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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every once in a while, I read threads like this and I feel like taking my husband up on his offer for me to stay home.

And then I think of all the former stay-at-home moms I know  who got divorced, often not due to their own choice, and are now in very tough positions. I also think of those I know who are still married and miserable and trapped. I also know a couple whose husbands lost their jobs and who are now in very bad economic situations. In case it is not obvious, I am from an area with very privileged stay-at-home moms.  Seeing what happens to the majority keeps me working. [/quote]

And you're on this thread about SAHMs, why??  Very telling.  Should the rest of us go into detail about all the WOHMs we know who are also "in very tough positions" but who are "miserable and trapped" because they're stuck in their dead-end jobs and never see their children?

No, because we realize that our anecdotes are only small samplings of the entire population, and that generalizing about a group of people who make choices we wouldn't isn't very productive.  And just makes one look insecure.  Right?
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