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Anonymous wrote:We are #2 for SWS for 1st grade - any chance? Our current plan is Watkins after our year at Peabody.
Got into Lee Montessori for Pre K 3 for our younger child. Not expecting placement elsewhere.

Be warned, SWS has a dress code....for moms. Do you own 12 pairs of yoga pants?

I’m an SWS mom and I’m sincerely perplexed by this comment. Is that an assertion that SWS has lots of SAHMs? Anyway, I don’t own yoga pants, don’t do yoga, and wear a suit to drop off. And I’m aware of lots of moms like me.

First off, have a cocktail and relax for a second. Second, do you happen to be visually impaired? If you are perplexed by this comment then you aren't paying attention. Yes, SWS has a large cohort of SAHMs. And yes, it skews whiter and higher SES. Embrace it you silly bird.

Ah, what a lovely dose of sexism mixed with putting down people who are differently-abled. I don't know if it's worse if the comment was written by a man or a woman, though "have a cocktail," "relax," and "silly bird" are all clues it was written by a man.

My kids go to well regarded charter. I pick up kids around 5:30 pm. Last time I counted (cause this has become a thing for me), 7 out the 10 moms were wearing spandex. HOW?!!

This is silly, but i was choking back tears last week. I don’t understand how so many people can afford to live in DC without working ALL the time. Or work the kind of jobs that allow you to wear Athleta in the afternoon? My husband and I consider ourselves to be privileged. Degrees from good schools helped us land well paying jobs. But, we show up fried, stressed and in pant suits everyday. I’m not hating on “yoga moms”. I honestly want to know how so many DC public school moms I can live in this city without full-time jobs - especially when their partners have middle class jobs (which is the case for most of the parents at our school). Is it family money? Living an insanely frugal lifestyle? Taking on debt?

Options 1 and 3 would make me feel a little better. Option 2 would make me question my priorities.

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Anonymous wrote:We are #2 for SWS for 1st grade - any chance? Our current plan is Watkins after our year at Peabody.
Got into Lee Montessori for Pre K 3 for our younger child. Not expecting placement elsewhere.

Be warned, SWS has a dress code....for moms. Do you own 12 pairs of yoga pants?

I’m an SWS mom and I’m sincerely perplexed by this comment. Is that an assertion that SWS has lots of SAHMs? Anyway, I don’t own yoga pants, don’t do yoga, and wear a suit to drop off. And I’m aware of lots of moms like me.

First off, have a cocktail and relax for a second. Second, do you happen to be visually impaired? If you are perplexed by this comment then you aren't paying attention. Yes, SWS has a large cohort of SAHMs. And yes, it skews whiter and higher SES. Embrace it you silly bird.

Ah, what a lovely dose of sexism mixed with putting down people who are differently-abled. I don't know if it's worse if the comment was written by a man or a woman, though "have a cocktail," "relax," and "silly bird" are all clues it was written by a man.

My kids go to well regarded charter. I pick up kids around 5:30 pm. Last time I counted (cause this has become a thing for me), 7 out the 10 moms were wearing spandex. HOW?!!

This is silly, but i was choking back tears last week. I don’t understand how so many people can afford to live in DC without working ALL the time. Or work the kind of jobs that allow you to wear Athleta in the afternoon? My husband and I consider ourselves to be privileged. Degrees from good schools helped us land well paying jobs. But, we show up fried, stressed and in pant suits everyday. I’m not hating on “yoga moms”. I honestly want to know how so many DC public school moms I can live in this city without full-time jobs - especially when their partners have middle class jobs (which is the case for most of the parents at our school). Is it family money? Living an insanely frugal lifestyle? Taking on debt?

Options 1 and 3 would make me feel a little better. Option 2 would make me question my priorities.

Lol. I bet you some of them work. I work FT but wear Athleta sometimes to pick up my kid (from a different school). I telework one day a week, and occasionally I change clothes, walk the dog, and then do pickup.

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Anonymous wrote:We are #2 for SWS for 1st grade - any chance? Our current plan is Watkins after our year at Peabody.
Got into Lee Montessori for Pre K 3 for our younger child. Not expecting placement elsewhere.

Be warned, SWS has a dress code....for moms. Do you own 12 pairs of yoga pants?

I’m an SWS mom and I’m sincerely perplexed by this comment. Is that an assertion that SWS has lots of SAHMs? Anyway, I don’t own yoga pants, don’t do yoga, and wear a suit to drop off. And I’m aware of lots of moms like me.

First off, have a cocktail and relax for a second. Second, do you happen to be visually impaired? If you are perplexed by this comment then you aren't paying attention. Yes, SWS has a large cohort of SAHMs. And yes, it skews whiter and higher SES. Embrace it you silly bird.

Ah, what a lovely dose of sexism mixed with putting down people who are differently-abled. I don't know if it's worse if the comment was written by a man or a woman, though "have a cocktail," "relax," and "silly bird" are all clues it was written by a man.

My kids go to well regarded charter. I pick up kids around 5:30 pm. Last time I counted (cause this has become a thing for me), 7 out the 10 moms were wearing spandex. HOW?!!

This is silly, but i was choking back tears last week. I don’t understand how so many people can afford to live in DC without working ALL the time. Or work the kind of jobs that allow you to wear Athleta in the afternoon? My husband and I consider ourselves to be privileged. Degrees from good schools helped us land well paying jobs. But, we show up fried, stressed and in pant suits everyday. I’m not hating on “yoga moms”. I honestly want to know how so many DC public school moms I can live in this city without full-time jobs - especially when their partners have middle class jobs (which is the case for most of the parents at our school). Is it family money? Living an insanely frugal lifestyle? Taking on debt?

Options 1 and 3 would make me feel a little better. Option 2 would make me question my priorities.

It is done by working from home two days a week, in my case.

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Anonymous wrote:We are #2 for SWS for 1st grade - any chance? Our current plan is Watkins after our year at Peabody.
Got into Lee Montessori for Pre K 3 for our younger child. Not expecting placement elsewhere.

Be warned, SWS has a dress code....for moms. Do you own 12 pairs of yoga pants?

I’m an SWS mom and I’m sincerely perplexed by this comment. Is that an assertion that SWS has lots of SAHMs? Anyway, I don’t own yoga pants, don’t do yoga, and wear a suit to drop off. And I’m aware of lots of moms like me.

First off, have a cocktail and relax for a second. Second, do you happen to be visually impaired? If you are perplexed by this comment then you aren't paying attention. Yes, SWS has a large cohort of SAHMs. And yes, it skews whiter and higher SES. Embrace it you silly bird.

Ah, what a lovely dose of sexism mixed with putting down people who are differently-abled. I don't know if it's worse if the comment was written by a man or a woman, though "have a cocktail," "relax," and "silly bird" are all clues it was written by a man.

My kids go to well regarded charter. I pick up kids around 5:30 pm. Last time I counted (cause this has become a thing for me), 7 out the 10 moms were wearing spandex. HOW?!!

This is silly, but i was choking back tears last week. I don’t understand how so many people can afford to live in DC without working ALL the time. Or work the kind of jobs that allow you to wear Athleta in the afternoon? My husband and I consider ourselves to be privileged. Degrees from good schools helped us land well paying jobs. But, we show up fried, stressed and in pant suits everyday. I’m not hating on “yoga moms”. I honestly want to know how so many DC public school moms I can live in this city without full-time jobs - especially when their partners have middle class jobs (which is the case for most of the parents at our school). Is it family money? Living an insanely frugal lifestyle? Taking on debt?

Options 1 and 3 would make me feel a little better. Option 2 would make me question my priorities.

Option 4: a lot of us work from home. I have a couple of degrees, paid my dues in working my tail off in suits and heels, and now have a job where, except when I'm onsite, i'm dressed like a "yoga mom" (though you can probably tell from my arms that I don't do much chataranga (sp?)). So, just don't judge a book by the cover.

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As to the spandex, I'm one of the offenders, and so are lots of people I see at the 6pm aftercare pickup that I know also work full time. My partner and I split the day; I go in early so he does drop-off, then I exercise after work before pick-up.

Maybe just take a whiff to smell if it's athleisure, or athletic clothes?

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+1 to teleworkers. Hence why I am picking up at 5:30. Most parents with a SAHP won't have their kids in aftercare if they didn't need to (especially if they are living a frugal lifestyle).

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Well, I’m 40 and still feel like I’m paying my dues. Not sure when that ends. 50? Retirement? Working from home is not an option for most. I’ve had 4 friends go from on site to working from home. 3 out of 4 were laid off within 2 years. The remaining 1 had union protection, but now gets stuck with crappy administrative work even though she has a law degree. I love how remote work is portrayed as being the new modern norm on TV. Reality: you get forgotten or fired.

I’m holding out for holograms.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 to teleworkers. Hence why I am picking up at 5:30. Most parents with a SAHP won't have their kids in aftercare if they didn't need to (especially if they are living a frugal lifestyle).

Yup I think this is the answer. Fwiw I am not a yoga pants person, but I am a sort of sahm (freelancer mom). My kids don't do aftercare. I will say the answer to your finances question is that we have low enough expenses that we only need one salary -- we bought our house ten years ago for well below half a million, don't have a car payment (bike and walk everywhere and drive our old car when we go out of town). I actually know lots of other families in similar situations. But as our neighborhood got more expensive, it definitely seems like two incomes are more common.

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Yup I think this is the answer. Fwiw I am not a yoga pants person, but I am a sort of sahm (freelancer mom). My kids don't do aftercare. I will say the answer to your finances question is that we have low enough expenses that we only need one salary -- we bought our house ten years ago for well below half a million, don't have a car payment (bike and walk everywhere and drive our old car when we go out of town). I actually know lots of other families in similar situations. But as our neighborhood got more expensive, it definitely seems like two incomes are more common.

This is me too. Not sure why a PP says “living a frugal lifestyle” would make them question their choices? Not spending my money on aftercare, Amazon, cable, housekeeping, Uber, dogwalkers, instacart, and many other things that people purchase because they don’t have time saves me from having to work what was a soul sucking depressing job. I’m happier with less services but more time. To each their own, and if you have a career that you love, good for you, but not everyone finds that calling.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I’m 40 and still feel like I’m paying my dues. Not sure when that ends. 50? Retirement? Working from home is not an option for most. I’ve had 4 friends go from on site to working from home. 3 out of 4 were laid off within 2 years. The remaining 1 had union protection, but now gets stuck with crappy administrative work even though she has a law degree. I love how remote work is portrayed as being the new modern norm on TV. Reality: you get forgotten or fired.

I’m holding out for holograms.

I believe something like > 50% of Feds have TW options. Some opt for higher paying, higher prestige jobs and some are okay with balancing work/life balanced careers. I TW 2-3 days a week and my corp. position. I am not getting laid off any time soon as I've been doing this for 8 years (as have my 5000 co-workers). I won't have the option if I wanted to be on the executive track and I'm ok with that. It's a conscious choice I make. But I am not unemployed. Why can't you just accept that many of us have other options? Not to mention there are many that are self-employed and have ability to work in yoga pants or exercise at 2pm. I also see many people jogging in the middle of the day or at coffee shops and my first instinct is to ask why these people aren't at work. Then I remember that there are lots of scenarios out there. I am also thankful for it for the two times I do go into the office a week. I read a study that every 5,000 workers that commute add 15-20 minutes to one's commute.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I’m 40 and still feel like I’m paying my dues. Not sure when that ends. 50? Retirement? Working from home is not an option for most. I’ve had 4 friends go from on site to working from home. 3 out of 4 were laid off within 2 years. The remaining 1 had union protection, but now gets stuck with crappy administrative work even though she has a law degree. I love how remote work is portrayed as being the new modern norm on TV. Reality: you get forgotten or fired.

I’m holding out for holograms.

I believe something like > 50% of Feds have TW options. Some opt for higher paying, higher prestige jobs and some are okay with balancing work/life balanced careers. I TW 2-3 days a week and my corp. position. I am not getting laid off any time soon as I've been doing this for 8 years (as have my 5000 co-workers). I won't have the option if I wanted to be on the executive track and I'm ok with that. It's a conscious choice I make. But I am not unemployed. Why can't you just accept that many of us have other options? Not to mention there are many that are self-employed and have ability to work in yoga pants or exercise at 2pm. I also see many people jogging in the middle of the day or at coffee shops and my first instinct is to ask why these people aren't at work. Then I remember that there are lots of scenarios out there. I am also thankful for it for the two times I do go into the office a week. I read a study that every 5,000 workers that commute add 15-20 minutes to one's commute.

PS I only have a BA and earn $175k it that matters to you. Could earn $250k+ if on executive track but like teleworking. My husband earns ~$150-200k in a commission only career that is 100% telework.

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I'm the PP who made the snide comment about yoga pants SAHM. I find it fascinating that after some ninny piped in with shock, SHOCK that anyone at any Charter wears yoga pants, a page of posters have chimed in to explain that they in fact do, and why.

P.S. I'm actually enjoying the discussion.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP who made the snide comment about yoga pants SAHM. I find it fascinating that after some ninny piped in with shock, SHOCK that anyone at any Charter wears yoga pants, a page of posters have chimed in to explain that they in fact do, and why.

P.S. I'm actually enjoying the discussion.

Yeah 15:30 is a bi%#$

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I’m 40 and still feel like I’m paying my dues. Not sure when that ends. 50? Retirement? Working from home is not an option for most. I’ve had 4 friends go from on site to working from home. 3 out of 4 were laid off within 2 years. The remaining 1 had union protection, but now gets stuck with crappy administrative work even though she has a law degree. I love how remote work is portrayed as being the new modern norm on TV. Reality: you get forgotten or fired.

I’m holding out for holograms.

I get it PP. thank you for your kind post. Also feel this way.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 to teleworkers. Hence why I am picking up at 5:30. Most parents with a SAHP won't have their kids in aftercare if they didn't need to (especially if they are living a frugal lifestyle).

This. A true SAHM doesn’t use aftercare.

Also, a lot of companies now are mostly remote workers. I freelance and work from home. I often wish I had an office and a reason to get dressed. Grass is often greener.