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[quote=Anonymous]In these sort of debates, most of the responders seem to be really insecure in their choice...both SAHMs (They miss their careers, earning their own money and resent having to rely financially on DH. They are a bit insecure when around WOHMs and dread "work" conversations) and WOHMs (They hate their jobs but work because they have to. They secretly are jealous of SAHMs and wish they could do the same.).

I'm the mom of 4 and have done both. My job is not fulfilling, it's dreadfully boring and a trained monkey could probably do it. I don't work because I"m career-oriented, I work because we need the money and I also like interacting with adults in a work setting.

I also stayed at home various times throughout my children's lives. Most recently, for about a year when my DD was born (she's now 3). My older children were school-aged and, honestly, I was quite bored and spent a lot of time watching TV. Unless your child has special needs, doctor's appointments and/or illnesses don't happen that often. Home repairs (while headaches when they occur) are not frequent occurrences. All of the other things I did (laundry, bill-paying, cooking, cleaning/etc) were done when I did and didn't work, so I don't count that as things I wasn't able to do because I WOH.

With that said, I'm now at a point when I *really* don't want to work FT. At least not at a job that's in DC and my commute is close to 1.5 hours each way. I don't like getting home when it's already dark; feels like the day is gone and I haven't even interacted much with my children. A happy medium for me would be a FT job near my home (I'm aggressively pursuing this option) or working PT. I 100% don't want/need to be at home during the day; but would like to be home by 3-4PM.

OP, I hope your DP gets better soon. I agree with others that it sounds like depression. Please address this; it can have major consequences if left unchecked. Good luck.

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