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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I only asked because I seem to come across women who work and bemoan their jobs and wish their DH made more so they could just be a SAHM.

I also know women whose entire goal in life is to be a SAHM.[/quote]

I love my job and I'm proud of the fact that I can support myself, use my brain on a daily basis, and am a responsible adult (not relying on a man to support me).

I don't know a single woman who works and bemoans her job and wishes to stay at home. I do know a few women whose entire goal is to be a SAHM. I don't have much respect for them, but their life choices are meaningless to me but can well be unfortunate choices for them in the future.[/quote]

Wow, are you smug.  I'm a WOHM but used to be a SAHM.  While I enjoy my current career, I can honestly say that the most meaningful time of my life were the eight years I stayed home with my kids.  My experience is completely different than yours in that [b]all[/b] of the women I work with would trade their careers for being at home with their kids any day.  We've had many conversations about this very subject, and those who never stayed home with their kids deeply regret it now.

Guess what:  choosing to be a SAHM, either temporarily or permanently, is a worthwhile goal.  When I was at home, our family ran smoothly and everyone was happy and calm.  The kids were never hustled out of the house at the crack of dawn and left in daycare or with a nanny for all hours.  I will be forever grateful that their childhood was marked not by a blur of frantic childcare juggling, but steady, consistent care from a parent - and I will be forever grateful that I got to be that parent.

Maybe you should check your superiority complex and realize that your life choices are meaningless to others as well.  Good thing we can all do what's right for our own families rather than trying to impress bitter people like yourself.[/quote]

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