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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because I have yet to meet a SAHM whose day isn't mostly made up of errands. I talk to my friends all the time and their "busiest" day is characterized by ERRANDS that i usually can fit in a weekend morning and be done with it.  You dont need all week to get groceries, do laundry and cook dinner.  So yes, I am judgemental of people whose lives consist of that. However, I acknowledge that many moms who chose to stay at home do so much more than pick up dry cleaning and cook meals. And even if they didn't and just did errands, if they were HAPPY, then that's fine too. [/quote]

You are probably talking about SAHM of small children, aren't you?   Not those of school aged ones -- which was the topic of this thread.  I'm just pointing that out -- those are two very different scenarios.   Accomplishing errands, cooking, and household chores while you have small children afoot -- or needing to get them to their various drop offs, picks ups etc is time consuming.   I am guessing you get your own errands done on the weekends without small children in tow?[/quote]

I get my own errands accomplished on the weekend with the help of my husband and with my DD in tow.  Or otherwise, I would make sure my DD was doing something with my husband while I did some errands. And then we would switch off. In either case, we try to make sure the weekend is mostly about being together and less about errands. I hate errands. I dont want a week full of them any more than i want a morning of them. They are a necessary evil. I also think that if I SAHM i would guilt myself into thinking I needed to be super mom because I had the time. Now, I clearly dont have the time so we do the best we can to have fun when we're together and our errands take a back seat and get done super fast. [/quote]

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