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Then start looking for a job.  I find that many SAHMs use the work hours and leave as an excuse.  It’s like they have this narrative in their head about how they won’t find a job with enough leave or decent hours but they haven’t even interviewed for a job!!!   Find a job, get an offer and then figure out if the benefits work for you.  Almost every woman I know who works has a somewhat flexible job.  The work place is more flexible than ever.  [b]I hate to sound mean [/b]but the stuff you write just sounds like an excuse.  Like you have anxiety about returning to work so you’re waxing some narrative about how you won’t have enough leave and you’ll be away 10 hours a day.  I mean you’ve been out of work almost a decade.  Perhaps things have changed???  Seriously just start looking for a job and go from there.  Unless you want to be unemployed another 7 years from now telling the same sob story about how working would require no sick leave and long hours.  Sounds like you’re done having kids so stop using the parental leave as an excuse too.   [/quote]

No, you don’t! Haha you love sounding like you’ve got it all figured out and PP is an idiot.

Have you ever taught before? PP said she was a teacher before becoming a SAHM. I used to be a teacher too and easily worked 10 hours a day. Yes, I had the school year calendar so that aspect would be very good for raising kids who are home in the summer and on all school breaks. However, teachers don’t get much paid leave and especially now with the sub shortages, it’s not easy to get coverage so you often don’t have the option of being gone when you need to (when kids get sick, etc).

Now of course she doesn’t have to go back to teaching but she’s not wrong that it isn’t easy to find a job w the type of flexible hours and leave she desires that is also a worthwhile/meaningful job.[/quote]

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