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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does this bother you so much?? I'm a working mom, but maybe they post these things because they know that their "job" is not valued and at times belittled and mocked.  Maybe posting these things gives them some dignity to their role.

I don't get people like you who are so bothered by stuff like this. It is hard for me to imagine that you exist in real life, but apparantly you do.  I'm secure enough in myself and my status as a working mom that what a SAHM values and the things she is proud about in her role, really don't phase me.  People are different, they make different choices and have different views on life. How boring if we were all the same!

[quote=Anonymous]I feel like all my SAHM facebook friends have put these types of articles on their statuses at one point or another.  This is the most assanine thing I have ever read.  The private chef one is particularly irritating - "grocery shopping is another chore that needs to be factored in. A homemaker must drive the the supermarket, purchase the food and deliver it to the home."  Yeah, so does EVERY OTHER PERSON.  The ONLY thing on this list that they should get "credit" for is child-care between the hours they would otherwise be working - not "full-time live-in care".  And how many SAHMs do you know who do the lawn maintenance too?  This is so irritating.[/quote][/quote]

The article bothers me intensely because it is WRONG and misleading.  You read into my post somehow that I'm not "secure enough in myself and my status as a working mom that what a SAHM values and the things she is proud about in her role" bother me or that I somehow don't get that people are different and that I want everyone to be the same.  I don't feel that way at all and I'm a little alarmed that you read that much into my post.

I am a WOHM and what bothers me is that the article says that "homemakers" (implying, ONLY homemakers) do cooking, cleaning, lawn maintenance, driving, and live-in child care.  It's just absolutely wrong.  There are like five effusive headings on there and I myself, a WOHM, do four of them as well, and the fifth one for 16 hours of each day.  So yes, it bothers me when people post stupid wrong stuff on their facebook statuses.  If you're proud of being a SAHM, that's great - there are many reasons to be proud of it.  Post those, don't post articles that are entirely without point.

Believe me, I couldn't care less what people choose to do with their lives - I have very happy SAHM and WOHM and SAHD, etc. friends and I know that they are making the right choice for the families and believe they have every right to be proud.  So don't worry about someone "like me" actually existing in real life.     [/quote]

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