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[quote=Anonymous]The mommy wars are alive and well.  I worked for 15 years straight after college, then married at 37 and had our only child a year later.  Husband traveled so did I (and husbands travels are int'l -he is never home).  I opted out of a wonderful career at a big company (huge risk) and have been at home for the last 10 years.  In that time I have tried real estate but the flexibility needed did not work with my husband's travels (which include weekends) -although I did survive 2 years.  I then tried a work at home sales position but it was intense to the point you could not ever leave your phone and was not the kind of sales I was trained in.  So here I am...pushing 50...with a master's degree and an amazing corporate background -I'm trying to opt back in but it is nearly impossible.  I am happy being home (although I am a bit unusual -one child in school ha ha) but for now things are peaceful at our home.  We have one car and make sacrifices but it allows my husband to really pursue things and he has been promoted multiple times now.  All I'm saying is stop asking people "what do you do" when you first meet them.  There is so much more to a person than their social stature of what kind of job they have.[/quote]

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