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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The  implication in this thread is that staying at home is preferable to working and the women posting that they aren’t bored seem to be gloating about it.  So that is what is bringing out the venom from the working moms.  Maybe I should start a thread about how great it is to be a working mom and see how the SAHMs respond.[/quote]

Go ahead. I do think staying home is great. That is why I do it. Why should I pretend that it sucks? If you prefer working, fine by me. [/quote]

Does your husband ever get jealous of all your free time?[/quote]
Mine does not. He’s very career focused and loves his work and his contribution there. I did not. I went the college-career route and was miserable. He is not.  I didn’t feel I was contributing to anything other than my unhappiness when I was working. I’m very happy and fulfilled now, and my husband is very happy and fulfilled now. It works for us now. [/quote]

You're happy being married to a man whose main focus in life is work?[/quote]
Where did I ever say that?

But  since you asked if I’m happy, yes, I’m honestly happy. He’s a wonderfully involved husband and father in the evenings and weekends. He sees his clients M-Th and puts in 12-14 hours a day and then we spend all day together fridays, and then have the weekends as a family. I have never been happier. But yes, we do have a mutual agreement that during the workweek, he is mostly focused on his work, and I am focused on things at home, so that he can get everything work related done before Th night, and we can then spend the weekend together.[/quote]

Okay.  What do you do for adult companionship M- Th?[/quote]
I visit with my parents and sister (retired, and also SAH), I visit with a neighbor (we have coffee weekly), I run with a friend once a week (she works nights), my child plays at the playground after school while the moms chat (for about an hour almost daily, I volunteer at the school with another mom making copies and other tasks twice a month, I also socialize at sporting events.

Why is there this idea and misconception that women who stay home are completely isolated from adult contact?[/quote]

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