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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You have more time than someone that works all day and has child care and household responsibilities at night. Makes sense?[/quote]

Exactly.  No one is saying you are lounging around doing nothing, but imagine being at work 8 hours a day, plus an hour commute each way, and then tack on seeing your child for an hour or two in the evening and then needing to call your parents to check in.[/quote]

The difference is that a SAH probably doesn't have a cleaning service and it's likely that her DH has dumped his chores on her because ' she has free time'. In reality, the house is getting more messed up from DC being home all day vs. in daycare so SAH has more cleaning not less. The SAH mom is doing all the childcare, all the extra housework and all the cooking. When I worked in an office I could take long lunches, shop on line, have long adult conversations, go to happy hour after work. Going to work in an office was 10X easier than being a SAH.[/quote]

Okay. And not everyone has a full-time job with so much free time. I ran from meeting to meeting, dealt with both nice and toxic people all day, navigated people’s power plays, and also managed to do some actual work plus commute an hour both ways. I didn’t do happy hour bc I wanted to go home and see my kid.

Working was easier for you but not for everyone. [/quote]

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