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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Since SAHMs are so lowly to you, perhaps you WOH because the work of SAHM and the child care providers you love and defend so dearly is beneath you. snooty, snooty, snooty.... "

In part, yes. Another key reason is that my working allows me to tell DH to go jump in a lake.  My mother, and my grandmother before her, were frustrated at times with their lack of "hand" in their marriages.  My DH can't make any decisions without my concurrence, because I make more than half the money. He can't just come home one day and say the family is moving because he took a new job. He can't make major purchases without my say so. We have a real partnership, not based on benevolence or emotion.[/quote]

I'm the original poster the first person was responding to, and am not the second pp.

I'm confused - are you asking if I work because taking care of my kid is beneath me?  I honestly have no idea what the point is that you're trying to make.
I'm not at all snooty.  I adore my son's childcare providers and have enormous respect for them.  What I don't respect is the earlier SAHM who wouldn't presume to leave childcare to a 'minimum wage worker.'

I agree with the pp that both spouses working absolutely allows for more equality in a marriage.

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