填空题

For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a luxury: They must work to survive. Others face a hard decision. Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with (36)__________. One husband said, "Marge and I decided after careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an (37)__________we couldn’’t afford." With two preschool children, it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters, (38)__________, and increased taxes, rather than having more money, they might (39)__________end up with less. Economic factors are usually the first to be (40)__________, but they are not the most important. The most important aspects of the decision have to do with the (41)__________needs of each member of the family. It is in this area that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many confusing and (42)__________feelings. There are many women who find that homemaking is boring or who feel (43)__________if they have to stay home with a young child or several children. (44)________________________. From my own experience, I would like to suggest that sometimes the decision to go back to work is made in too much haste. There are few decisions that I now regret more. (45)_____________________. I regret my impatience to get on with my career. (46)_____________________.

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imprisoned