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Why are all the SAHMs I know fat?
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Anonymous
| Do all you PPs not understand the concept of "don't feed the trolls'? |
Anonymous
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I know OP is attempting to create a tempest and isn't interested in discussion, but I can't help myself by wondering: where does OP live?
In DC and close-in suburbs, the only SAHMs I know have very high HHI because you just have to pull off SAHM in the 1st or 2nd most expensive city in the United States. High income families tend not to be fat. Which makes me think OP is writing us today from her bunker in Wichita. ? |
Anonymous
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Sigh. I was fat when I worked and I'm fat now that I SAH. (Not obese, just could stand to lose 20 pounds). Have had lifelong food issues and diet battles. Oh, and we're not poor.
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Anonymous
| Ha ha! OP, you're hilarious! I hate you but you are funny. Everyone knows that most SAHMs around here are not fat. It's the men who are fat. |
Anonymous
I am not boring nor am I shallow...however, you will never know this because you judge people by the choices they make for their families (that do not have anything to do with you). Oh well, you probably would not understand my humor or share my compassion for other human beings so we would not be friends either way. |
Anonymous
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^^ HA!! That is so true!
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Anonymous
| I meant that for the PP, 12:30. |
Anonymous
| It's a vicious cycle. They start to put on weight and their husbands find them unattractive so they put on more weight. Alot of them haven't slept with their spouse in months. |
Anonymous
PP, don't feel bad! This person is obviously jealous. I was more boring when I worked outside the home because I tend to be overly focused on my work. Also I had less time to read, write, work out, take classes, work on my art and do fun stuff with my kids. I think I was far less interesting. I would be bitter too if I still had to work in an office. Ugh! |
Anonymous
I have never responded to any PP in this way but you are a despicable person. I work with two women who are definitely NOT lower income and both are in the morbid obesity range. I don't ask why because both are super nice and we are friends outside work as well. Their marriages appear to be happy and their children are happy, nice, well adjusted and are in top of their class. I work with women who are average (myself included who have gained 15-20 lbs over the past 20 yrs) and we are nice, as well. I also work with women who are super thin and they seem to have more problems because they are always worrying about their weight. FYI, as women age, they need to put on a few lbs. for health reasons. It must be horrible being you because I imagine you have very few friends. |
Anonymous
| I'm a skinny WOHM. Most days, I would give anything to be a fat SAHM. |
Anonymous
Lower income families cannot afford steak, salmon, etc., every day and they eat a lot of pasta and other starches because these are relatively inexpensive. Nevertheless, they, like you, have to eat to stay alive and they must also feed their families. Why don't you find a lower income family and help them with their groceries so they can afford to have a diet higher in protein? Won't even consider doing that, will you. Remember to be kind and less judgmental to people because one day you may be where they are. |
Anonymous
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If lower income people tend to be overweight more often, then wouldn't it make more sense that sahm are thinner, in general?
So maybe it's like the pps said. If you're at home you are around food a lot more. Or maybe it's a boredom thing. Most sahm I see don't take care of themselves as much as you would think. |
Anonymous
| When I went back to work after staying at home I immediately gained weight. SAHM are much more active than the average office worker. |
Anonymous
| I work outside the home, and am heavier than most SAHMs I know. |