at home dad?

[dramradhel]

So my fiance and I have spoken of having children. And don't worry, we won't spawn anytime soon. But in the next five years or so, we probably will. She reminds me that once the child/children (oh god help me if it's twins) are born, she'll have to take a maternity leave for a year or two (do mothers do this?) and I'll have to bring in all the income. But likely, I'll still be taking some classes at college at this time, almost finished, to become a teacher myself.

Now the thought comes to me. I'll be the one with less income at that time, she'll have more. *I* might have to be a househusband.

I know she'll deny that. She'll tell me she should be the one to stay home, and its okay, and I'll be out of college by then and already a teacher. And if that's true, then hey, she can be an at home mom. Inside, she'll Might worry that I'll forget to feed the baby, or leave it in it's crib for too long, for forget to change it. She'd never tell me these worries, but I know she'd have them. So she'll insist on staying home with the baby. It'll also be a motherly thing since the child will be coming out of her womb, not my urethra. (owie)

So i don't know wht to do. she wants to take a year or two off to raise our child until it's a toddler, then daycare or something. Financially, I have no idea how we'll afford to. I guess we'll figure it out in time but it's going to be crazy. Anyone have any advice? even though its' years and years away?