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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell me please —
Is this supposed to imply that moms who work are “part time” moms?  Or is it just to tell the world that one is on full time duty? Maybe I’m being dense; just want to know if this is a dig....[/quote]

I’m sure some people mean it as a dig and some people who have been judged negatively for not having a job are using it as a somewhat defensive euphemism and some people just think it sounds cute and don’t really think that hard about it. I don’t use it myself (I’m a SAHM) because I take it sort of literally and feel like it denigrates working parents (DH is still their dad when he’s at work!), but I also think it’s worth in general trying not to parse other people’s language too closely.  There doesn’t seem to be a pithy formulation for any of these things that will satisfy everyone, so unless there’s other evidence that a SAHM is trying to judge you for having a job or a WOHM/WAHM is trying to judge me for not having one, it’s best to just assume someone’s self description doesn’t have anything to do with anyone but themselves. [/quote]

This.  [/quote]

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