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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does everyone know who is a SAHP and who is a working parent?  I don't even know this about some of my friends, let alone random neighbors.  
It's rare that I think a SAH parent is actually working out of the home full time traditional hours (although it's happened...some people manage to look busy and harried no matter how little they actually have going on), but I can't differentiate a SAHP vs someone with a flexible or part time job unless I specifically ask.

Maybe some of the SAHP's feeling taken advantage of need to be a little more closed mouth about their actual work status...    [/quote]

Because we talk with our friends. I don't know for random neighborhood parents, but of course I know if my friends work outside the home.[/quote]

Your gossip can be wrong. People often assume I am a SAHM and I am not. I have been WFH since before the pandemic. There is a difference. Now the rest of the country understands this. Let's see if the understanding sticks.[/quote]

How do not know people’s working status? They are obviously not friends then.

I don’t know what parents do for most classmates. I do know for my kids’ friends’ parents and I definitely know what MY friends do.

How odd. [b]Even acquaintances will share what they do vaguely. It comes out within the first 5 min[/b] or after meeting a handful of times.[/quote]

Pp here.  This is what I am talking about.  If you feel that you are being taken advantage of as a SAHM, then maybe you don’t need to share that information with every random acquaintance within the first five minutes of meeting them.  I am assuming that the SAHP who feel taken advantage of aren’t talking about their closest friends.  These are neighbors or your kid’s classmates parents.  You can sit next to someone during a soccer game and chat without talking about your work.  [/quote]

Or you can share the information and just learn to say "no, that doesn't work for me". Anyone who reacts badly is a person who should be avoided. [/quote]

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