Yippee!! I'm back!

[velochic]

It is 5am where I live and I am about to go in to work and QUIT!! I was only back in the workforce for about 3 weeks after a 3 year leave, but it gave me some good perspective about the advantages of being a SAHM. It also gave me some good perspective about the advantages of being a WOHM. I'll be glad to be a SAHM again, but it was a good experience. See you here again...

[chalupamom]

Originally Posted by velochic

It is 5am where I live and I am about to go in to work and QUIT!! I was only back in the workforce for about 3 weeks after a 3 year leave, but it gave me some good perspective about the advantages of being a SAHM. It also gave me some good perspective about the advantages of being a WOHM. I'll be glad to be a SAHM again, but it was a good experience. See you here again...

Don't know how I missed this when you posted.

How'd it go?

[velochic]

I posted almost a week ago!!! I thought that the post disappeared into the electronic abyss. What's up with that? I figured I broke some SAHMing posting laws.

Anyway, Chalupamom, thanks for responding. It went quite well considering. I gave a letter of resignation and did not tell them in person. I had a phone exit interview and otherwise, it's going smoothly. Very, very, very content to be back at home with dd.

The only thing... I had good friends from work that have since abandoned me. One working single mom, one woman who is married without children, and an unmarried male friend in particular. I asked them to contact me and let me know how things at work are going and they have not even tried to contact me. NOT, NOT, NOT starting a debate here by saying this, but it seems that the only friends that really understand what I am going through are my SAHM friends. I mean, not to put too fine a point on it... I just gave up a 70K/year job to be with my dd and it would be nice if my working friends (both with and without kids) would understand how hard it was for me. They don't seem to.

[Amys1st]

You were only at the job 3 weeks and made that many friends already?

But, I do understand. Before DD came along, I had quit a job in 2000 that was a great salesjob and I just walked away. I realized how it was sucking the life out of me and I wanted out. I took a 3 mo time off, took my time finding a good place to park myself and it was the best thing I could have done. DH noticed a huge change in me within a two weeks time and so did friends & family. The best thing, it showed us that I could be a sahm one day.

Another lesson I took with me- money is not everything. Yes I walked away from a good pay, benefits blah blah blah. But after that I got better sleep. I remember a few years later telling dh that I got better sleep the first few weeks dd was home than I ever got during that job. I could care less how much money you or I or anyone walked away from- you always end up spending it anyway kwim? You have plenty of time to earn money but there is a short time to spend with your child.
Congrats on finding the best decision for your family

[velochic]

Yep, the money is nothing compared. I realize that there are women that have to work and boy do I have a lot of respect for those women, especially single moms. But we could manage without my pay, so it was a pretty easy decision in the end.

The friends are old friends I worked with before my leave. I don't make friends that fast, for sure!! :LOL