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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I WOH but I think SAHM is the most neutral term you can use. [/quote]

You identify with the work you do.

What do you do? I am a doctor. 
What do you do? I am a full-time mom.

I would never call myself a SAHM, because I do not hear others call themselves a WOHM.  We all are moms. I choose to spend more time with my kids than the WOHMs and when they were little I chose that they stayed at home with me instead of a childcare provider.  
 
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I literally just referred to myself as "WOH."

The "full-time mom" thing just sounds unnecessarily defensive to me.[/quote]

[i]"What do you do?"
" I WOH."[/i]

:lol:  :lol: I would die laughing if I heard that at a party.

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Its not that weird. I live in an area with a lot of wAH parents so if someone does not and enters the convo they'll say they work out of the house or go into an office or work in some days and out others.[/quote]

I think the point was if someone asks me what I do I'm not going to say I work out of the home.  I'm going to say I'm a lawyer.  If they then ask whether I work from home I can explain that I do at least one day a week, more if I want, but someone saying they work out of the house is incredibly unhelpful because they could be a barista or a carpenter or a police officer or a neurologist.  I mean, if the question is solely do you stay at home with your kids or work out of the house then it's a helpful answer.  Otherwise, no one would say just that.[/quote]

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