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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no "WOHM mafia," you are deeply delusional about that. What an odd statement to make. [/quote]

Here on DCUM there certainly is.  This thread is a perfect example of it.  I have never heard/read such seriously hateful and ignorant comments regarding SAHMs.  I thought the mommy wars were long over, but I guess some WOHMs feel differently.[/quote]

No, there's really not. If you see working moms, heaven forbid, defending themselves, it's because of ridiculous accusations like "You outsource raising your kids" and "You value material comforts over spending time with your family." That's patently wrong. Also I would guess given the higher incomes in this area that the majority of moms work so you're also insulting a very large group of people. But I promise there is no WORKING MOMS BAT-SIGNAL.

Are you in DC? Maybe go smoke some legal weed and chill out for a bit. [/quote]

[b]Then please explain who is raising your toddler when you are working 10+ hours a day  :roll: [/b] [/quote]

And people keep saying SAHM are playing nice![/quote]

Why should they when so far, on this thread alone, they've been called "lazy, living off their husband's paycheck (???), and no better than a McDonald's employee"?  Please do explain [b]why SAHMs should "play nice" after[/b] having been called ignorant and uneducated?  Do everyone a favor and READ THE ENTIRE THREAD.[/quote]

I can only speak for myself, but I don't believe in holding my kids to higher standards than I have for myself, and one of the things I'm trying to teach my kids is that "you can only control you" -- meaning that except in matters of ensuring immediate physical safety, just because someone else 'starts something', such as being rude or insulting, that does not make it necessary or acceptable for them to respond in kind.

It is unnecessary, unproductive, and inappropriate to respond to insults with... more insults against the other guy. ALL that does is create pointless arguments. Either ignore, or defend yourself diplomatically. That is nearly always possible, and the one who can do that and maintain a gracefully polite attitude in the face of nastiness without sinking to the other person's level will almost always come out looking better and can feel better knowing that they, at least, came out of the situation with as much of their dignity as possible intact. The person hurling insults usually does more to make others think badly of them than of the person they are insulting, especially if the person being insulted handles it well.

Because people decided to let themselves behave badly by posting rude comments in response to the poor behavior of the other person who posted something insulting, this thread got hijacked from its original point and now the only thing being discussed is a pointless, circular, unending cycle of "I'm better than you." Boring, annoying, inappropriate, and unworthy of even our children let alone supposed adults.

Come on, people, we can do better. Surely someone has a more interesting and less juvenile contribution to make to this thread to get off of this ridiculous subject.[/quote]

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