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[quote=Anonymous]I found this hard as well.  Because society is constantly telling us that we've made a stupid choice.  And maybe we have, logically, but we've made the choice we want to for our lives.

The other part that's hard is that our spouses seldom "see" all the work we do and how exhausting and unrelenting it is.

If I'm honest, I'll say that until I went back to work (started a business working from home when kids were in school) I didn't feel fully myself again.  Fully proud of my contribution.

I think this is for two reasons:
1)taking care of kids and a home is work that can't be done perfectly.  It's constantly judged and found lacking.  By myself, my spouse, my mother, random ladies on the street.
2)Our society truly only values work outside the home.  There's really no way around this.

But, I remind myself that learning to find self-esteem from somewhere other than a traditionally recognized job is important.  Because of retirement.  Because of illness.  Much of our lives is not our money making phase.  Might as well figure out other sources of pride now![/quote]

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