Ladies/gentlemen, if you had a rich husband/wife, would you still want to work?

Question

Lets say you have an average job, as in you're not part of the team trying to find a cure for cancer, and you get married to an extremely wealthy person. Your spouse doesn't mind if you work but prefers if you stayed at home with him/her.

Would you:

a) Assert your independence and keep your regular job

b) Become housebound, an aristrocrat or housewife

c) Manage a part-time job to stay sane

d) Go shopping everyday

e) Other

Just curious so please no debates on feminism =D

Answer 1

I don't want to work, and my husband doesn't care one way or the other, but of course I work and work hard.  I understand that the day will come when retirement is in sight, and you can't have too much saved for that.  Mr Yaga has taken good care of his son and his first wife (a SAHM who took her husband for granted and thought her unhappy marriage was forever) and I'd like to leave something for my nieces.

PS:  I loathe shopping.

ETA:  Yes.  I have better things to do with my time, and acquiring "stuff" doesn't lead to happiness.

Answer 2

If my wife had sufficient wealth and wished that I quit my profession and be house-bound, I'd do it at the drop of a hat.  I'd stay home, take care of the kids, learn to cook, whatever.  Anything beats the quality of life I have now.  I don't need any sense of independence.  I'd set up a huge gym at home and just lift weights (under sound principles of endocinologic enhanement) and lift 4 hours a day, until I'm as muscular as Kimbo Slice.  I couldn't care less about how I may be construed.  I'd much rather sit at home, take care of the kids and lift weights all day.  My wife can knock herself out working like a dog, if she were to want to, because I've been doing that for many years, and I'm tired.  I need to relax.  I need to just rest at home, lift hardcore, juice like a riot, and take care of my family.  I'd learn to cook, clean, whatever just to get away from my current insane profession.

Answer 3

d)

Answer 4

h**l to the yes. I'm going to be a doctor. What, more than 20 years of education and I supposably give that up and be lazy?

So, I guess A. It's not really about assurting my independence or anything of that sort, just working hard for a living at something I'm good at like normal people.

Answer 5

If my wife was rich...I would try and develop some artistic talent (acting, painting, writing, playing a musical instrument)

Answer 6

i would keep my job and stay working i have worked most of my life and it would be and feel odd to stop doing that or quit just because i married someone with big bucks or money ...

not that i would go for or do something like that having lots of money is nice but it's not everything and for me i  would marry because i care for the person and liked them money would have nothing to do with it ....

Answer 7

I wouldn't marry an extremely rich person, anyway; I can't handle being with someone who is even capable of supporting me financially. They'd be more likely to want to try. Either way, it would be A for me.

Answer 8

id still do what i do, but id **** off an average job in a heart beat, im not really suited to them in the first place.

b) become an aristocrat and buy an monocle.

Answer 9

e) We would become foster parents - my life long dream.  I would stay home to take care of the foster children.

Answer 10

I'd stay home and plan our next move...

Answer 11

I am currently, and have been a "housewife" for 12 years.  I bring financial assistance to the home with careful budgeting and odd jobs that do not distract me from the priority of my family. Nothing would change for me regardless of wealth.

Answer 12

a) + e) Either keep my own job or quit it to run my own businesses (e) full time. With the divorce rate being what it is, it's important for everyone to stay in the job market in some way. You never know when you're gonna have to support yourself again!

Answer 13

c) Manage a part-time job to stay sane.

I'm a stay at home mom right now and it drives me crazy having nothing to do. If I could work, I definitely would.

Answer 14

Definitely A.

It wouldn't matter weather he is rich or not,the point is i would want do something with my life that i enjoy doing, and get payed for it too.

Working isn't just about earning money, its about doing something with your life that you enjoy doing.

Answer 15

My husband makes enough money that he can support me easily.  I quit my job at one point to get my MS and was unemployed for a while after that.  It was the worst period of my life.  I would not want to do it again.  Staying at home left me borderline clinically depressed.  I work now, and my salary is small in comparison to his - I think of it as pin money in a way.  Right now about 40% of my salary is going into retirement accounts.  But it means that I'm contributing to the household, which is important to me.  It also means I'm out and getting mental stimulation and interacting with other intelligent people.  My boss knows I don't need the job, which gives me a certain amount of freedom.  If I choose to walk away and take a completely different job, that's an option.  My husband and I have talked about me scaling back to part time, and I probably will in 10 years or so.  He plans to scale back to part time about five years after that.  Hopefully we'll both be retired and self-employed or only working part time by the time we're 55.  My salary, small thouigh it is, is helping to make that plan a reality.

Answer 16

Well I would have my own little art shop, where I would have somewhere to go 3 or 4 times a week.

Answer 17

I would want to be a housewife, which is what I am now.  I do not need a job to keep me sane, I am perfectly capable of keeping myself amused at home.  Anyone who needs a job to keep them sane is, in my opinion, woefully lacking in inner resources.

Furthermore if you are a housewife you are not 'housebound', it is perfectly possible to leave the house if you want to, whenever you want to.  Unlike, say, someone in an office, who has no choice about when they can leave.

Answer 18

I would still keep a job. I love my children, but refuse to stay home all day. If you prioritize you can do it. I would like to work with special needs children or charitable org. and a rich hubby would sure help that.

Shopping is not my thing either Babba, the more stuff the more dust. Besides stuff never makes you feel accomplished or loves you back.

Answer 19

I am in the Air force I am already pretty wealthy. And I want to stay there, but if I have to be a housewife I would do it but I will be kind of depressed from leaving a job I always loved so I would choose C or A.

But if my husband wants to work go right ahead. Or a stay at home dad I wouldn't mind too.

Answer 20

I'd work-I have to do something that makes me feel like I'm contributing something to society-and working fills that need for me. Oh-I hate shopping too.