Reply to Working parent dealing w SAHM “envy”?

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Working parent dealing w SAHM “envy”?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those women at the bus stop must not be socially skilled if they can't keep the conversation going after you say, "Busy with work." I'd ask, "Oh, what kind of work do you do?" etc. It's not hard.[/quote]

No, [b]OP needs to be able to talk about something besides work.[/b] She also needs to drop her bias that she is better than the other moms at the bus stop. Like a PP said, she only works 30 hours a week. That leaves lots of time for other things OP should be able to communicate about.[/quote]

Why? I talk about what I spend the majority of my doing. It's natural and that's why the SAHMs talk about their trips to Target or the gym or whatever they do with their days. She works 30 hrs and spends the other 10 dealing with kid stuff. What's there to say about pick up and drop off? If those women cannot think of how to include the OP in their conversation, that's sad and maybe a sign they should go to work before their brains rot.[/quote]

I’m a sahm and I do not talk about trips to target. I do often talk about kid stuff with other moms like fun places to take kids over the weekend, what people are doing for spring break, a new restaurant or cafe our family went to, etc. I also usually talk to moms I like or the parents or my kids’ friends. If you are neither, I may say hello but feel no need to try to talk.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics