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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Due to many different circumstances, most nobody’s business (for the sake of this post, I stopped working after experiencing severe postpartum depression, and since DH could and can fully support us comfortably, I haven’t gone back and don’t really want to right now) I am a housewife now that my children are in school full-time, and have been for a couple years.

*I am posting this with sincerity, so please be polite with me!

I never know what to say when new people ask what I do for a living. Or, I do, but it always seems to make things awkward or makes people (both men and women, though in different ways) very defensive [b](“I could never do that! What do you do all day? Aren’t you bored? I’d lose my mind and go insane.”) [/b]Part of me wants to tell these women I WAS sort of insane, certifiably, and that’s why stopped working, but why start a fight? I always just let them spew their thoughts in my direction because it’s easier, but I’m sort of sick of it.

I’m sick of explaining why I haven’t gone back to work now that my kids are in school. Sick of trying to sugar coat why I stopped working. Sick of explaining to people that I do find fulfillment in other ways. REALLY tired of the people who try and tell me how THEY would feel.

Does anyone have any advice? What would YOU want to hear from me?[/quote]

I have been in your shoes.  I stopped working when my youngest was  a year old, and now that kid is in college.  I am financially well off and I will never go back to work.  I have been subject to the above bolded reactions and I have always said "Oh, I love being home with the kids.  I don't get bored or insane.  I really enjoy having a lot of leisure time to devote to my pet causes and hobbies.  I don't miss the office or working out of home. "  These were the response when my kids were still at home.

Now, that I am a stay at home wife and my filters are off, my response to "Do you think you will go back to work?" is "Nope. I am not that stupid!"[/quote]

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