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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As other posters have said, I (SAHM of 4 yo and 1 yo) also find it hard to be real friends at this stage with WOHM. It seems like we just have very different lifestyles, challenges, values, etc. Women with young children need support, and for a lot of us that means sort of "sheltering" with people who are like us. If you can find other SAHM's, do it! Look online, even.

I do feel like a lot of WOHM's have made totally unsolicited comments to me about how great daycare is, etc. It really seems to come out of nowhere. When I was a super new mom, I engaged more in parenting conversations with other people, but now I try to avoid it as much as possible. I don't even like to ask if someone works or not.[/quote]

I had a friend who constantly sent me job listings and would say things like "If you got this job, our kids could go to daycare together!" I told her multiple times that I wasn't looking to return to work anytime soon. A lot of the job listings were for like entry level admin jobs too (I have a graduate degree and used to manage a team of 20 people).

I think she was just in love with the idea of having a friend working nearby, being able to share some daycare logistics, and having a person in the same situation. I get it, I want that too! But I don't think she had any idea how tone-deaf it was.[/quote]

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