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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]If you are happy with your choices and you are not a complete asshole, then you have no dog in this fight.[/quote]

I posted earlier about being a SAH in Chevy Chase DC with school-age kids.   I am actually really happy with my life.  I mean that.

My problem is, nobody else is happy about it!  And they tell me in so many ways:

Although we can easily afford to live on one income, my spouse lets me know that I disappoint him because I am no longer "professionally ambitious."  Exact words.  I have neighbors who say things that aren't mean, but let me know they're surprised that I SAH now since they knew me when I was a _____.   Don't get me started on my Dad, who told me flat-out that he didn't think he raised me to "give up."

My inlaws talk behind my back, and bump into people I used to know professionally and "talk", at DC parties.   Love that one.  They socialize with my old boss and cluck their tongues.

I do think that if I had left a $28,000 GS-5 job, a LOT of the above wouldn't come into play.  I think the type of career I left makes people think they should say something to me, as if I don't realize what I've done and they're helping right a wrong.  [/quote]

Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. I also live in CCDC and have never looked down on SAHMs. Maybe you hang around the wrong crowd, and that crowd starts with your husband. [/quote]

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