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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know some people who say “full time mom” because SAHM makes it sound like they’re housebound. If you’re a SAHM, people, at least where I live, can’t seem to live with anything sort of a self-effacing description of how you spend your day.

They want me to say “I’m just a mom” or “I don’t work” and will press and press until they get those exact answers. I say “I’m unemployed” when I know someone’s going to play verbal games with me around the paid employment/parenthood question. It stops the conversation cold. [/quote]
You know, this makes sense. I do have certain people call on me to help them (which I'm often happy to do for friends or friendly acquaintances) but they assume I'm home and have no plans or schedule. They think that "staying home" with my kids most of the summer means we are literally at home, when in fact we are generally out of the house by 9 and home 3-5ish. We are BUSY. Just because I don't work doesn't mean I am at home all day. [/quote]

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