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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a working mom who does all those SAHM things plus has hobbies, etc., what I want to hear from a SAHM is: "I am not working." Don't say any of that cutesy stuff or make it seem like more than it is. You are not working. You do have more free time once kids are in school FT than those of us who work.  Just own it and deal with whatever judgment comes your way.[/quote]

I'm sure you work hard, and have a fulfilling life, but you literally CAN't do everything that SAHMs do.  It is physically impossible because we all have the same amount of time.  You work, you outsource, etc.  I have worked and I have worked and had kids and I have stayed at home with kids, and during all three periods, I was working.[/quote]

Yup.  I don’t understand all of the women who insist that they DO IT ALL!!  No, you don’t, because you can’t.  And that’s okay.

(I think the analogous cope to “I work outside the home 40 hours a week plus commute but I raise my kids JUST as much as a SAHM who is with her kids full time does!” would be the SAHMs who insist that their husband can ONLY earn a high salary BECAUSE of her.  They come from a similar place of insecurity I guess.)[/quote]

Who said anything about "doing it all".  WTF does that even mean?  NO ONE does it all.  Not working moms, not SAHMs, not dads either.  Honestly.

But I'll bet there are many SAHMs who do a whole hell of a lot less than I and other working moms do.  Because some of us have high energy, are efficient, and are good planners.  We clean the house, do the laundry, make all the appts, take the kids to the appts, shop, cook, volunteer, etc., etc. AND work.  Just because you can't conceive it doesn't mean no one does it.  We may not be Big Law partners but WGAF?  Some of us have flexible jobs and are more clever than you.  And you know what?  Maybe there are some SAHMs out there who do more than all of us because they are super volunteers or whatever.

You don't know what all women are or are not doing.  Speak for yourself.[/quote]

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