How welcoming is your moms club?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

Plenty of working moms have schedules that are flexible enough to do meet ups during the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

Plenty of working moms have schedules that are flexible enough to do meet ups during the day.

Interesting. I have tons of working mom friends and not one would be able to meet me last minute at 10am for a kids activity. Do you live in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

Plenty of working moms have schedules that are flexible enough to do meet ups during the day.

And most if not all chapters of MOMS Club allow part time working moms and moms with flexible/non-traditional schedules to join. The chapter I’m in has a full-time working nurse as a member. She usually works 2 or 3 weekdays a week. And about 1/3 of our members work part time. And we have a few teachers in the group who are obviously only available on school breaks/summers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

And it is specifically to meet the needs of a SAHM. Stay at home moms have their own challenges and Moms Club is there to help.

PP and I hated Moms club (so cliquey) but I was glad it was for SAHM only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

Plenty of working moms have schedules that are flexible enough to do meet ups during the day.

Interesting. I have tons of working mom friends and not one would be able to meet me last minute at 10am for a kids activity. Do you live in DC?

I am the PP and yes, I live in DC. I work full time but have very flexible hours and work remotely several days a week. I absolutely could meet last minute at 10 am many weekdays.

I don’t think it is universal that the Moms clubs allow in part time or full time with flexible schedule moms. I think that many of them have the philosophy that SAHMs have different experiences than women who work and don’t have anything to offer to the conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

Plenty of working moms have schedules that are flexible enough to do meet ups during the day.

Interesting. I have tons of working mom friends and not one would be able to meet me last minute at 10am for a kids activity. Do you live in DC?

I am the PP and yes, I live in DC. I work full time but have very flexible hours and work remotely several days a week. I absolutely could meet last minute at 10 am many weekdays.

I don’t think it is universal that the Moms clubs allow in part time or full time with flexible schedule moms. I think that many of them have the philosophy that SAHMs have different experiences than women who work and don’t have anything to offer to the conversation.

DP here. I used to work a part time supposedly very flexible job. If you make the moms club activity the priority, sure, you can make it work.

You are kidding yourself if you think you can just meet a random new mom acquaintance at the park any day. I’m a SAHM and I make plans at least a week or two in advance. Most people aren’t just available.

And I do have friends with flex jobs. We rarely meet during working hours. They use their flex time to work out, run errands, doc appointments, preschool events, etc. we meet for dinners or get togethers on weekends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

Plenty of working moms have schedules that are flexible enough to do meet ups during the day.

Interesting. I have tons of working mom friends and not one would be able to meet me last minute at 10am for a kids activity. Do you live in DC?

I am the PP and yes, I live in DC. I work full time but have very flexible hours and work remotely several days a week. I absolutely could meet last minute at 10 am many weekdays.

I don’t think it is universal that the Moms clubs allow in part time or full time with flexible schedule moms. I think that many of them have the philosophy that SAHMs have different experiences than women who work and don’t have anything to offer to the conversation.

Im the poster who used to have a very flexible part time job. I joined a moms club when I first moved here. I worked 30 hrs per week flexible schedule but had a full time nanny. I joined moms club and was placed in a Playgroup. We were responsible for rotating being the host. Being the responsible person, I said I can commit to hosting but if by chance I have a meeting, I can commit to being the host but my nanny would be there only. I got a phone call telling me that this group may not be for me because I work. I was really insulted at the time. Eh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's like sororities, except now you're an adult and buying friends didn't work well even back in the day..

Or it's like going off to college and joining a campus club to meet new people. What's wrong with trying to make new friends who are going through the same new life stage you are?

[Anonymous]

The one in our neighborhood was super clique-y and very much designed for SAHMs. I work full time, and my husband stayed home when our kids were little, and we were not welcome. I couldn't even get the host/coordinator to respond to my attempts to contact her. So then when we would show up at our neighborhood pool club (where we were members), all the other moms knew each other and their kids played together, and we remained outsiders. We are still in the neighborhood, but I have given up on getting to know the other moms.

[Anonymous]

I am a working Mom but I do shift work. I loved our Moms group, It was formed on meetup though and was no affiliated with the official Moms club.

[Anonymous]

We were not super welcoming. We wanted people (it started with three and slowly grew) who had similar values (vaccinate, no screens, no physical punishment, mostly organic, etc.) and similar senses of humor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were not super welcoming. We wanted people (it started with three and slowly grew) who had similar values (vaccinate, no screens, no physical punishment, mostly organic, etc.) and similar senses of humor.

Obvious troll is obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF is a Moms' Club? Are these for real?

I'm so glad my kids are older and we didn't have this foolishness.

Its for SAHM who shun us who work because we like are kids t be able to eat and stuff.

Haha yep. No working moms allowed! Such bs.

Why would you be offended by this? We do fun things with our kids during the day. Would you be able to join? No.

I just think it's the height of ridiculous to call something "MOMS Club" and have it only open to a certain type of mom. Very cliquey and rude.

[Anonymous]

My town had something different, ie it wasn't called MOMS Club. It was horribly unfriendly. But I did meet one GREAT friend, and when my kids got bigger and into school, I met more nice people that way.