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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are we disparaging corporate jobs as devoid of societal value?  Your paycheck helps provide for, enrich, and better your family.  You (hopefully) pay taxes on your wages, which better society as a whole.  Your corporation/organization does or makes something or provides some service to society...just because it might not be the cure to cancer doesn't mean its valueless.  And your organization/corporation employs others who need their paychecks to support their family (support staff, janitorial crew, even I guess breadwinner dads, etc.) whom the company would not be able to hire if they were not profitable thanks to all their workers' work.  Etc...

Anyways, I don't have one single negative thought about SAHMs (if my job had been less flexible, less WFH, etc., I would most likely be one).

There are so many different ways to be both personally fulfilled and contribute to society as whole.  [/quote]

Agree and I wonder if the stay at home moms and wives are honest with their husbands about how much distain they have when he walks out of the house every day to do his job?

I also disagree that jobs just function as paychecks, otherwise the MLM business would not be so successful. Stay at home moms often want to have some sort of purpose outside of their role as mom and wife and I think that is why those schemes are so seductive. You get a title and you get responsibilities and you set goals… Unfortunately it usually doesn’t work out if you are doing an MLM, but those schemes are tapping into some thing. I also think it’s why a lot of women are so successful at running the PTA and fundraising for school… it’s the same skills that people put in their jobs and you can get a lot of satisfaction whether you’re getting paid for it or whether you’re volunteering.

Anyway, I totally agree with you. I’ve been lucky to have a really flexible and decent paying job and I’m married to someone who has a flexible well paying job as well so we’ve always just been able to make it work. I don’t judge other people for making other decisions because we all have different circumstances so I totally get why it works for some folks to stay home.[/quote]

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