Job for the wife so she can work from home?

n30_mkii · 9 Apr 2011 at 16:45

Hi all, my wife is due to go back to work in July after her maternity leave, however after working out nursery fees etc we are wondering if it would be better for her to stay at home and find some work that she can do whilst the little one is either asleep or in the evening whilst I'm back from work.

Does anyone have any ideas of things she could do to make a couple of hundred quid a month? Are there any companies that will take on people to do data inputting or similar from a home machine? She was working in admin previously but would be open to something different. Avon and the like won't be an option I don't think. Fire any suggestions at me and let me know if you are doing anything similar or your other half is?

Thanks for any help

joemo13 · 9 Apr 2011 at 16:54

Foxtrot26 said:
or she could show off her lady bits and talk dirty to perverts over a webcam for money too

He would have to be careful or this could happen

Craig1981 · 9 Apr 2011 at 16:59

I bet she could get a fair bit of cash for one of her kidneys. Or a lung. She only needs one, right?

n30_mkii · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:00

Thanks for that folks :-)

Please only serious suggestions that are not sexual

Craig1981 · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:04

How about child minding? One of my friends mum used to do that. Basically babysitting other peoples kids while their at work or whatever.

franco_22 · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:08

For god sake, I was going to suggest webcam performer but several others beat me to it.

Cosimo · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:08

Chat line.

rotters · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:08

just suck up the pain of child care costs and she can get a job she actually enjoys and can escape the house. this is viable just takes a lot of planning.

rotters

utajoker · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:30

Cook and cleaner?

vicisthebest · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:34

I was going to say childminder. If she's got your little one to look after, would she be up for looking after other people's as well?

My friend did it when her work wouldn't help her out and let her rearrange her hours after she had her baby.

DB_SamX · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:34

Secretary/typist/PA to senior people.

A colleague's wife near Southampton works as a typist/scecretary for a doctor to some important people in London. When the doctor talk in appointments, they tend to record them and plan actions. She receives the recordings and types them up into records, letters etc. I don't know much more that that sadly.

Biohazard · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:35

Red lamp in the window..

rpg · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:35

Sell her breast milk on eBay.

Dinomania · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:40

Well, someone I know runs a little company basically being the online presence for a number of firms (i.e. keeping an eye on their twitter, keeping them linked and up the google ranks etc.) - how would that suit? Can't remember her website but she was looking for more bods a while ago...

..seems she's now looking for a job, guess it didn't take off. Shame!

Castiel · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:41

Biohazard said:
Red lamp in the window..

My first though was "Lady of the Night"........it ain't the oldest profession for nothing.

Cybermyk · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:43

Ironing?

Sickboy · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:49

rpg said:
Sell her breast milk on eBay.

I'll buy said milk from ebay.

I'm also looking for an Ice-Cream van?

batsy · 9 Apr 2011 at 17:57

As she's a woman how about a clothes washing and ironing business?

DM · 9 Apr 2011 at 18:00

simulatorman said:
Chat line.

I suggested that to my wife, sadly too rude

Destination · 9 Apr 2011 at 18:01

batsy said:
As she's a woman how about a clothes washing and ironing business?

Is there room in her kitchen for an ironing board....

Oh the ironing...