Comments on: My own marriage and the myth of the stay-at-home dad http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:05:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Sterilize Penelope Trunk and then, please, teach her to be a grownup - God Blogging (and more) http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-4/#comment-208606 Sterilize Penelope Trunk and then, please, teach her to be a grownup - God Blogging (and more) Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:15:06 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-208606 [...] the most personal of issues, including her marital problems. I’d leave her too. (A glance at her blog about her then-husband demonstrates Trunk’s total cluelessness about parenting, since she can’t say anything [...] [...] the most personal of issues, including her marital problems. I'd leave her too. (A glance at her blog about her then-husband demonstrates Trunk's total cluelessness about parenting, since she can't say anything [...]

]]> By: Annie ( Property Sales ) Wagner http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-3/#comment-207752 Annie ( Property Sales ) Wagner Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:32:39 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-207752 Excellent blog this blog.penelopetrunk.com well done and I am really pleased to see : this it's just what I needed to know. It's taken me literally 1 hours and 17 minutes of searching the web to find blog.penelopetrunk.com (joke) ;) But seriously I am really interested in For Sale normally and so I shall be very pleased to become a regular visitor See you soon Excellent blog this blog.penelopetrunk.com well done and I am really pleased to see : this it's just what I needed to know.
It's taken me literally 1 hours and 17 minutes of searching the web to find blog.penelopetrunk.com (joke) ;)
But seriously I am really interested in For Sale normally and so I shall be very pleased to become a regular visitor

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]]> By: SJ http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-3/#comment-196375 SJ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:54:14 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-196375 Dear Penelope, You know, it's not bad if a husband needs to work as part of his personal MO, or even if he has to be a bigshot at it. I am not big on the "boys like blue and girls like pinki- get used to it" arguement. So consider it his unique attribute as the person you love. Hopefully that will alleviate any counter-pressure you might feel to measure up to a standard that is not you. I'm praying for your marriage. Oh, one book that really worked for my relationships (Not just marriage) is "The Five Love Languages"- the original version, not the spinnoffs for singles, children (Etc). Personally, I think anyone can get something from it. It helps you to understand someone's way of communicating and the needs they only express subconsciously. It helped me most to find closure on my own with some authority figures in my life: all without having to confront them in accusatory confrontation (And Hey, I can confront no problemo). Good luck, SJ Dear Penelope,

You know, it's not bad if a husband needs to work as part of his personal MO, or even if he has to be a bigshot at it. I am not big on the "boys like blue and girls like pinki- get used to it" arguement. So consider it his unique attribute as the person you love. Hopefully that will alleviate any counter-pressure you might feel to measure up to a standard that is not you. I'm praying for your marriage.

Oh, one book that really worked for my relationships (Not just marriage) is "The Five Love Languages"- the original version, not the spinnoffs for singles, children (Etc).

Personally, I think anyone can get something from it. It helps you to understand someone's way of communicating and the needs they only express subconsciously. It helped me most to find closure on my own with some authority figures in my life: all without having to confront them in accusatory confrontation (And Hey, I can confront no problemo).

Good luck,
SJ

]]> By: Jules http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-3/#comment-184342 Jules Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:01:19 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-184342 I stumbled on your blog just the other day. Being an online writer myself AND involved in software marketing, I thought HEY this is a blog I can really connect with. Looking through your blog I saw the title for this post and uh-oh, got to read that because... I have a stay-at-home hubby too. Only in my case, when he resigned from his 'corporate job', he joined me and we ended up sharing 'office space' instead of him just doing house chores if you know what I mean. We're together 24h a day. And while some couples get nauseous at just the thought of that... we've been at it for almost 2 years now. Guess I'm lucky :) (knock on wood!) I stumbled on your blog just the other day. Being an online writer myself AND involved in software marketing, I thought HEY this is a blog I can really connect with. Looking through your blog I saw the title for this post and uh-oh, got to read that because… I have a stay-at-home hubby too.

Only in my case, when he resigned from his 'corporate job', he joined me and we ended up sharing 'office space' instead of him just doing house chores if you know what I mean. We're together 24h a day. And while some couples get nauseous at just the thought of that… we've been at it for almost 2 years now. Guess I'm lucky :) (knock on wood!)

]]> By: jb http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-3/#comment-182138 jb Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:01:14 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-182138 Dito. Great stay at home father. I can't wait for the day when these father raised little kids grow up to be adults. The world will see that we could do better. For the poor working Moms out there, that don't connect with their own offspring. You can't fix a broken momma. Dito. Great stay at home father. I can't wait for the day when these father raised little kids grow up to be adults. The world will see that we could do better. For the poor working Moms out there, that don't connect with their own offspring. You can't fix a broken momma.

]]> By: Chaz http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-3/#comment-181787 Chaz Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:57:36 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-181787 Your total lack of respect for your husband is apparrant throughout this blog entry. It seems you're more interested in CAREERCAREERCAREER then your husband or children. I hope he gets away from you and I hope the kids have a decent amount of contact with him. After all, your CAREERCAREERCAREER comes first right? Your total lack of respect for your husband is apparrant throughout this blog entry. It seems you're more interested in CAREERCAREERCAREER then your husband or children. I hope he gets away from you and I hope the kids have a decent amount of contact with him. After all, your CAREERCAREERCAREER comes first right?

]]> By: DigDad http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-3/#comment-180319 DigDad Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:22:47 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-180319 [...] the intersection of work and life” (advice?!) blog states the following. You can see her blog at: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/ “My husband, in fact, has brought up divorce for other reasons. “I am not totally sure [...] [...] the intersection of work and life” (advice?!) blog states the following. You can see her blog at: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/ “My husband, in fact, has brought up divorce for other reasons. "I am not totally sure [...]

]]> By: DigDad http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-3/#comment-180278 DigDad Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:31:57 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-180278 [...] intersection of work and life” (advice?!) blog states the following.  You can see her blog at: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/                 “My husband, in fact, has brought up divorce for other reasons. I [...] [...] intersection of work and life” (advice?!) blog states the following.  You can see her blog at: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/                 “My husband, in fact, has brought up divorce for other reasons. I [...]

]]> By: Anon http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/comment-page-3/#comment-180241 Anon Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:58:49 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/20/my-own-marriage-and-the-myth-of-the-stay-at-home-dad/#comment-180241 If the happy stay-at-home-dad is a myth, why isn't the successful business woman a myth? Historically, successful men with families were able to achieve their success by having stay-at-home-moms taking care of everything outside of their business. While most of these women never got the recognition they deserve, looking back it is clear that they were integral to their husbands success. In this day of more women executives (which is something long past due), why would you assume their success would not require an equally supportive stay-at-home-dad? If the happy stay-at-home-dad is a myth, why isn't the successful business woman a myth?

Historically, successful men with families were able to achieve their success by having stay-at-home-moms taking care of everything outside of their business. While most of these women never got the recognition they deserve, looking back it is clear that they were integral to their husbands success.

In this day of more women executives (which is something long past due), why would you assume their success would not require an equally supportive stay-at-home-dad?

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