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[quote=Anonymous]According to my SAHM acquaintances the answer is “No.”

My DD has a few circles of friends - kids of our friends, school friends, camp, church, activities etc.

All of our (grown up) friends are dual professional households. We moved her to a preschool with a similar makeup of dual professional households. I’m the “dumb” one without a PhD.

Our church is in a more affluent zip code (DMV - fill in the blank). Her church friends primarily have SAHMs. She loves those kids but when we try to make plans the SAHMs always work-shame me. “Oh, we do play dates on Tuesdays at 1 pm” or “Oh, you work? Like full time?? It didn’t make sense for me to work because of DHs career and I feel being at home for little Timmy is important” as they drive away in BMW to their McMansion.

It makes me feel like garbage but my kid is insisting on being friends with the kids so I keep trying.  The answer is usually “weekends aren’t good. How is Tuesday?” or last minute cancel.  It’s multiple moms from this group, not just one.

Maybe it’s me? Rolling up in my Honda? I have friends so I’m pretty sure I’m not a social pariah. I just feel bad for my kid.

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