A poll about most of us

[nunechka]

"only because..."?? Does it bother you?? Do you wish that your father made more than your mother (think about it) ?

How can you make that generalization?? Show me the evidence please.

ARMOBARBI! i said the only reason why my mother makes SLIGHTLY more then my father is because we are immigrants...

what is so bad about that??? thats why she does... THAT IS THE ONLY REASON SHE DOES! other wise, in armenia my dad made more!

[Siggie]

ARMOBARBI! i said the only reason why my mother makes SLIGHTLY more then my father is because we are immigrants...

what is so bad about that??? thats why she does... THAT IS THE ONLY REASON SHE DOES! other wise, in armenia my dad made more!

I'm not sure I understand... Your mom makes more because you're immigrants? Doesn't it depend on what their skills are and not they're residential/immigration/whatever status?

My family immigrated here and my mother doesn't make more than my dad. In fact, I am having difficulty thinking of any extended family or friends for whom this is true.

[ArmenianKid]

i guess u could say we are a bunch of communist. even tho if u look under my name u see what iam. my family all makes money except me. a 16 shouldnt have to help provide for a family lol.

[ArmoBarbi]

ARMOBARBI! i said the only reason why my mother makes SLIGHTLY more then my father is because we are immigrants...

what is so bad about that??? thats why she does... THAT IS THE ONLY REASON SHE DOES! other wise, in armenia my dad made more!

This is in no way a response to my post. lol Did you really not understand what I was asking or were you avoiding having to answer?

[nunechka]

ok... my mother and father came to the US, my mother was a nurse in armenia, she came here, went to get a medical assistant degree, went to work in a clinic and now she works in a hospital in the laboratory AND THAT pays more then the occasional jobs or the regular job my father has held... she gets the family health insurance, all sorts of benefits, retirement plans, etc... overall and on an hourly basis, she makes more then my dad... HOWEVER, the reason why i said mostly its because we are immigrants is BECAUSE! i have heard in my child development classes (by my professors) that IMMIGRANT WOMEN usually make more money because they are more likely to take on 2 or 3 jobs, study and get a degree rather then the men who come to the US and work in their family businesses that dont pay as much... that would the average... and the there is also the reason that my father made more money in armenia then my mom, so in a place where they both grew up and had the same opportunities, my mothers jobs paid less then my fathers... my father was an accountant/bookkeeper/Mgr, and again my mom a nurse...

in the US, nurses get paid relatively well... and SO THATS WHY! SHEEEESH! people, should i chew for you too?

[Inna]

Between my parents my dad makes more money...he gets paid more by the hour but it also has a lot to do with overtime. Within the entire family my sisters make more money individually then my folks...that has a lot to do with growing up in the US and getting their education here.

[winoman]

This is an absurd poll

By definition a women/wife that makes more then the husband makes him a wuss??? My I wouldn't have minded marrying some doctor or some woman who owned her own business...or perhaps an heiress...I'd consider that I had done well (if of course she was a good person, that I loved, sexy/beautiful and all the rest...or at least two of of three and such... )

And then stating "as it should be" for the man/husband making more...and these same people say that they are all about women being able to make it on their own if they wish etc - yeah right - this shows where some men are comming from and (one reason) why their are disparities in pay/oppurtunity etc

[loseyourname]

A woman wrote the poll. I can edit it so that it doesn't say "as it should be." She has a tendency to not give people any legitimate option other than the option she herself wishes we would select, making us look bad if we select anything else.

[nunechka]

loseyourname, i think whoever created the thread was being sarcastic or joking about the comments...

[nunechka]

and didnt thai-samuri make this thread? i think so... and isnt he a GUY! so loseyourname, CHILL OUT!