Could you be a Househusband/Housewife?

[Baron von Blitztank]

I could but probably not, or atleast not for a long time.
Not that I object to sitting around the house, keeping it clean and looking after my darling wife but I've got job-stuff that I want to do with my life too, even if it will take forever for me to get there and it doesn't sit right with me to not contribute financially to the household.

 

[waj9876]

Yep. I could. Very easily.

If I ever get married, or hell even if we're not married and we just live together, I'll probably have to be the stay-at-home one in the relationship. I'm hoping for my main career to be that of a writer. So I can totally see myself not being the main breadwinner, unless of course I write a hit novel that rakes in a ton of cash or something.

Instead of going out and getting a menial labor job, or even a...minimum wage job. Brr. I shudder just thinking about it. I'd honestly prefer being a stay-at-home husband.

Best part? I don't plan to ever have kids. So unless my partner wanted them, which would be unlikely, I wouldn't have to deal with one of the hardest parts of that scenario.

 

[Strazdas]

Lets assume one thing in this hipothetical sitaution: im not dropping my career just so she get fired 5 years afterwards and we end up broke. If we assume that she takes care of money forever, then the answer is yes.

I dont want kids, so that wouldnt be even a question. Id rather break up than ahve kids forced on me.

As far as doing the chores and cooking - i already do all that living alone so while the demand would increase for two obviuosly but i cenrtainly can handle. and i would probably have more time for new recipes too which is cool.
And yes, i would definatelly have more time for games that way.

I dont get bored at home. in fact the only times i leave the house is when i need to. those involve: work, shopping, visiting family/friends.

Last summer on holiday i havent left the house for whole week, same goes for when im sick. Im not afraid of outside or anything, heck every summer i go on a camping trip with friends where we go "no technology for a week" type of deal. but im perfectly confortable being at home all the time. Actually i usually plan my outside stuff in a way that i would ahve to leave house as little times as possible since "thats just wasting time". Which is why i always thought id be great for those space travel to mars experiments. i can see myself sitting in same house for 6 months easy.

 

[Heronblade]

Yes and no

I am a good enough cook that people keep telling me I should become a chef, and would not mind the cleaning duties too much.

However, doing nothing of significance for too long is likely to drive me bat s**t insane, and while my chosen career mostly involves computer work that could be done anywhere, it also requires a team and logistics support that is impossible to achieve at home.

Let me put it this way, the last time I had a slow week at work, I went and designed a product my company will never produce, because I found that ultimately wasted effort to be preferable to taking it easy and watching youtube videos like my peers.