I read an article in the paper today about how cash strapped mothers are using their home computers to earn extra income and that these mothers were now being referred to as mousewives.
Apparently a mousewife can get paid extra money for her family online by doing online surveys, mystery shopping, selling stuff on ebay etc with one in twenty mousewives making over £200 a month from their online activities.
The newspaper made it sound as though this was some new phenomenon but it has been going on for years and not just with housewifes. What about cash starved students, teenagers, people on low incomes, pensioners and all the other people who use the internet to try and boost their bank accounts. I'm sure there are a lot of housewifes using the interenet to make money but it just seemed strange that the reporter had decided to single them out at a time when the country is in recession and everyone is struggling for money.
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I've heard the term mouse wife before, bit I guess I'm probably a mouse husband.
There's definitely money to be had so I figure why not?
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