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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]god, women are definitely their own worst enemies.

i have been a SAHM for 4 years and i am itching to go back to work.  i already had one interview (before i really started looking) and they could not care less that i had been home for a few years.  ultimately, i did not have the exact experience that they were looking for, and it was mutually agreed upon that i was not the right fit.

OP, i can assure you that SAHMs can have a great perspective about going back to work.  SAHMs who want to work are just feeling done with being home and ready to focus on a career outside of the home.  during out time at home we have also honed skills that can easily be translated into the workplace (i.e., multitasking, putting out fires, managing people and projects).  we also have a maturity that "young" men and women will absolutely NOT have.

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I hear you but I REALLY REALLY struggled with whether to stay home or not and decided to take an extended maternity leave (8 months instead of 4) and have my dad watch my daughter until I felt she was old enough and I was comfortable enough to send her to daycare at 18 months.  I went back to work because we basically lived in the hood and I couldn't raise my child there - we had to move out of the neighborhood, which meant I needed to return to work.  Because I made this decision, I unfortunately (whether this is fair or not) have more respect for and would think more highly of a candidate who decided to return to the workforce as opposed to becoming a SAHM.  Mind you, I don't think the mom who returns to work is a better PERSON (she may or may not be), I just would consider her a better candidate for the job. Sorry if this sounds harsh.[/quote]

Huh?  so, why does the fact that you had to return to work for financial reasons give you that perspective of SAHMs who stayed home for a few years then reentered the work force BECAUSE THEY WANT TO?  someone who is CHOOSING to go back to work has a drive that people who are forced to go back to work do not have. [/quote]

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