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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a guy who was a SAHD for three years until we sent our kid off to kindergarten. I am only one data point, but here are my general observations:

1. It is super lonely. I was out of the work force and my social interactions took a nose-dive. SAHMs at my kid's activities treated me like a weird interloper;

2. My wife's interest in me sexually declined, I went from well-dressed guy going to work with interesting things to talk about to guy in sweatpants taking care of a baby and running errands all day. The bedroom rebounded almost immediately after I went back to work, my wife later apologized for this;

3. My self-esteem took a major hit because of 1 and 2 above.

4. I had three years with my daughter that were really invaluable, she is really amazing.

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Oh, this exact thing happened to me when I was SAHM, from No. 1 to No. 5.

But it ended with my exH finding someone at his work and telling me he no longer needed a "cook" at home. I was just so busy with our autistic child, my exH never really allowed me to rebound and wait it out until it gets better. Now that I am back to work I feel my life is back on track, and I feel attractive again but the collateral damage of a broken family is irreparable.

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