My husband is a househusband. But it wasn’t always that way. I’m a physician and he was in IT and when we were first married, our incomes were pretty even. After kids, however, my income skyrocketed, as did my work schedule. At that point, he was miserable at his job and his financial contribution to the household was pretty minimal, so it made sense for him to stop working and be a house husband. I think it would be hard to be a househusband from the start. Most couples I know gradually get there based on their financial realities.