CMV: Most mothers would gladly marry a relatively old/stable man if it required her to have a child in return, except none of them want to admit it.

I wanted to preface by saying that I'm going to be happily married this year to the love of my life, and am just considering the sociological implications of the way mother's see marriage.<br><br>I've seen most of my friend's mothers (late 30s\40s) happily willing to do housework, errands, and all other wifely jobs happily for an old man as long as it means that they get to have a biological child. In fact, many women happily accept the notion of being a "second wife" as long as they get to be a mother to her biological child. None of them would put it this way though, especially to the guy involved as most men wouldn't accept that, but they would be more than willing to be a wife if it guaranteed them a child. Many times when a woman's first marriage ends in a divorce, and especially if she was a mother in that relationship, she only wants to remarry a man if he can provide for her child/children, and she's more than happy to housekeep, perform all wifely jobs, and pretty much put the house and other things before her own dreams as long as that child is happy.<br><br>So even though most women reject the idea of a "traditional wife", many of them would be happy to accept that notion if it meant her getting to be a mother.