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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom did this. She was always passed over for promotions, travel,etc.  her career never recovered, and she was the first let go when the company hit problems.

She also said that it was hard to feel like you were both a WOHM and SAHM, so no one really understood you and she didn't have a place in the mommy wars. Also, she wasn't enough of a SAHM for that crowd. But the WOHM crowd looked down on her, too.

This was 1980-99ish in a small town in flyover country. No idea if things are different here and now. [/quote]

Folks have wised up, WOHM will not look down on her.

[b]Yes, not being in sync w daily coffee and yoga will leave you out of sahm crowd[/b][/quote]
This is ridiculous. I work PT and all my SAHM friends are awesome and aren't ladies of leisure. Sure, we meet at coffee shops for maybe 2 seconds before we go do an activity with kids (because none of us are sleeping so we must caffeinate), but we all work hard and juggle a lot when caring for our kids. My colleagues are pretty envious, but most of them don't have kids yet so they don't really understand that it's not really a "break" on my off days. They don't, however, feel any ill will towards me... of course, I make myself available a lot for email and after hours to pick up more work. It's grueling. I get the best and worst of both worlds, but it's perfect for me.

I will say that some of my WOHM friends may be a bit less than generous about their feelings towards me, but I worked my ass off in my career for 16 years and am happy to ease off the gas pedal a bit. I am talented and hard-working and I know I can ramp up my career again when I'm ready.

OP, it depends on your field and how you envision life. I appreciate being able to really relax on the weekends because I can do shopping, cooking, cleaning during the week. I can't imagine having to do that Sat/Sun and then trying to fit in actual quality time with the kids.[/quote]

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