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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is a class element to it, especially directed at wealthy SAHMs.

Granted, some women work because they genuinely love their jobs (and they might be over represented on a website like this one).

However, I think the vast majority work because they HAVE to, because they need the money to eat and pay the mortgage or rent. Or they want the extra money for a nicer house, college funds, vacations, etc.

These women would quit in a second if they won the lottery and I think it's possible that they look at wealthy women their own age who have all the nice stuff they want but don't have to work for it (close in house, multiple kids in private school and expensive extracurrriculars, fancy cars and vacations, big cash savings, etc.) and get jealous and vindictive. [/quote]

Ding ding ding ding!

The SAHM vs. WOHM debate, especially in this area, brings the growing wealth divide into sharp focus.

Now I KNOW there are going to be at least several women who can't help but come in here and brag about how their husbands make seven figures and they choose to work anyway. Honey, we know ya'll exist. But use that big brain of yours and find the power to acknowledge that your situation is unique and does NOT represent the average working woman's or man's.

Most people work because they have to. They do boring jobs like insurance claims adjuster not director of interesting indie movies. They don't feel personally fulfilled by their work and they don't break six figures. They don't get 6 weeks off a year plus holidays.[/quote]

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