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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

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]

IMO most people (myself included) say that they are "lucky" when they actually have the [b]ability[/b] to make the choice - and aren't bound to a certain situation for financial or other reasons.  The parent who wants to stay home and actually can choose to do so [u]does[/u] feel lucky.  I'm sure that the parent who wants to go back to work and can (e.g., childcare doesn't make it cost prohibitive) also feels lucky.

So yes I feel lucky that I was able to give up a similar job situation as yours and still keep our comfortable lifestyle (but skip the house upgrade & extravagant vacations for now) and enjoy having my DH around to spend time with our family (he also has a flexible job).  I really honestly do feel lucky that I wasn't forced into going back to work - I know many people who felt like they didn't have a choice at all.
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