Does your spouse stay at home?

[Crusader_Zim]

Is your spouse a stay-at-home-mom/dad while you're at work?

I am relocating my wife and son 600 miles just to get a job that has a generous enough salary to allow my wife to stay at home and raise my children. It's what we both want, but I'm wondering how many other cops' wives are stay at home moms that could be a supportive unit for one another.

[Mike G from NC]

I voted yes because my wife stays at home with our newborn she says she wants to return to work maybe in June.

[el_jefe]

Where are you relocating to?

[Toad149]

My wife worked for the same city as I do before we had our first child. After she was born the Dept. hired her as a part-time records clerk. She just works opposite my schedule.

[Crusader_Zim]

Where are you relocating to?

Indianapolis.

[rcs442]

He's on the job too - same department, opposite schedule.

[Ramz131]

I wish I made enough money for her to. Maybe one day.

[WASP1]

Mine works part-time. It used to be for some extra $$ now it seems like it just pays for gas!! LOL

[Crusader_Zim]

Mine works part-time. It used to be for some extra $$ now it seems like it just pays for gas!! LOL

You guys don't get paid enough in LA.

[just joe]

Yes. I work two jobs so she can stay at home and take care of my daughter.

[kcsd823]

Both work, same sheriff's department-different shifts.

[OfcHayes26]

I work two jobs so my wife can stay home with our 4 year old and 6month old

[pujolsfan146]

My wife was a stay at home mom til my boy was ready to go to pre kindergarten. After that she went to work on dayshift and I was on second shift. Now my son is in school full time so I went to graveyard shift so I can be home with both of them in the evening.

[j706]

My wife is one of our dispatchers, yea-it bites sometimes

[Jim1648]

Does my wife stay at home?

I had to laugh when I read that. You ask if my wife stays at home? Are you kidding, she makes regular rounds between Super Target and Super Duper Wall to Wall-Mart and other stores of that ilk. I think Super Target called the house last week wondering why she hadn't been in shopping yet that day. They were worried that maybe she wasn't feeling well.

Actually she has a couple of part-time gigs. She drives school bus and she also does contract transcription work for one of the PDs nearby. That actually works out pretty well for her because of the flexibility. They e-mail audio files to her and she transcribes them and emails them back. The city mails her a check twice a month and she gets paid by the page.