You’ve got to be kidding, a stay at home spa-wife with no kids reduces a man’s stress?  Can you say duh?  I almost choked on my protein shake when I read that headline. More about why I’m drinking a protein shake in a later post.

Daniel Buccino, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine clinical social worker and psychotherapist, says stay-at-home wives are the latest “status symbols.” Having a stay at home spouse says, ‘We make enough money that we both don’t need to work outside the home,’” he says. “And especially with the recent economic pressures, a stay-at-home spouse is often an extreme and visible luxury.”

I’m not knocking the concept but, let’s spend a little more time thinking through our headlines CNN.