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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a WOHM who doesn't think a SAHM is a good choice for my workplace.  I admit it. Our outlooks are just too different.[/quote]

And your job is what? And it requires your colleagues to have your same "outlook"?

I've been home for one year and, in that time, have directed over $1.8 million in business to my husband's law firm.  And taken care of two kids.  And my dad.  And have had two previous employers ask me to come back whenever I'm ready.  I think my "outlook" is just fine.  [/quote]

Your "outlook" is irrelevant because you're a SAHM. Are you ready to go back to 50+ hours in an office, with travel?[/quote]

You are the one who made assumptions about my "outlook," which you now claim is "irrelevant" because I'm currently a SAHM.

When I am ready to return to work, which will be in about 18 months, we will have FT childcare (a nanny we already know and who has worked with us) employed for after school and some weekend time for two elementary school kids.  We won't use all of that time, but it will give us the flexibility we want.  My husband will also be working fewer hours than he is now, and will be able to do more of the day-to-day family activities (including driving kids to school in the morning, which he can't do now).  Returning to travel wouldn't be too much of a problem as it's what I'm used to (including significant travel until our second child was 3), and I'm sure that being at home with kids for almost three years won't have erased my ability to navigate National, manage a team, set priorities and perform my job well.  Maybe that's why I keep being asked to go back.

Will I take a 50+ hour per week job?  One with significant travel?  One with fewer hours?  One with an unpredictable or regular schedule?  Well, that depends on what the position is, the mission of the organization, how much less my husband is working (which for him in part depends on what kind of job I want) and how my parents are.  Pretty much the same factors that went into my decision-making when I was a WOHM considering promotions and positions at a new organizations.

Do you really think that WOHMs have the corner on the market on being hard-working, organized and productive women?  That nobody else could possible have a plan, and a way to implement it, that's different from yours but that also involves meeting commitments to work, including intense schedules and travel?  That other families are unable to make decisions that allow for each spouse to have a fulfilling career, and to plan accordingly in a way that reflects thoughtfulness rather than flakiness?  [/quote]

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