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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the working moms who think they are superior to stay at home moms because they make actual money, do you feel superior to working moms who make less than you?  I'm a working mom, and I'm curious about this.  I have friends who work harder than I do who make less and it would never occur to me to put a value on anyone (or deem anyone superior) because they made more money.  To me, it's about how hard someone works, which could happen either at work or in a home.  Putting a dollar value on the work someone does it something that is so subjective as to be meaningless.  I mean, I don't think the movie stars who make $5M per movie are working that much harder than anyone else.  They just happen to be in an industry that pays exorbitant sums.  [/quote]

Nah.  Working isn’t just about money.  Which is what many SAHMs don’t understand.  [/quote]

But it MOSTLY is. That is where you lose me. You can shout from the rooftops that you are doing this to be a role model to your children or to have something outside of children to talk about but when it comes down to it, most are making the choice to work for financial reasons and when you run the numbers of your personal family budget, it makes sense for both parents in your household to work to have the lifestyle you want. That's ok and I am sure you have taken the other reasons into some consideration as well, but they aren't number one. There are a lot of opportunities to be pretty involved on a pro bono level in many industries without taking a paycheck. [/quote]

NP, but you're just failing to understand what some people get out of working.  For some, it is much more about intellectual stimulation, etc.  For you to say it isn't doesn't make it so.  And to say that someone should work pro bono instead if money isn't their number one concern is also not understanding.  You can admit that for YOU money is the consideration.  But you don't get to say that it is for everyone else.  [/quote]

If you are seriously trying to argue that most people don’t work for financial reasons I have nothing else to say.. [/quote]

PP said that money is the number one consideration for everyone.  And no, it isn't.[/quote]

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