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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never met a SAHM who cares if anyone else works or not. The number of WOHMs here, however, that invent weird narratives about SAHMs who live pitiful existences and are miserably married is truly remarkable. No one accused you of anything, but the hostile attacks on SAHMs reeks of mom guilt. [/quote]

+1. I see nastiness on both sides, but the vitriol from the working moms is on another level. Thinking sahms are worthless, don’t contribute to society, really? You have to have a deep sense of self hatred and raging jealousy to have such strong feelings about anyone else. [/quote]

The self-hatred is on both sides. When I was a SAHM —twice and in two different communities—, there was a lot of criticism of moms who worked FT. I was really shocked by it because I certainly intended to return to work sooner rather than later and didn’t appreciate the insinuation that I was going to neglect my child or that I found children boring and was “chasing excitement”. It made me feel very isolated from the other SAHM and in the case of my younger child, was why I planned to start working FTOH earlier than with the older one.[/quote]

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