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[quote=Anonymous]I think working moms and SAHMs love to dump on each other's choices because regardless of what she chose, it was a hard, imperfect choice. You always have days of regret and doubt and wonder if it was better to have done the other thing. Makes it easier to make the other kind of mom an enemy and categorically the "wrong" or "bad" choice.

In real life it's always grey. The working moms i know are frazzled, exhausted, some hate their job but have to do it for money, some love their jobs and fighting the fight or climbing the ladder. Everyone wishes for more time with their kid.

The SAHMs are also tired, maybe sliiiightly less frazzled (assuming they have 1 or 2 kids), and often talk about how hard it is mentally to spend that much time around young children. Everyone wishes for more time for themselves and are anxious about if they can return to work successfully in the future.

OP is an example of a working mom who projects her own anxieties and insecurities on the SAHM. Your neighbor might be wondering if you judge her choice to stay home.

Women are exhausting. i know, because I am one, and I am often exhausted by my own anxieties.... 
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