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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAHM/housewife ([b]different names for the same thing[/b], I roll my eyes at those who try to pretend being a SAHM isn't the same as being a housewife).

I do all DH's laundry and also arrange for his suits to go to the cleaners. He works long hours and provides comfortably for his family. Old fashioned, perhaps, but it's a fair enough a trade off. I also buy most of DH's clothes for him.

I don't iron, however. Anything that needs ironing goes to the cleaners. [/quote]

LOL. How are they the same thing?

I’m a SAHM, I don’t do much housework. No more than my DH. [/quote]

You don't work for pay. Regardless of actual housework you may or may not do. You stay at home with a husband who works. That's simply it.

Lots of "housewives" of the 1950s were pretty lousy at cleaning or didn't clean if they had help. But they were still called housewives. People call themselves SAHM to make themselves feel better. But it's still the same thing.

Put it this way, if the only thing you're doing in the house is looking after the kids then you're just a nanny. But I suspect you don't think yourself that way and probably do a bit more than just nannying.... Stay at *home* mom versus *house*wife.... what's the difference?

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It's not 1950. Different mindset. My DH and I both tend to household chores about equally. I manage our investments and do have a career, but the day-job is on hold for a few years while my kids are young. The "house" and "household" are no more of a priority for me than they are for my DH.

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