I´m taking a summer school class on comparitive family law in which one of my assignments is to ask a list of questions to someone from somewhere other than America (this probably means no Canadians either–sorry). The preferred interviewee is a married woman with children, but I´ll take what I can get. Since I don´t really know anyone I can ask in person (and asking personal questions to a relative stranger isn´t really my thing), I´ve decided to turn to the Straight Dope for help. Just so you know, I´ve cleared this with the prof, and this is a completely legit way of doing the assignment. I only really need one respondent, but I´d like as many as possible so I can choose the best one. Thanks in advance everyone for all your help.
Questions:
Name (I know lots of people like to stay anonymous here, so this is optional. Or you can just give me your first name, or email me your full name, or whatever suits you.)
1a) Sex (in case I can´t tell from your name or you stay anonymous)
Nationality
Age
Age at marriage
Distance between your current home and your birthplace
Number of children
7 Number of children desired
Occupation
Spouse´s occupation
How did you and your spouse meet?
Your religion
Your education
13 Divorce:
Are you divorced?
How many people do you know who are divorced?
Anyone in your family divorced?
Any close friends divorced?
Who takes care of the children? Specifically:
14a) Feeding them
14b) Clothing them
14c) Cleaning them, cleaning up after them
14d) Helping with school
Do you spend much time with your spouse outside of the home?
What does your spouse do for fun?
Who earns the most money?
Do you want your children to marry?
What is the happiest event in your life?
The saddest event?
Once again, thanks for all your help. I might return to ask some follow up questions.
Well, just in case you don’t get a non-american…I’m canadian and will try to answer these:
Name (I know lots of people like to stay anonymous here, so this is optional. Or you can just give me your first name, or email me your full name, or whatever suits you.)
1a) Sex (in case I can´t tell from your name or you stay anonymous) Female
Nationality: Caucasian
Age: 30
Age at marriage: 25
Distance between your current home and your birthplace: about 300 kilometers
Number of children: 3
7 Number of children desired: 2 (I had another after a tubal ligation)
Occupation: Clerical
Spouse´s occupation: Grocery Clerk
How did you and your spouse meet?: In grade 2, then again in High School
Your religion: atheist
Your education: 2 years of college (Bio-tech and English) and a diploma from a business college
13 Divorce: discussed once
Are you divorced? No
How many people do you know who are divorced? 2 of our closest friends
Anyone in your family divorced? My mom and dad. My husband’s parents are still together
Any close friends divorced? Yes
Who takes care of the children? Specifically:
14a) Feeding them: Mostly me
14b) Clothing them: I buy all the clothes and dress the youngest
14c) Cleaning them, cleaning up after them: Mostly me
14d) Helping with school: Both
Do you spend much time with your spouse outside of the home? Almost none…none since the baby was born
What does your spouse do for fun? computer games, friends
Who earns the most money? I did before going on maternity leave
Do you want your children to marry? Maybe the two youngest
What is the happiest event in your life? Ummm, graduating with honors when I got my diploma form the business college.
The saddest event? When my mom got paranoid schizophrenia and hid me and my brothers from our families for 10 years. She was also quite verbally and physically abuse after she got schizophrenia.
Well, I’m British and married with children, so I’ll give your survey a go!
Name: Anonymous
1a) Sex: Female
Nationality: British
Age: 29
Age at Marriage: 27
Distance between your current home and your birthplace: About 2,000 miles
Number of children: 2
Number of children desired: 3
Occupation: Housewife
Spouses Occupation: Jeweller
How did you and your spouse meet: At school, aged 15
Your religion: Atheist
Your education: 6 GCSE’s, National Vocational Qualification Level 4 in Management, Customer Services & Business Studies.
Are you divorced: No
a) How many people do you know who are divorced: Probably about 9 couples
b) Anyone in your family divorced: My parents, my uncle, my sister in law, oh, and my brother in law started divorce proceedings yesterday!
c) Any close friends divorced: No
Who takes care of the children. Specifically:
a) Feeding them: Me
b) Clothing them: I buy all of their clothes and dress them
c) Cleaning them; clearing up after them: Me
d) Helping with school: Me
Do you spend much time with your spouse out of the home: Barely ever; maybe once or twice a month.
What does your spouse do for fun: Computer stuff, woodwork, guitar
Who earns the most money: Husband
Do you want your children to marry: Yes
What is the happiest event in your life: Giving birth to both of the kids - easy!
What is the saddest event: I don’t really know, I’ve had a really happy life - probably when my mum & dad said they were splitting up, but I was only 11.
Eh, yes they are. Canadians are not US citizens – that’s different. America is a continent. (Or two, depending on how you look at it:) Brazilians, Mexicans and Canadians are all Americans.
Name (I know lots of people like to stay anonymous here, so this is optional. Or you can just give me your first name, or email me your full name, or whatever suits you.) Anahita
1a) Sex (in case I can´t tell from your name or you stay anonymous) Female
Nationality Have an Iranian and a US Passport, in the process of getting an Irish one
Age 34
Age at marriage, two marriages, one at 27 one at 31
Distance between your current home and your birthplace Very far (Tehran to West Ireland)
Number of children 1
7 Number of children desired 2 (maybe 3)
Occupation Educator
Spouse´s occupation Academic
How did you and your spouse meet? Internet
Your religion Athiest
Your education Masters
13 Divorce:
Are you divorced? Was.
How many people do you know who are divorced? A lot.
Anyone in your family divorced? Yes, parents.
Any close friends divorced? Almost all of them.
Who takes care of the children? Specifically:
14a) Feeding them both of us
14b) Clothing them
14c) Cleaning them, cleaning up after them both of us
14d) Helping with school both of us
Do you spend much time with your spouse outside of the home? not nearly enough time with just he and I
What does your spouse do for fun? gaming, reading
Who earns the most money? he does
Do you want your children to marry? If they wish to.
What is the happiest event in your life? Birth of child.
The saddest event? Loss of pregnancy through miscarriage