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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a SAHM who didn't check my texts when a snow day was announced because I knew there would be a few texts from working moms asking me to take their kid all day for free. [b]No. I do this for my kids, not your kids.[/b] It isn't my responsibility to fill in your childcare cracks. OP, you can ignore the text. It sends a message and that message is go find another sucker.[/quote]

I really agree with the bolded even though I do help others out sometimes. I work but it's PT and very flexible. I also only had one kid. These were conscious choices we made as a family in order to have a very laid back and relatively easy family life. I also do things other people outsource including all our cleaning and home projects like painting. That's part of how we afford for me to work less (and also I enjoy those things).

When other families assume I'm available to help them with their tightly schedule dual-income multi-kid family situation they are ignoring that I actually have full and productive days as well. They assume that because I'm not doing what they are doing with their time then my time must be plentiful and less valuable.

Sometimes I offer to take kids for free if I know my kid will enjoy it. But it's not just to help other families out. They don't help me out either.[/quote]

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