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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I won’t work for men who have SAHMs. I’m an associate in biglaw with some control over who I will work for, and I just won’t do it. [/quote]

I think this attitude is becoming more common. I've heard it expressed from others (and not just women but also men with partners who don't SAH).

I am a WOHM and I think it's a ridiculous approach. Personally I would have missed out on the best manager of my career if I'd adopted it. I don't like having assumptions made about me; why should I make them about others? [/quote]

Glad you found managers you had wonderful experiences with. So have I: men with working wives, moms, and childless women.[/quote]

I've also had those, and they have also been good or at least not a problem. My worst manager was a man whose wife worked, but only a small number of hours per week. I don't think him being a bad manager had anything to do with his wife. He was just a bad manager and would have been one regardless of his wife's status. I just think it's silly to say you won't work for a man with a SAHM wife. People are individuals. [/quote]

I don't know. I feel this way about my kids have teachers who don't have children, too. People who don't live the experience of sharing responsibility for a busy household outside of working hours just flat underestimate how difficult it can be, and make demands/assumptions that are ridiculous. I'm sure there are plenty of exceptions, but most of us experienced this about having kids, so why wouldn't it be the same with other major life experiences?[/quote]

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