After posting " who decide about money matter in family", another question, just pop up in my mind - anyone pay Housewife salary?
I know, some may say, everything in the household and her personal things are being paid for,why need to pay her salary? As I am comparing housewife and maid - we do pay everything for the maid too(that is what my friends said ), and we also pay salary to maid. Why we do not pay salary to the housewife?
My personal opinion, housewife shoud get salary, at least, she can have her own saving. Mylot, friends, what do you think?
[question posted by gsl3692]
responses and comments:
well this mite sound whaky to some but i think that is a great vision atleast should be implemented at those huoses where wife isnt given equal status in making decision for spending money so that atleast they have something to plan and spend according to thier wishes [ashley_sahni1977]
This is very good thing do by man to paid for housewife. [divyesh12]
all the women in my family are housewives, their husbands give the salary and they pay the bills and do everything they have to do with it. so they control the money. [winterose]
Good question!! Just because someone is in control of something for the greater good of the organization doesn't necessarily mean they have it for themselves. You make a fantastic point. [danishcanadian]
Ya, I agree housewives should be paid salary. More so because they work longer hours than their husbands especially when there are kids. Even maid are paid salary, so why deny housewives of what they deserve. [whyaskq]
Yeap, that is what we should do. Housewife work like nobody business, and yet get the least especially in money matter. [gsl3692]
One would argue that housewives aren't being paid because in return for their "services," they are being provided for by their husbands, and also that a housewife should gracefully accept her responsibilities as everyone in the family should. WRONG in my opinion!!! Every member of the family should have some money of their own to do with as they wish. The reason why the HOUSEWIFE isn't out earning her own money with her skills and taents is because she is TOO BUSY WORKING AT HOME!! I agree with that, that should be recognized. Well said! [danishcanadian]
I agree but I do not think the hubbies will ever see it this way! To give hubbies credit they do most of the outside work or at least mine does and doesn't get paid for it. I can't complain!!! [kimlot]
I think we can't change our man now, but we can teach our children about this theory, especially son to understand the hard work being housewife..:) [gsl3692]
I am a housewife and although I do not recieve a salary I can pretty much buy whatever I want whenever I want. I pay all the bills and keep a budget for the family and neither my husband and I have our own money. I make sure bills are paid and we have savings set aside then with the remainder we just decide from there. If he needs stuff he buys it if I need stuff I buy it. We always discuss big purchases first. I guess it just works each family. [leese29]
Wouldn't that be a treat if housewives got paid to take care of their children and household. My hubbys $$ is my $$ too regardless of who is bringing it in. We both decide on how its spent. We pay our bills mostly online, i keep track of them and send him online reminders. He always makes sure I have some $$ on hand everyday, just incase my son and I need to go and do things. Every now and then if we are ahead on our bills, and have some extra dollars on hand, then we allocate it to ourselves. I have my own bank account and any extra cash i do have on hand, it gets banked and saved for a rainy day. Now and then my husband likes to contribute to my bank account :) [maddysmommy]
No we do not have any one to pay housewife salary in our home although my parents use to do this. But we do not have a maid and neither did my parents. My mother had her own savings account from her housewife money. [kathy77]
we don not have housewife.i and my wife are doing all the housing.we spend all money ,and we do housing together.so we did not use housewife.i and my wife are all the housewife. [langhua]
Your wife is the housewife and I guess you don't pay her then huh? [mistymornster]
I think housewives should be compensated for their work- especially since most of them these days work a job outside the home, and then come home and do all the housework without much help from their husbands. Many women are doing twice the work that men do, and getting paid half as much. It's totally wrong. And if you think about it, women keep capitalism going. Women are the primary consumers, because the household shopping is left up to them. Women also raise their children to be consumers and laborers in the system. Without women, capitalism wouldn't work. So when do we start getting our share? [thyst07]
Personally I don't see why a housewife should get a salary for doing the things that you suggest. First off, who is going to pay for it? Second, I assume that you do not limit this to just women, but either of the spouces that stay home and take care of the house. Third, the reason why we pay maids is because they are providing a service, do the husbands get another salary for taking care of the lawn work, and any home improvements that they may do? [medooley]
Well, you are right, it should refer to those who stay home and their spouse works.."Salary" may be a wrong terms to use here...what if I put in as "pocket money". Will you give them? [gsl3692]
Why should a housewife get a salary? Do you think the only two options are for a housewife to have a salary or not to have a salary? Why can't we just share the money? In a few months my husband is going to be a stay at home dad and he's not going to get a salary. We just know how much money we have and how much we can spend. My husband and I talk to one another and communicate. So we know how much each other spends. The whole salary thing may work for some couples, but my husband and I don't do that. [rachelzwo]
If my husband and I didn't share the money 50/50 that he made from his job, than it would only be fair (and wise LOL) to pay me a salary as I am so much more than just a 'maid'. [sacmom]
I, also, belive a housewife or a househusband should get paid as long as they are doing their work. Unfortunately, society views salaried or wage-earners with more respect than housewives/husbands or stay at home parents. Society judges by dollars and cents. Society also assumes that stay at home parents or spouses do not contribute to society, when in fact they do. Their contributions are usually unnoticed because it is a long term process, and change is seen down the line. What I mean, is one of the biggest contributions a person can make is raising a child who will be a good citizen. To me, that is one HUGE contribution to society. [falestinia]
a house wife is someone who stays at home took care of the kids, prepare foods for the whole family and do the household chores. they dont have job to earn money but to do the whole mother thing at home. i guess its his husband responsiblity to give her money for her personal matters. what if she need to go the parlor, she wants to do shopping? In my family, my dad give his all salary to my mom. it's up to my mom to use it. well ofcourse that includes our groceries, our electric bill, etc. and if there is sumthing left sometimes she uses it for her own use.. (am i getting sense here? haha.. [heartsick]
Many have calculated the hypothetical salary of a stay at home mom and wife. No doubt it is a very valuable job to fill. Sorry, but the fine print of the contract says you do it for love of your family. The advertised salary was merely myth. [djbtol]
it would be a wonderful idea if there would be a rule that housewives should also be given salaries for their hard work and the government would have to pay them. lol. anyway, i am a working mom and a housewife at the same time so i don't worry too much about having no salary or not having my own money but being a housewife is a tough job, tougher than working in the office, and i think that they should also be well-compensated. [egay679]
I think only those "stay at home", be it husband or wife, will know how tough is it to manage at home. I am thinking, we should let those who works to view a daily chores video to make them understand what are the thing we do when you are staying at home. [gsl3692]
I am a housewife and I have access to all our accounts. Salary probably is personal allowance to spend whatever you want to do with it...and yes, I have that. I have it in separate account saved for the rainy day but usually that rainy day always comes and it comes in handy to have that account. Priorities changes when you are already married. When I was single, I would love to shop but now with my allowance, I can never go shopping because I always think of things for the house or paying bills in advance or paying of the minimum due. The bulk of my personal allowance too goes to whatever my child needs. [ladymoonstone143]
Yes I think many husbands give them that and there is no problem at all.They should be given money. [anup12]
I don't believe this. A housewife is different from a maid. It's way too different. A housewife is not just a maid. A housewife is more than a maid. It's an issue of who brings money in to the family. Where i am, the housewife gets to manage the family's expenses, tries hard to budget for everything. The husband though is the one that works of course. But it's a case to case basis coz there are families wherein the wife and husband works both. But let's go back to being housewife. The time being spent to take care of the kids, raise the kids well, watch their school activities, these are stuffs that cannot be paid at all, no matter how big it is. If you are able to manage your children to grow well, be good citizens and children of God that is something that money can't be paid. [AVirtualAssistant]
Well, you got point - every housewife are working hard at home without a single words. Thanks for your reply. [gsl3692]
yaa she can have her own saving, but its not appropriate to compare wife with maid [thyristor]
Well as for me my wife and i both decide what should be paid or buy.And regarding the housewife salary i think it's much more pleasant if you say it house wife allowance because i gave my wife allowance so that whenever she wants to buy what ever cosmetics or somethibng she wanted to buy she can and it won't affects our house budget! [vizcoelectronix]
Yes, agreed with you. I should have put it as "Housewife allowance". [gsl3692]
I sgree with you. I don't think that our husbands should pay it thoughm because you still only end up with the same amount of money in the household. The government should pay us weekly tostay home because we are doing work and also by being home we are leaving more jobs free for the men, in a world where it seesm alot of people who need work can't find it, that alone whould be worth something. [Nykkee]
Well, that should be. Working as a wife is a very difficult work. A wife is all around, from cleaning, caring the kids, caring the husband, cooking, washing and all the works. [marymarj2002]
It's different in our country because the wife is supposed to hold or receive every single cent of the husband's income. The housewife determines how the money is bugetted and only gives the husband some pocketmoney or allowance. [funny52f]
hehe. 5 cheers for gsl3692!! i wan to b paid too!! but i can only keep all the 5 bucks left in hub's pocket when i bring his pants to wash. *evil laff!! [jansey825]
I am not married as of now, but yes my dad has been giving my mom her pocket money just like he's been giving to me right since my childhood... And I think I would also be doing the same to my wife once I get married.. Its a good practise.. After all its a way to make her happy and content... [Lifeless]