so that's going to be a cost (for 2 babies) of around £1300 - £3500? per month. So, for the luxury of having a job and some masculinity, and very little time with his boys, it's looking at costing a lot of money...... especially when you add the cost of petrol to get to work.

Sounds like being a stay-at-home dad is a good idea ........ or use grandparents?

Originally Posted by "bovvy2

Sounds like being a stay-at-home dad is a good idea ........ or use grandparents?

Thats what the original plan was. Mrs.Miner to go down to working 3 days a week, my parents to have them one day, her parents to have them the other.

Unfortunately, both sets of parents are in their middle seventies, my dad is riddled with arthritis, he broke his ankle just before Christmas, & he's having an operation in a weeks time on his elbow. He also had a heart attack a few years ago. So he's not in the best of health and it would fall to my mum to look after the two kids and him.
My wifes dad had a triple heart bypass a few years ago, and has the onset of arthritis as well. My wifes mum is also a stress head & panic-er. I think if we relied on them, it wouldn't be long before she said she couldn't cope or became "ill" (she's done this in the past in other situations with the family).

So grand-parents, not all through their own fault, are not the most reliable in terms of child care.

Now, should I send the boys when they're old enough to the school near the pub (so I can pop in when picking them up), or the school nowhere near the pub?
Decisions, decisions.