[Twirly]

Although not personally acquianted with any of them, the only wives and mothers I know of who don't work are married to men in the City who earn whopping great salaries and can afford to keep them. All my friends with children work, at least part-time. They have no choice in the matter.

I do have one male friend however who is a house-husband. Both children are now at school, so I think that he's trying to find other things to do now to fill his day, and hopefully earn some money, whilst still being there for them at the end of the school day, and having time and energy to run the house (he also has ME, so often isn't well).