I've been on both sides of the coin, since I worked after dd was born, but quit after ds1 was born. When people ask what I do, I say I'm a mom- I usually get comments of respect, but every now and then I have to make a comment like 'it's so much harder for me to be home all day, but worth it'. When I first left paid work, I did feel like I was taking a 'ride' and depending on dh to support me was a hard pill to swallow. I'd always been earning my own money and contributing equally (if not moreso) to the family financially. I had to keep reminding myself that if I HAD gone back to work, I'd have been only making $3/hr at best b/c of daycare expenses, etc. It took a long time for me to feel like I wasn't sponging- it brought up a lot of feelings I never expected to have. Dh never felt that way, it was just me.
Now- this just cracked me up!!! 
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The thing about outside work- is you get a break. You can pee without someone tugging on your leg. You can drink a HOT cup of coffee or a COLD water, before it becomes lukewarm. If something frustrates you, you can walk away. You get to clock out at the end of the day and go home. As a SAHP, it's all day, every day - the people making those idiotic comments just don't get that.
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| Another SAHM who was helping me (equally unshowered) said, after this mom left, "She has to take a shower. Cuz she has to go to work." It was pretty funny, actually. We were both in sweats and had screaming toddlers with us. |
:The thing about outside work- is you get a break. You can pee without someone tugging on your leg. You can drink a HOT cup of coffee or a COLD water, before it becomes lukewarm. If something frustrates you, you can walk away. You get to clock out at the end of the day and go home. As a SAHP, it's all day, every day - the people making those idiotic comments just don't get that.
