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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a SAH wife with kids who are in school. I have a lot of help. I love my life. My DH loves how relaxing it is for him to come home. My kids have a jam packed schedule but they also appreciate the convenience of having mom present at home.

Our life is going swimmingly. I have my hobbies and causes and my life has the pace that works for me and my family. I am highly educated and I continue to educate myself, just for the heck of it. I don't have to discuss my life with my friends or neighbors or ex-coworkers or family. I am not on social media and I do not give explanations to people.

OP, embrace your life as it is and do not talk about it or explain it. These decisions are family decisions - strictly between your DH and you. [/quote]

I doubt you are highly educated because no one who is ambitious would want to be a housewife whose sole existence is to serve her husband and kids and make their lives more convenient. The highly educated SAHMs are at home with young kids but start doing something meaningful once their kids are in school.[/quote]

You do realize people's social circles are different, right?  I'm not PP but I am a highly educated SAHM of school age kids.  A handful of my mom friends went back to work when our youngest hit K but most didn't.  All but one of us have graduate degrees including law and medical degrees.  You could make the argument that we are by default (no longer) ambitious but you can't say we aren't highly educated just because we left the workforce.  [/quote]
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Or we simply realized what is important to us in life. You are very replaceable at your job, no matter what it is. Very few people look back at the end of the day and wish they had worked more. Quite honestly your assessment that SAHMs are not ambitious only reflects poorly on you. [/quote]

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