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[quote=Anonymous][img][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a SAHM but I think she was lonely and happier when she went back to work when I was in HS. My inclination to be a SAHM for the early years came from spending my 20s seeing how miserable coworkers with babies seemed to be, never having enough time, running from work to daycare, one who often called her DH to ask him to try to keep the baby awake so she could see him when she got home. That just didn't look like how I wanted to spend those years.

So, I stayed home, thinking it would be 3ish years. From my mom's cautionary tale, I put a lot of effort into building a strong social life plus continued to do freelance work so I stayed connected to my career. Ended up loving that phase of life and was home seven years before going back to FT work with no problem.[/quote]

Similar experience, except I was a nanny in my early 20s. I had a ton of jobs and almost all of the moms were miserable. Some of the husbands would even apologize the mom didn't clean up even though they both worked full-time! I have concluded that being a mom sucks unless you have a lot of paid help.  Stay at home mom, part-time mom, full-time mom. I have tired all. 
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What's wrong with part time mom? In my view, that's really the best of both worlds. [/quote]

Because you are expected to do everything a SAHM does at home, and you are kind of a scut monkey and never really respected at work.

Or at least that’s been my experience.  [/quote]

The experience is different if you can get to a certain level before leaving. The part time moms in my industry are well compensated and are in subject matter expert type roles and not scut monkey roles…And they are paid enough that they can get help like an au pair or part time nanny or house manager. [/quote]

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