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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was forced to be a SAHM for 4 years due to a military move. I did all the SAHM activities to keep myself and my toddler sane. Once we moved back, I couldn't wait to get back to work.

I was working at a coffee shop a few days ago and saw so many SAHMs wandering around aimlessly with their kiddos, and at that moment I felt so grateful to have a career. It's NOT for me. [/quote]

Sanctimommy works both ways...I dont have a dog in this fight, as I e both worked and stayed home, but really? Judging moms for literally taking a coffee
Break?  You really can't win if you are a mom. [/quote]

I’ve also done both (working now) and the thought of people judging me in either situation based on nothing more than seeing me living my life is really obnoxious (though I’m sure it happens).

Also, I loathe the trope about SAHMs being boring or bored. I’m sure some are, but guess what? Lots of working moms are boring and/or bored too. Most jobs are boring! I agree with the Betty Draper-ism that only boring people are bored. When I was a SAHM, I read a lot more than I do now, for instance. I also became proficient in Spanish thanks to daily Duo Lingo and forcing myself to use it with the nannies at the playground. I learned a ton about childhood development and also learned about a bunch of subjects in order to do educational activities with my kid (we’d do “studies” on bugs, space, art, buildings, etc.). I found it a lot more intellectually stimulating than my current job, which is actually still more interesting than a lot of jobs because I do a lot of research and am constantly learning new things.

Either way, there are days you would catch me staring vacantly into space at a coffee shop, thinking about something really mundane like whether my kid needs new sandals. Life is like that sometimes— it is not cause for pity or judging someone’s life choices. FFS.[/quote]

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