She needs a backbone. My kids are grown and I don’t work. I’m not ashamed or embarrassed.

I remember one time I was filling out a form for preschool and there was a space for Occupation of both parents. I wrote down my husband's name along with his job title. Without really thinking about it I put "Stay at home mom" next to my name.

The lady who took my form looked it over and said "Oh. You put 'Stay at home mom' under Occupation. How cute."

I guess I was supposed to leave that space blank or write "unemployed"? Maybe I should have written down my former job title - from the job I left to stay at home with my kids?

I think she made it up to write her blog/article to make money. Never once has someone at a store asked me what I do. Bizarre.

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Anonymous wrote:Ultimate hypocrisy. “The future is female” - so I’ll stay home while a man pays.

I had a lengthy conversation with a sahd yesterday. Feel better?

Was he at home with a son, a woman supporting them both, and crowing “the future is male!?”

I’d say no different were that the case.

If you don’t see the irony in that quote from the article, I can’t help you.

When one person takes care of the children and homefront, that allows the partner to work, including travel, unfettered by childcare and other home-based concerns. There is huge value in that, and it’s the partnership that allows it. They are both supporting the entire family unit. No irony.

Unfettered by childcare? Oh honey. Some of us want a father for our kids, not a direct deposit.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ultimate hypocrisy. “The future is female” - so I’ll stay home while a man pays.

I had a lengthy conversation with a sahd yesterday. Feel better?

Was he at home with a son, a woman supporting them both, and crowing “the future is male!?”

I’d say no different were that the case.

If you don’t see the irony in that quote from the article, I can’t help you.

When one person takes care of the children and homefront, that allows the partner to work, including travel, unfettered by childcare and other home-based concerns. There is huge value in that, and it’s the partnership that allows it. They are both supporting the entire family unit. No irony.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ultimate hypocrisy. “The future is female” - so I’ll stay home while a man pays.

I had a lengthy conversation with a sahd yesterday. Feel better?

No, she just HATES all SAH parents, I guess her life is not rewarding or something.

See the post above yours.

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Anonymous wrote:Ultimate hypocrisy. “The future is female” - so I’ll stay home while a man pays.

I had a lengthy conversation with a sahd yesterday. Feel better?

No, she just HATES all SAH parents, I guess her life is not rewarding or something.

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Anonymous wrote:Ultimate hypocrisy. “The future is female” - so I’ll stay home while a man pays.

I had a lengthy conversation with a sahd yesterday. Feel better?

Was he at home with a son, a woman supporting them both, and crowing “the future is male!?”

I’d say no different were that the case.

If you don’t see the irony in that quote from the article, I can’t help you.

Anonymous wrote:Ultimate hypocrisy. “The future is female” - so I’ll stay home while a man pays.

I stay home because my DH and I made a joint decision to do so for the benefit of our children. And even though it is none of your business I want to state that I have brought plenty of money into this marriage earned by me before marriage and before kids, thank you. I absolutely HATE people like you who spew off that women have the right to choose their own destiny, when what you truly mean is do it my way or go to hell.

Anonymous wrote:Ultimate hypocrisy. “The future is female” - so I’ll stay home while a man pays.

I had a lengthy conversation with a sahd yesterday. Feel better?

She has a 9-month old. She’s basically still on her maternity leave. Total over-thinker.

Ultimate hypocrisy. “The future is female” - so I’ll stay home while a man pays.

Maybe because she lives in a low income area? I have no idea. She sounds nothing like the SAHMs I know, and I have maybe had 5 people ask what I do in the last 10 years. No one cares.

I think, like a lot of people who post here, she's just way too inside her head. If she got out of her head, she'd realize her daughter doesn't give a shit about her being a role model, because her daughter is a baby.

If she went back to work, almost her entire salary would go to childcare.

Nobody cares that she's staying home. The cashier was just making conversation.

I mean first of all, Arlington is overflowing with SAHMs, how does she feel she is an outsider?

Second, the Costco cashier wasn’t asking ‘so what do you do’, I mean really??

Finally, do we think she has never read DCUM?

https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/sowhat-do-you-do/