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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen this recently a couple of times in newspaper/magazine articles and thought, well doesn't that just mean you are unemployed???  Why describe yourself this way because it doesnt make sense.  If you are single you just can't CHOOSE to stay home and not work, right?[/quote]

:?:   It means they have chosen to stay home and look after their kids.  What's the confusion, OP?  They do it through inheritance, welfare, their parents supporting them, savings, child support, or whatever.  Lots of SAHMs these days are also unemployed and are SAH because they were laid off; do you also think they should call themselves "unemployed" instead of SAH?[/quote]

There is such immense jealousy on this boards of SAHMs. i'm saying this as a working mom. Its pathetic.[/quote]
I am a single mom, and if I were laid off, I would call myself unemployed. For me it is a matter of intent and goals. If I intended to stay at home for a long period, and was not working outside the home intentionally, I would call myself a SAH single mom. I don't know who would be paying the bills or putting food on the table though.
And I am not jealous of SAHMs. Even if I were married, I would work outside the home. It makes me happy, and that is how I was raised. The women in my family have always had jobs.[/quote]

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