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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I agree with others who have said that you just happen to encounter a very specific type of SAHM- presumably they have a lot of money and/or family support and can outsource to get the amount of disposable time and income they have.

I'm a SAHM with a DH who is on 80% travel, and I don't talk about my life because it's boring and revolves mostly around parenting and chores. Most of the women I see during the week have equally boring lives and I only see them when we're dealing with board meetings or other volunteer work. You don't see us because we are driving in circles, sitting in a conference room going through a budget, or cooking dinner at 2 pm because we're the only parent who can do driving and childcare from 3 pm-bedtime.

I do cross paths with women whose lives you're describing, and they have partners with local jobs and limited travel, local grandparents and siblings that help with driving and childcare, and most importantly, a ton of money. So I think that you're envying the free time and reduced resonsibility that can be bought with money and family support, not specifically SAHM as a concept.[/quote]

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