No different than a WOHM or WAHM mom saying I work. They aren't meaning a SAHM doesn't do any work, the general understanding is that when someone says I work that they are referring to paid employment.

It tells you how they spend their day. Nothing more.

It is just semantics and a way to explain that you stay at home and are with your kids full time.

Anonymous wrote:Tell me please —
Is this supposed to imply that moms who work are “part time” moms? Or is it just to tell the world that one is on full time duty? Maybe I’m being dense; just want to know if this is a dig....

It’s meant to imply they take care of their children full time. That’s all. It isn’t about you.

Anonymous wrote:
Earning the money that puts food on my kid's table, and a roof over my head is just as much part of being a parent as building legos with my kid.

It’s not though. And I’m saying this as a WOHM. I did SAH when my kid was 0-3, and there is a lot more parenting going on. A lot. As WOHMs we outsource an important part of parenting. It serves a purpose as kids get older bc they need socialization and structure but no one is ever going to convince me that going to an office and earning money is just as much a part of parenting. By those standards, why don’t you just send a check to your DH weekly? I choose to work but I’m self aware enough to know that someone else is doing the lion’s share of parenting from 9-6 daily.

WOHM here. It means that this person does not have a job outside of the home. That is it. It has nothing to do with what anyone else is doing.

I work full time.....Is that a dig too?

Earning the money that puts food on my kid's table, and a roof over my head is just as much part of being a parent as building legos with my kid.

It’s basically like working moms saying we have “a real job”. It’s mean and divisive

It’s just a phrase. You are over thinking. And yes. I work outside the home.

Anonymous wrote:No, it’s just semantics.

+1

It’s them being nasty. I had a friend who did similar. It also meant she didn’t do chores or clean during her workday. When her Dh got home, they had to share the chores. But the house was trashed and dirty dishes everywhere. It wasn’t workable.

No, it’s just semantics.

It's a dig.

Tell me please —
Is this supposed to imply that moms who work are “part time” moms? Or is it just to tell the world that one is on full time duty? Maybe I’m being dense; just want to know if this is a dig....