if you stay at home with kids (mom or dad), is cleaning one of your "jobs"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wife is a SAHM and had to go into repressed memory therapy due to the whole ABC cancelling All My Children fiasco. Through this difficult time, we've found Guatemalans to be fairly cheap when it comes to hired help. I want to make sure my children have enough time to concentrate on their studies.

I agree 100% with you, whenever my house gets too bad, I swing by Home Depot on my way home from tennis lessons, pick up a few mexicans, and $50 later my hose is spotless.

People underestimate the power of illegals, they're a great resource.

You all sound disgusting.

I think they were tongue-in cheek-comments. Don't get so upset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
What do you expect when people drop off kids at daycares/schools? that it all miraculously appears? POOF! all clean and all stocked up!

no, it's just a lazy SAHM that carries a laundry basket around like a cross, because she's such a martyr, and what she does id sooooooooooo hard.

I don't know any SAHM's like this - what a tired old stereotype.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, have DH take care of the kids one day on the weekend, as well as all of normal chores, and see what he thinks is an acceptable amount of clean and clutter-free. Oh, and have him do a load of laundry, fold, and put away while you are at it. You, OTOH, spend the day looking for a part-time job. Brush up your resume (not at home, at the library or somewhere else), and come home when DH normally comes home.

my guess is that she couldn't hack actual work, she can't even handle laundry and cleaning for christs sake.

I don't usually say things like this but your judgement of the OP (when you do not even know her) makes you look bitter and insecure with your own situation. The kind of statements you are making towards her do not make you better than her -- they simply make you mean. Do you appreciate when SAHMs make comments akin to "Do you enjoy having someone else raise your children?"

People...lay off the OP and spend some more time reflecting on why you spew such hatred.

Thank you!!!

[Anonymous]

Your DH is completely in the wrong. If he wants the house to be spotless, then he should be pitching in to make it that way. Taking care of kids is MUCH MUCH harder than going into an office and sitting in front of a computer all day. I work part-time and to me, doing my out-of-the-house job is like a vacation compared to being at home and taking care of the kids/housework/cooking/etc. Your husband needs a reality pill.

[Anonymous]

This thread is funny. If SAH mom's aren't expected to look after kids, cook, and keep house clean, then why do so many WOHM expect their nannies to do everything?

[Anonymous]

This thread is ridiculous. I'm a SAHM. Keeping the house clean, decluttered and cooking, etc. is my job as well as looking after my kids (3 - all under the age of 5) all day. I feel privileged that I could quit my job (lawyer) and stay home living on DH's salary (also lawyer).

Get a grip, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I'm with your DH on this one.

When I was a SAHM, keeping the house clean was something that came with it, clutter included.

I agree. That's why I WOH FT. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your DH is completely in the wrong. If he wants the house to be spotless, then he should be pitching in to make it that way. Taking care of kids is MUCH MUCH harder than going into an office and sitting in front of a computer all day. I work part-time and to me, doing my out-of-the-house job is like a vacation compared to being at home and taking care of the kids/housework/cooking/etc. Your husband needs a reality pill.

So why don't you WOH FT and get a housekeeper?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I am just too tired after chasing the kids around all day,"

What does this mean?

Yeah, working a 9 hour day and commuting another hour means I have loads of energy for housework <major eye roll>.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous

Yeah, working a 9 hour day and commuting another hour means I have loads of energy for housework <major eye roll>.

quit your whining, and know your place

[jsteele]

Because this thread seems to consist of nothing but the same few users insulting each other, I am going to put it out of its (and my) misery.