Episode 2: What it really means to be a stay-at-homeif you get divorced
b"What no one tells you when you sign on for that \\u201cpartnership agreement\\u201d (or \\u201cjoint venture\\u201d as one of my friends calls it) of being at SAHM, is that you end up deeply subjugating yourself. As a stay-at-home-mom, you relinquish almost everything in service of raising your children, while your husband\\u2019s path remains fairly unaltered.\\nAnd that's backed up by research. According to a recent study, women\\u2019s standard of living in divorce decreases by 27%, while men\\u2019s actually increases by 10%.\\nIt\\u2019s not just that you\\u2019re subjugating yourself financially to your breadwinner husband. Your friendships slip away. Your hobbies. Your body. Your hormones do a crazy dance for far longer than anyone likes to tell you; and all of this lasts far longer \\u2014 and is far harder to put back together \\u2014 than you ever think possible."