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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree that the SAHM working hours are whenever the husband is out. This makes it easy for the SAHM to be inefficient during the day and then cry about all she had to do and demand that her DH do her work after he gets home from his work.[/quote]

And the working parent can be inefficient all day at work and then come home complaining of how much work they have to do, hole up in their home office and ignore their kids. 
Or both parents can be grown ups and respect each other and their jobs. Sheesh. [/quote]

Here is the difference:

SAHMs don't have supervisors. No one is there to observe you work and note how you could be doing things more efficiently. Most people who have day jobs are constantly being corrected and criticized for their work. If you don't do your job well, you get fired. If it wasn't for the fear of being fired, most people would work less hard at work.

SAHMs don't have this dynamic in their lives. SAHMs often mistakenly believe that they are working super hard and being efficient because no one is there to tell them otherwise. Their performance is not constantly being compared to that of other SAHMs -- as is routine in the day job world. They have no fear of "being fired." This leaves plenty of room for them to be resentful and build a narrative for themselves about how hard they work and how their working spouses are lazy.[/quote]

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