Can a woman be a stay at home mother without a husband or significant other? If so, how?
In my opinion, a stay at home mother is a married woman who has a husband who financially supports them completely.
Someone doesn't need a husband to have income. She might have a trust fund, receive SSI, receive support from friends or family, income from rental properties...there are a million ways people "get by".
A sahm is simply someone who doesn't work for money outside the home. That's it. Where she gets her money from doesn't change that.
Quoting jaydensmomma707:
umm they could work from home....
then they're wahm not sahm :)
Perhaps she has significant investments that make money for her.
Perhaps she is heir to wealth and doesn't have to work for her money.
I don't think her income has to come from a spouse for her not to work. I would just think that she would need income from somewhere.
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on Feb. 10, 2012 at 2:35 PM