Typical SAHM with school aged kids day

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Anonymous wrote:Being dull has nothing to do with whether you work for pay. I know just as many boring working parents as I do boring stay-at-home parents. Anyone who draws lines such as "WOHM are like this" or "SAHM are like that" is a judgmental fool.

Don't you people have friends in real life who live in different situations and make different choices? I even have some - gasp! - single and/or childless friends! It takes all kinds.

IDK. If you have money and brains and don't need to take care of your kids all day because they are in school, but all you can come up with to fill your time is shopping, exercising, grooming, eating, and tidying--you just can't be a very interesting person. There are so many amazing women out there -- some who work for pay, some who don't -- who do so many amazing things. Most of what people have described on this thread is astonishingly limited for a bunch of people who don't seem to have physical, intellectual, or financial limitations on their potential.

Well said. I would off myself if I were in my 30s and still had 2/3s of my life left doing nothing. No wonder so many are in anti-depressants.

Why are WOHMs so obsessed with the dull, boring, neurotic, doormat SAHMs? They should try and take care of their own families, spend time with their kids, maybe fuck their DH now and then, instead of wasting their time.

C'mon, overachiever WOHMS! Tick-tock, times-a-wasting. Go on, hug your child, fuck your DH, clean your house! Come on...you can do it!!

I did all those things tonight - after working a full day. I know, it's hard to see others achieving things you can't.

I don't want to achieve working a full day at the same place day after day. And that is completely okay. Just as your choice to do so is. I still work a full day just get "paid" differently than you. Not everything of value is monetary.

At the same place day after day? What does that even mean? Does your work around the house change location daily?

[Anonymous]

Ok- working moms win. They are superior and accomplish more and are happier than SAHMs. Now, can the thread either get back on topic or end??? This is so embarrassing and pathetic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WAHMs who continue to post things like "LOL you do nothing all day but eat bon bons and I do all that AND work full time" come off as bitter and jealous. Whether that is their intention or not. Whether that is true or not.

That is how it comes off. Straight up bittercakes.

Straight up bittercakes? What are you, 14? Try stepping away from the soap operas and joining the adult world.

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I did all those things tonight - after working a full day. I know, it's hard to see others achieving things you can't.

"Can't" is different from "don't want to."

Shhhh...it's more fun when PP thinks she's super woman. Maybe she can list off all of her accomplishments again (snicker).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Being dull has nothing to do with whether you work for pay. I know just as many boring working parents as I do boring stay-at-home parents. Anyone who draws lines such as "WOHM are like this" or "SAHM are like that" is a judgmental fool.

Don't you people have friends in real life who live in different situations and make different choices? I even have some - gasp! - single and/or childless friends! It takes all kinds.

IDK. If you have money and brains and don't need to take care of your kids all day because they are in school, but all you can come up with to fill your time is shopping, exercising, grooming, eating, and tidying--you just can't be a very interesting person. There are so many amazing women out there -- some who work for pay, some who don't -- who do so many amazing things. Most of what people have described on this thread is astonishingly limited for a bunch of people who don't seem to have physical, intellectual, or financial limitations on their potential.

Well said. I would off myself if I were in my 30s and still had 2/3s of my life left doing nothing. No wonder so many are in anti-depressants.

Why are WOHMs so obsessed with the dull, boring, neurotic, doormat SAHMs? They should try and take care of their own families, spend time with their kids, maybe fuck their DH now and then, instead of wasting their time.

C'mon, overachiever WOHMS! Tick-tock, times-a-wasting. Go on, hug your child, fuck your DH, clean your house! Come on...you can do it!!

I did all those things tonight - after working a full day. I know, it's hard to see others achieving things you can't.

I don't want to achieve working a full day at the same place day after day. And that is completely okay. Just as your choice to do so is. I still work a full day just get "paid" differently than you. Not everything of value is monetary.

At the same place day after day? What does that even mean? Does your work around the house change location daily?

I guess she cleans other people's homes and cooks dinners at others homes . That cracked me up too.

[Anonymous]

I didn't read the thread. I want to say that I'm a SAHM and I've hated it completely and totally for nearly 15 years. I'd join the working world if I could, but after so many years at home, I've lost my profession, and the only work open to me is, what, seasonal help at Crate & Barrel? I stayed home because of the needs of my children, but I never wanted to, and I wish I hadn't had to.

What did I do all day: laundry, dishes, cleaning, shopping, driving, scheduling, repairing, decorating, rinse, repeat. Every task as boring as the last, but someone had to do them.

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Anonymous wrote:Being dull has nothing to do with whether you work for pay. I know just as many boring working parents as I do boring stay-at-home parents. Anyone who draws lines such as "WOHM are like this" or "SAHM are like that" is a judgmental fool.

Don't you people have friends in real life who live in different situations and make different choices? I even have some - gasp! - single and/or childless friends! It takes all kinds.

IDK. If you have money and brains and don't need to take care of your kids all day because they are in school, but all you can come up with to fill your time is shopping, exercising, grooming, eating, and tidying--you just can't be a very interesting person. There are so many amazing women out there -- some who work for pay, some who don't -- who do so many amazing things. Most of what people have described on this thread is astonishingly limited for a bunch of people who don't seem to have physical, intellectual, or financial limitations on their potential.

But add a paycheck on top of that, no matter the job, and all of a sudden someone's interesting? Come on. Being boring or having no interesting hobbies has NOTHING to do with whether someone works outside the home. By all means, though, ignore everything that doesn't fit with your biases.

You've missed the point.
- new poster

No, I didn't, but thanks for chiming in.

If you paid attention and put down your defensiveness, you would see that that poster said she respects some women who work for pay and some who don't. It has to do with how they fill the rest of their time. That is the point you obviously missed.

What does the poor misunderstood PP consider amazing? Should I be helping children with cancer and their families or providing for victims of domestic violence or working at a food pantry and championing better programs for the homeless? Because that is what I do with my unpaid useless "6.5" hours by devoting my "free time" to the charities I work with and organize. And if I didn't? If I wanted to sit on my butt and read or knit or watch RHoBH. So what? You worry about your life. Let others live theirs.

-NP to the quoted convo

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Anonymous wrote:Being dull has nothing to do with whether you work for pay. I know just as many boring working parents as I do boring stay-at-home parents. Anyone who draws lines such as "WOHM are like this" or "SAHM are like that" is a judgmental fool.

Don't you people have friends in real life who live in different situations and make different choices? I even have some - gasp! - single and/or childless friends! It takes all kinds.

IDK. If you have money and brains and don't need to take care of your kids all day because they are in school, but all you can come up with to fill your time is shopping, exercising, grooming, eating, and tidying--you just can't be a very interesting person. There are so many amazing women out there -- some who work for pay, some who don't -- who do so many amazing things. Most of what people have described on this thread is astonishingly limited for a bunch of people who don't seem to have physical, intellectual, or financial limitations on their potential.

Well said. I would off myself if I were in my 30s and still had 2/3s of my life left doing nothing. No wonder so many are in anti-depressants.

Why are WOHMs so obsessed with the dull, boring, neurotic, doormat SAHMs? They should try and take care of their own families, spend time with their kids, maybe fuck their DH now and then, instead of wasting their time.

C'mon, overachiever WOHMS! Tick-tock, times-a-wasting. Go on, hug your child, fuck your DH, clean your house! Come on...you can do it!!

I did all those things tonight - after working a full day. I know, it's hard to see others achieving things you can't.

I don't want to achieve working a full day at the same place day after day. And that is completely okay. Just as your choice to do so is. I still work a full day just get "paid" differently than you. Not everything of value is monetary.

At the same place day after day? What does that even mean? Does your work around the house change location daily?

I guess she cleans other people's homes and cooks dinners at others homes . That cracked me up too.

I don't spend my day working around the house. But LOL all you want and keep making assumptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being dull has nothing to do with whether you work for pay. I know just as many boring working parents as I do boring stay-at-home parents. Anyone who draws lines such as "WOHM are like this" or "SAHM are like that" is a judgmental fool.

Don't you people have friends in real life who live in different situations and make different choices? I even have some - gasp! - single and/or childless friends! It takes all kinds.

IDK. If you have money and brains and don't need to take care of your kids all day because they are in school, but all you can come up with to fill your time is shopping, exercising, grooming, eating, and tidying--you just can't be a very interesting person. There are so many amazing women out there -- some who work for pay, some who don't -- who do so many amazing things. Most of what people have described on this thread is astonishingly limited for a bunch of people who don't seem to have physical, intellectual, or financial limitations on their potential.

But add a paycheck on top of that, no matter the job, and all of a sudden someone's interesting? Come on. Being boring or having no interesting hobbies has NOTHING to do with whether someone works outside the home. By all means, though, ignore everything that doesn't fit with your biases.

You've missed the point.
- new poster

No, I didn't, but thanks for chiming in.

If you paid attention and put down your defensiveness, you would see that that poster said she respects some women who work for pay and some who don't. It has to do with how they fill the rest of their time. That is the point you obviously missed.

Are you the prior NP? If so, please try to follow along with the posts in context or go back to lurking. The poster you're defending may have given negligible lip service to that point, but she was actually arguing against it. Why reply otherwise? The first post made just that point. The second poster's larger point was denigrating SAHM or at least SAHM in this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WAHMs who continue to post things like "LOL you do nothing all day but eat bon bons and I do all that AND work full time" come off as bitter and jealous. Whether that is their intention or not. Whether that is true or not.

That is how it comes off. Straight up bittercakes.

Straight up bittercakes? What are you, 14? Try stepping away from the soap operas and joining the adult world.

Did that make you feel better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't read the thread. I want to say that I'm a SAHM and I've hated it completely and totally for nearly 15 years. I'd join the working world if I could, but after so many years at home, I've lost my profession, and the only work open to me is, what, seasonal help at Crate & Barrel? I stayed home because of the needs of my children, but I never wanted to, and I wish I hadn't had to.

What did I do all day: laundry, dishes, cleaning, shopping, driving, scheduling, repairing, decorating, rinse, repeat. Every task as boring as the last, but someone had to do them.

I am sorry you hate your life. I love mine. You should pursue something that will make you happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WAHMs who continue to post things like "LOL you do nothing all day but eat bon bons and I do all that AND work full time" come off as bitter and jealous. Whether that is their intention or not. Whether that is true or not.

That is how it comes off. Straight up bittercakes.

Straight up bittercakes? What are you, 14? Try stepping away from the soap operas and joining the adult world.

You missed the point by the overwhelming need to pick out one thing to insult. The PP is the truth. It doesn't matter if the wahm/wohms are actually jealous their posts are coming off that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok- working moms win. They are superior and accomplish more and are happier than SAHMs. Now, can the thread either get back on topic or end??? This is so embarrassing and pathetic

+100

This is why I wish DCUM had a SAHM board. SAHMs are a minority here, like infertility and also a niche like real estate or travel. It would keep threads like these out of off topic (where this one started) and you could report easier when the WOHM peanut gallery comes in to derail anything positive or helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't read the thread. I want to say that I'm a SAHM and I've hated it completely and totally for nearly 15 years. I'd join the working world if I could, but after so many years at home, I've lost my profession, and the only work open to me is, what, seasonal help at Crate & Barrel? I stayed home because of the needs of my children, but I never wanted to, and I wish I hadn't had to.

What did I do all day: laundry, dishes, cleaning, shopping, driving, scheduling, repairing, decorating, rinse, repeat. Every task as boring as the last, but someone had to do them.

This is honesty. Refreshing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn't read the thread. I want to say that I'm a SAHM and I've hated it completely and totally for nearly 15 years. I'd join the working world if I could, but after so many years at home, I've lost my profession, and the only work open to me is, what, seasonal help at Crate & Barrel? I stayed home because of the needs of my children, but I never wanted to, and I wish I hadn't had to.

What did I do all day: laundry, dishes, cleaning, shopping, driving, scheduling, repairing, decorating, rinse, repeat. Every task as boring as the last, but someone had to do them.

This is honesty. Refreshing.

It is also sad. If you are miserable with your life and accept your fate that is not something to be applauded.