Becoming a housewife isn't the end of it all. I became a graduate, a career bunny, a mum, a housewife, then did a Masters, a PhD and started a whole new career. Believe me: the joys of daytime tv, 3 daily washing machine cycles, a couple of dishwasher cycles, buying the groceries, cooking, tidying up and getting the kids to and from school...it's not enough to keep anyone genuinely happy.