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democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 07:04 PM Aug 2020

Am I a suburban housewife, even though I have a career?

I'm married, live in the suburbs, and we own our home. But I have a career as a lawyer, so I don't know if I count as a "suburban housewife." I'm considering making myself a shirt or button that says "Suburban Housewife for Biden/Harris" but I don't know if that term actually applies to me.

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Am I a suburban housewife, even though I have a career? (Original Post) democrattotheend Aug 2020 OP
Are You Married To Your House? ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #1
I made a lot of buttons like that in 2008 democrattotheend Aug 2020 #5
That's Cool! ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #10
Here you go democrattotheend Aug 2020 #17
Outstanding! ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #18
Thanks! democrattotheend Aug 2020 #19
just not trumps's definition of a suburban housewife... agingdem Aug 2020 #2
And I have brown skin SallyHemmings Aug 2020 #3
I saw your name and sig line lapucelle Aug 2020 #7
Thank you!!! SallyHemmings Aug 2020 #13
I'm in the same boat as you..... lapucelle Aug 2020 #4
Perhaps with "Suburban Housewife" in quotes? mzmolly Aug 2020 #6
Great idea, thanks democrattotheend Aug 2020 #20
That looks mzmolly Aug 2020 #23
I lost my job last year- am I a suburban housewife? RainCaster Aug 2020 #8
I don't even know any suburban housewives any longer. llmart Aug 2020 #9
what rump means Celerity Aug 2020 #11
I'm a "rural-renter-wife" stillcool Aug 2020 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author mzmolly Aug 2020 #14
Is it 1955? nt d_r Aug 2020 #15
I'm a full time working woman and have been my whole adult life. herding cats Aug 2020 #16
Trump is out of touch. The suburbs aren't the 50s tv show version of white family JI7 Aug 2020 #21
I'm not married to a house. Blaukraut Aug 2020 #22

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
5. I made a lot of buttons like that in 2008
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 07:13 PM
Aug 2020

Every time someone made an insulting generalization about Obama supporters (or in some cases, about the kind of Democrats not supporting Obama), I made new buttons out of it. I had "Latte Liberals for Obama", "Prius Drivers for Obama", "Arugula Eaters for Obama", "Kool Aid Drinkers for Obama", and "Hardworking White Person for Obama" (after Hillary bragged about how hardworking Americans - which she then qualified with "white Americans", presumably to avoid appearing to say that black Americans didn't work hard - were supporting her over Obama in the primaries). I must have made hundreds of dollars off of Buffenbarger, the president of the machinist union's, diatribe insulting Obama supporters, since he gave me 3 or 4 different design ideas.

lapucelle

(18,040 posts)
7. I saw your name and sig line
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 07:15 PM
Aug 2020

and I thought I'd share a story that I just read this week.

You may have already seen it, but it was new to me.

A Rare Recipe From a Talented Chef Enslaved by a Founding Father
Despite James Hemings’s leading role in Jefferson’s kitchen, he’s credited with only a handful of recipes.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/james-hemings-jefferson-chef

SallyHemmings

(1,813 posts)
13. Thank you!!!
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 07:40 PM
Aug 2020

The notion that Sally Hemings was in love with her Master was always an insane romantic notion to me.

My sig is an homage to her life.

No surprise that James was only credited with a few recipes.

I appreciate the story.







mzmolly

(50,957 posts)
6. Perhaps with "Suburban Housewife" in quotes?
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 07:13 PM
Aug 2020

I too love the idea of Suburban Housewife for Biden/Harris garb. Though the term housewife is an insult to women and men who are stay at home parents or otherwise.

RainCaster

(10,690 posts)
8. I lost my job last year- am I a suburban housewife?
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 07:16 PM
Aug 2020

I live in a very rural area, and I'm male- will those count against me?

llmart

(15,501 posts)
9. I don't even know any suburban housewives any longer.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 07:16 PM
Aug 2020

Every suburban woman I know works outside the home. The GOP made sure that most of them couldn't enjoy the luxury of not working once Reagan came along.

These idiots are so out of touch with the 21st century.

Response to democrattotheend (Original post)

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
16. I'm a full time working woman and have been my whole adult life.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 07:57 PM
Aug 2020

I've lived rural, suburban and metro. Where do I fall in this?

I'm GenX, we've always had to work to make ends meet. I've not a clue of the demographic he thinks he's appealing to here.

JI7

(89,182 posts)
21. Trump is out of touch. The suburbs aren't the 50s tv show version of white family
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:43 PM
Aug 2020

with stay at home mother and working father and kids anymore.

They are mixed and you have adult kids living with parents. You have both parents working and many families struggling

In fact many live in the suburbs becsuse they can't afford to move somewhere else more convenient for them.

Blaukraut

(5,689 posts)
22. I'm not married to a house.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:43 PM
Aug 2020

I live in the suburbs. Hubby works. Kids are grown with their own little ones. I chose to not go back to work because I didn't enjoy my career at the time and never felt motivated enough to start a new one. I love being at home and renovating, rebuilding, recreating, our home. Housework - not so much. But yea - I never did like the term "housewife".

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