I used to feel really out of place in my crowd of people that I've known since high school. All of us got college degrees. All of us started working. I was the first, by 3 years, to quit working and have a child and stay home with her. It was soo awkward going to parties and people would be like, "So, what do you do?" They had nothing to talk to me about. I could no longer relate to their talking about the office, either.
The best comment was made by the fiance of one of my hs friends. We were talking about vacuum cleaners for some odd reason, I think someone had just gotten new carpet or something. I said that Consumer Reports had rated a certain type of vacuum to be very good. The fiance said, "So is that what you stay at home types do? Research the latest appliances." I was sooo upset.
The funny thing is though, that now they are starting to have babies and so far 2 of the 3 have decided to stay at home with their babies long-term. The third one (married to the guy who made that comment) just had hers and they just got into a new house and I'm not sure they can afford for her to take off work. It will be interesting to see what happens with #2 though, when it may not be so economical to have 2 in daycare at the same time.
My dh says people ask him what his wife does and he says "She homeschools our oldest daughter and cares for our youngest daughter who has some medical problems." I really love my dh for saying more than just, "She stays home with the kids."
this kind of thing just annoys me soooo much. 
