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[quote=Anonymous]I found a full time job after being a SAHM for 15 years with a lot of potential for growth.  They were fantastic and were actually floored with the quality of my work.

After working for 3 months, I was no longer interested in continuing to work. I had troubleshooted some of the existing problems that the company had and I was hired for, so there was a lot of buzz about me...but, I was no longer interested in working.

Why? Because 15 years ago, I needed the money. In the intervening years, money stopped being an issue because HHI became high. Being excited about my workday was the biggest motivation for going back to work.  The role I was in was not a creative role. It was a corporate grunt work (project management) with not a lot of job satisfaction.

I realized that as a SAHM (who had left an interesting career  to be with my kids), I had completely romanticized working in the intervening years.  I had kept up with the tech aspects because I am a nerd and I have taught my kids a lot of STEM subjects as well as coding.  I thought that when I would go back to work it will be an affirmation of my talent, my growth as an individual, my contribution to society etc. etc.   
 I thought that I will meet other intelligent, articulate, analytical individuals who became like this because of the intellectual environment of the work place.  All of that was BS.  People (yes, even working people) were less than ordinary, boring, anti-social and one-dimensional.  Entirely devoid of imagination, stressed and unhappy.  Their domestic life was a mess too.

As I left, I was sad that I probably made it harder for other needy SAHMs to get employed. I was sure that I had cemented the notion that SAHMs are unreliable (in terms of wanting to remain in the position) in the minds of the employer.  Anyhow, my day as a SAHM is more interesting and varied  than a typical work day at corporate America.

I am privileged enough to not work.  I will keep that privilege because I no longer believe in self-flagellation. [/quote]

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