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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really think about it as a concept?

I know a few SAHMs who are the "I'm so busy I'm so busy listen to ALL THE THINGS I have to do!" type which is kind of in insufferable when it's a huge part of their personality. Not that I am judging, but it's an odd schtick and hard to be on the receiving end of because I never know how to respond. Am I supposed to share my work tasks? List my mom tasks? Tell them they are the #1 busiest? Steer the conversation to something else? When I used to SAH I did not do this, largely because I felt self-conscious.

I feel lucky to have a flexible yet fulfilling career that I am good at and recognized for, but it's not my whole personality and a career isn't necessary to be a whole person. People should be free to do what they want, but I do think it's healthy for their identities to expand beyond the boundaries of WOH or SAH.

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I’m a sahm with 3 busy kids and I do say that we are busy. Now I feel self conscious to say that we are busy. We have 2-3 things per day in the afternoon. Our weekends are busy with tournaments, dance recitals and scouts.

To be fair, I think my friends (working and non working) also say they are busy. It isn’t some busy competition but it is just how we talk about our lives. I think of it more as a vent that we are always shuffling from one place to the next. Our kids are various ages. [/quote]

You are busy AFTER your kids get out of school, it sounds like. PP is likely referencing SAHMs who say they're SO busy from 8-3. I mean, most working moms do the same stuff you do between 8-3, just at different hours of the day.

Of all my neighborhood friends, the one that is the hardest to get to do anything is the SAHM. The rest of us work, pretty much all of us full-time, many outside the house, some have tons of travel. But the SAHM is always just too busy to get together for anything but says she misses us. Somehow the rest of us manage to make it work...[/quote]

I think SAHMs struggle more with finding childcare. [/quote]

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