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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have more time than someone that works all day and has child care and household responsibilities at night. Makes sense?[/quote]
Time for what, though? You don't have time to do anything alone. Ever. When I worked, I could easily carve out 10-45 minutes to take care of something alone if I needed to. I SAH now and get zero minutes without children. Every time I use the bathroom, it's interrupted. You can drag kids to CVS or whatever, but that's not really "free time" as it'd take 30 minutes where if you could step out alone, it'd take 5 minutes. Plus, household responsibilities by working parents are cut. They aren't making lunch (and most times nannies prep dinner for kids at least). I have to try to make doctor's appointments on off hours because I literally don't have 10 minutes to sit through a phone menu in silence and look at my calendar to make an appointment. It's far easier to get stuff done during an office job than while watching kids at home. 4-5 hours of my day are out and about with the kids so doing small things like responding to an email or paying a bill online or buying new underwear for your kids online isn't doable. I'm no mommy martyr, I love my life, but acting like SAHPs have the ability to chat on the phone for an hour is a joke. It's "time", but it's not "free time".[/quote]

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