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[quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand this constant, constant drama that gets pulled up every few weeks or so on this site.  I have never come across it in real life (I SAH).  I have friends who both SAH and WOH, and everyone is happy doing what they are doing.  So why the bitterness here?  I especially don't understand the women who say things like: "I would NEVER want my child to SAH, it's so 1950's, we've come such a long way", or "I hope my child doesn't feel the need to put work ahead of her family when she has one".  I mean, really??  Don't you want your children to be HAPPY, bottom line?  Aren't you all happy doing what you are doing, whether it's working or being at home?  Newsflash for those who somehow missed it: [i]different things make different people happy.[/i]  Not everyone feels the same way, and it is so, SO tiring to constantly read that those who SAH are backward, unintelligent, and unambitious, while those who work are cold, poor mothers who abandon their children to other to raise.  Come on, neither of these are true, and if you really feel that way, then I'm sorry for you.

I SAH.  I love it.  It makes me happy to watch my children, cook, keep a clean house, manage it, run car pools, etc.  Why is this considered so bad, or backward, or deserving of scorn?  Why am I considered dull, uninteresting, and stupid?  No one who knows me feels like that.  My job as a home-maker is what makes me HAPPY!  If I were happier working, being an independent earner, then I'd do that...but somehow, the sanctimommies would cut me down for not spending all my time in the house.

Please, stop wasting your time and energy on belittling others for their choices.  Because, unfortunately, you simply are conjuring up an image of a person who wants what they can't have.  The best job is the one you love and fulfills you.  That is all.[/quote]

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