Do people need a reason to SAH?

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Do people need a reason to SAH?
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Sun, 07-18-2010 - 9:28am

This theme was touched upon in another thread and I wanted to discuss it further.

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Tue, 09-07-2010 - 10:59pm
Or you could make that part of the criteria in finding a new spouse.
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Tue, 09-07-2010 - 11:06pm

That'll work. Here's how the dating profile will go:

Vivacious divorced mother in her mid-30s looking for a man who likes to travel, is into Indian food, enjoys camping and amusement parks alike, wants one more child and is okay with names that start with "St" and end with a long e sound because that is the trend I started with my ex-husband I don't want to mess it up.

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Tue, 09-07-2010 - 11:10pm
Aw, it's just like living with Mrs. Kravitz!

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Tue, 09-07-2010 - 11:17pm

I am thinking the condo complex would be more secluded than a stand alone home.

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Tue, 09-07-2010 - 11:19pm
Marry me. I guarantee you, I will not have more children :)

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Tue, 09-07-2010 - 11:24pm

According to one of my other neighbors, my newest neighbors (moved in in April) thought I was a SAH on disability with agoraphobia, because my car was home all day and they never saw me go out. And shortly after they moved in, I had a Peapod order delivered.

Apparently, they were quite embarrassed (and possibly a bit let down) to learn that I just work nightshift. LOL here they had a whole sad scenario written in their heads about me and the truth was quite boring and mundane.

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Wed, 09-08-2010 - 3:04am

Masterful as that was, I must point out that you missed at least 2 important questions:

How many cable channels do you get?

Are you or anyone in your family an illegal alien, or has anyone in your family ever been an illegal alien, especially one who makes or made comments to white, US citizen girls in the neighborhood?


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Wed, 09-08-2010 - 3:06am
Yes, I also thought she had made it quite obvious at different points that she looks this stuff up about her neighbors as much as possible.

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Wed, 09-08-2010 - 3:14am
Yes, people living in private homes have also been known to keep unsavory friends and/or to have mental disabilities.

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Wed, 09-08-2010 - 5:43am

"well, within the first week of moving soemwhere i knew who SAH, who WOH, what kind of occupations ppl have, who rents, who owns. bank accounts, no but to me, that's typical friendly neighbor meet and greet stuff."

I guess it must be cultural. That would fall under the category of an uncomfortable amount of information gathering to me. Why does anyone need to know whether I rent or own, for example? I also can't imagine spending my first week interviewing every neighbor about SAH/WOH or occupation. To be honest, I was always rather busy with other things during the first few weeks of a move.

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