What did your mom do while you grew up?

[DanielX]

Depending on when you're talking about, options 3,  4, and some combination of the two.

She still does the bulk of the cleaning (dad is not the kind of person to pick up after himself, I'm off in college and generally did a lousy job, and even if we could afford it mom would never hire a cleaning lady - she doesn't want stuff stolen, is concerned about privacy, etc), and works shorter hours then dad (mom works an average of 40 hours per week, dad an average of 60 - of course, dad earns 2-3x as much as mom has a stable but fairly lousy job as in the state government while dad, when he is working, manages a car dealership. Even with the long lulls in work [sometimes 4 months or more], he still earns the bulk of the income, mom works mainly for stability and benefits). 

Actually, she 'worked' since I was 3, but before I was 11 she sold Avon, which was part time anyway and didn't earn a lot of money. I remember she used to take me along in the car while she went to her customers.