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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ so many of us working moms do all of those SAHM chores as well—the meals, school volunteering, grocery shopping and shuttling and many of the spouses pitch in as well.  That argument never resonated with me.  I think many SAHMs have serious time management issues coupled with inherent laziness—especially the ones that never go back to work.[/quote]

This kind of drives me crazy.  Very likely you either don't do it, or you have real help.

If you are a SAHM with kid in school, that's about 30 hours a week on your own.

preparing meals- 3-5 hours/wk
school volunteering - 2-3 hours/wk
other volunteering - 2-3 hours/wk
grocery shopping - 1-2 hours/wk
general cleaning the house - 3-5 hours/wk
shuttling kids around to doctor/dentist/orthodontist or going to school play etc - 2-3 hours/wk 
general errands (new clothes, running to target, post office, etc) - 1-2 hours/wk
laundry - 2-3 hours/wk
yard work (mowing, planting flowers, shoveling snow, etc) - 2-3 hours/wk
general paperwork, managing finances - 1-2 hours/wk
organizing/decorating house (moving out seasonal clothing, getting rid of junk, painting, etc) - 2-4 hours/wk
exercise - 3-5 hours/wk

So, that's 24-40 hours/wk that is mostly outside of actual childcare  (if you take out exercise it's 21-35 hours/wk).  If you are doing this while working, then either your entire evenings and much of your weekends are devoted to these things, you aren't actually getting some things done, or you have someone else (spouse, housekeeper, parent, etc) who is doing a lot of it for you.   
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I work from home and do pretty much all of those things.  My job is 40 hours per week from home.  $190k.  What it means is that I am on the go the minute I wake up and will make up missed hours after kids are in bed.

Plus- like most SAHMs- much of that listed isn't daily events.  Most of my friends get up and workout at 5:30am or at night too.[/quote]

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