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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a White sahm and curious why it’s so rare in the Indian community. If your DH makes enough as a ‘physician/banker/attorney’ why not sahm for a few years at least? I don’t get the shame in it.[/quote]

I also don’t think it’s shameful in the least, however Indian woman who are older had very little choice in their lives and often had to make great sacrifices. They want THEIR daughters to shoot for the stars. My MIL is Indian and is still bitter about all she had to give up. [/quote]

It’s not shameful at all.  Indian/Pakistani immigrants are on average highly educated and the culture highly  values ambition. My husband and I are Pakistani-American - he is a partner at a Big4 firm and I am an inhouse general counsel - we’re youngish with young kids (7 and 3).  I love being a mom and all things kids, and while I sometimes debate whether I want to be a SAHM, I am proud of my career and I have little desire to step out of the workforce and work my up again.[/quote]

+1. My DC1 is in med school and has a ton of classmates who are Indian. All the moms are incredibly successful and scary smart. Can you imagine Vineeta Agrawal SAH? [/quote]

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