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[quote=Anonymous]Assume they are just making conversation, trying to find common ground. Tell them you are enjoying being home with the kids now
after ___x career/speciality degree if you have one OR the first half plus whatever else interest you have that they can then latch on to talk with you about or further the conversation.

I still cringe at how when I was a naive 25yo I asked a SAHM very similar questions with the follow up of “but what do you do all day” and it was because I was that clueless. I am now someone who is both a SAHM and  an advanced degree holder who isn’t using it for paid work and does significant volunteer work for a non-profit in addition to being the primary parent/household manager.

My youngest started school this year and people ask me all the time when am I going “back to work” and it makes me want to pull my hair out because I absolutely work harder than many people I know in my unpaid labor. My Dh’s job IS such that the hours are long with unpredictable travel that for me to imagine adding a paid career in would mean significantly outsourcing childcare and household work. Doable of course, but I’m good. [/quote]

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