Comments on: Second Best

By: Coffinberry

Coffinberry — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:26:17 +0000

There’s that e-word again! Lol.

By: E. Wallace

E. Wallace — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:59:27 +0000

Man, after some of the serials this blog has seen, this was positively TAME! I think the only aspect that doesn’t translate to today is the husband’s insistence that Kay stay home. Maybe. At least in my experience, it’s moms who are agonizing, and dads are more ambivalent.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:31:18 +0000

When this was published (about 5 months before I was born), neither of my parents had a real paying job, and they already had two daughters. My dad might have been receiving something as a graduate research assistant (he was two years from his PhD) and I believe that he was getting payments under the G.I. Bill. But if my mother did read this it must have struck a chord because, like Sister Romney, she “never worked a day in her life.” And she’s not likely to start in her 88th year.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:23:08 +0000

Not as bad as I was expecting with the disclaimer. Working wife/mother decisions are a tough call in any time. I, too, can see this story updated being used today.

I also see some differences in economic situations right now. Housing costs are on their way back up here in the Seattle area, so for one son and his wife, it will take both incomes to pay for the house they just bought. His younger brother bought a condo with an hour commute so they could afford for his wife to stay home with their young daughter; he’s the only one making it on a single income.

Tough, tough calls in any era. I will not judge.

By: HokieKate

HokieKate — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:03:03 +0000

I’m always more likely to read something with a disclaimer.

So. My baby is almost a year old. She was in daycare while I finished school, and now she’s still there while I am looking for full-time work and trying to publish some articles. I can relate to this article.

I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know.

But I could see this appearing in the Ensign today.