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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are many good reasons to choose to be a SAHM, and good reasons to continue to work.  I currently work full-time, but would consider staying at home when I have multiple children not yet old enough for school.

[b]What I can't stand, however, are all the people who say that they're "blessed" or "lucky" to be able to stay at home.   Really, if I continue to work, I'm not blessed? I really, really like the fact that, due to my hard work, I have relatively low-stress six-figure job with a flexible schedule and can work from home at least some of the time.  [/b]

And I'm "blessed" that because of my financial contribution to the household, we can live a comfortable lifestyle (live in a good neighborhood and enjoy short commutes, for example) and my husband doesn't have to work crazy hours to support the whole family.  I'm so blessed to have a husband who is around so much for the family - oh, wait, that's because I pitch in financially to maintain a family-work balance we both enjoy.

Not a matter of being "blessed" - we just make different choices.  [/quote]

This is the problem with DCUM -- people like you who take someone else's positive comment and spin it into some sort of negative slam on you and get defensive. You "can't stand" someone else saying they're lucky to stay home?  I feel very, very, very lucky to be able to stay at home because it is what I want to do.  Does that have any bearing on whether a working mom is also lucky or "blessed"?  Of course not.  "I feel lucky to be able to do this" does not mean "You suck and you aren't lucky because you do that."  Guess what?  I can consider myself lucky AND you can consider yourself lucky even if we are lucky for different reasons and in different ways.   [/quote]

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