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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think WOHMs get triggered because this is not how they can describe themselves.

World:  What do you do? 
WOHM: I work in an office. 
Nanny: [b]I look after the children who are left behind during the day when their moms go to work[/b].
Surrogate: I give birth to other people's children
SAHM: I am a full-time mom
WOHM: NOT FAIR! I AM THAT TOO!! How come the SAHM say that! Waaaaaah![/quote]

Your inflammatory post is disgusting.  You should honestly be ashamed of yourself.  [/quote]

DP here.  I have a nanny.  She takes care of the kids left at home while I go to work, DH goes to work, and older kids go to school.  It's not inflammatory or disgusting.

I am pretty sure that most people who use the term full time mom mean it as a dig, only because I am pretty sure that it originated with Dr. Laura who uses it all of the time and intends it as a dig.  It's fine though.  As far as digs go, it's not a particularly painful one.  My experience has been similar to a pp earlier on this thread.  Once people actually get to know you and your family, they kind of change their tune to something like "all working mom's aren't putting the time in with their kids EXCEPT YOU."  And then as kids get older most people assume that all women who occasionally show up at the school in jeans are SAHMs until you specifically tell them otherwise.  So, while the judgement still remains, it is often so incorrect that it hardly matters.

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I have a nanny, too, but that doesn't mean my kids are "left behind" when I go to work.[/quote]

NP here.  Yes, the semantics are important. "Left behind" definitely has a negative connotation.[/quote]

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