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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a guy who was a SAHD for three years until we sent our kid off to kindergarten. I am only one data point, but here are my general observations:

1. It is super lonely. I was out of the work force and my social interactions took a nose-dive. SAHMs at my kid's activities treated me like a weird interloper;

2. My wife's interest in me sexually declined, I went from well-dressed guy going to work with interesting things to talk about to guy in sweatpants taking care of a baby and running errands all day. The bedroom rebounded almost immediately after I went back to work, my wife later apologized for this;

3. My self-esteem took a major hit because of 1 and 2 above.

4. I had three years with my daughter that were really invaluable, she is really amazing.

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I am very sorry to hear about your situation.  My situation is different.  I have been a SAHD for almost eleven years, when my first born turned six years old.  I now have a seventeen year old boy, sixteen years old girl, and a fourteen years old boy.  My wife is still working for the federal government.  I left my job at the age of 33 years old when my employer was acquired by another company and I cashed out my stock options, around 15M at the time.  I figured I didn't need to work anymore and decided to be a SAHD.  Since my kids are into sports, it gives me the opportunity to travel with my kids all over the US and sometimes Europe and South America for tournaments.  I've been doing it for almost eleven years now and life is really good.  I am sad that my seventeen years old son will go to college next year but at least I have my sixteen years old daughter and fourteen years old son for a few more years.  I also workout and hang out with my gym buddies everyday at the Country Club where I am a member.  I am living my dream as a SAHD.[/quote]

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