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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Birth-18[/quote]

I would do this if I had a trust fund or some other source of separate property.  
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Being a SAHM in the DC area gets really boring unless you have lots of money to spend to play tennis and golf, shop, go to lunch all the time, and attend charity events with other SAHMs. Those are the only women who are home during the day once the kids are older. [/quote]

Where is it NOT boring to be a SAHM? Do SAHMs elsewhere in the country do more exciting/interesting/mentally stimulating things? I'm asking this earnestly because I've been a SAHM in DC for a year and I really like parts of it, but also wonder if I will get bored as DC begins to spend more time in outside care. [/quote]

My mom was a SAHM until we were old enough to drive, then worked for a bit to help put is through college then eventually retired for good.  I can’t swing it but I’ve been talking to her about it because I have young kids of my own and she was not at all bored.  She read tons of books, puttered around the house, ran errands, and by the time we were in middle school, played taxi to our various activities.  But mostly: read a lot of books.  You (or at least I) can’t be bored with an extensive enough library.  So apparently rural Pennsylvania is a great nonboring place to be a SAHM (if you like to read).[/quote]

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