Having "Adult Interaction"
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Having "Adult Interaction"
| Mon, 08-04-2008 - 11:34am |
So I mentioned this briefly in another thread but I've been meaning to ask about it. I'm a SAHM to 2 small toddlers. Personally, I don't *care* what other mothers choose to do. I've never inquired about "well, why do you WOH"... It's really none of my business nor do I care. I've been in several playgroups for my kiddos and sure enough, I get bombarded with comments from the WHOM about having "adult interaction". I mean seriously...what do they think I do all day?..Do WOHM think us SAHM just baby talk all day and are prisoners to our home and never speak with adults?.. It's funny, b/c a lot of times, they won't directly make that comment to me but will be passive aggressive...saying something like..."Oh I JUST had to go back to work to get the adult interaction"--waiting for me to respond like "oh yes, I agree, I miss the adult interaction"..... Almost like they are justifying why they work! If you are going to a job just to be around adults, that's pretty pathetic IMO. There are a million things I could get involved in that would be around adults, w/o having to go to work. I don't need work to fullfill my adult talk. I don't get it..Why is this always the first comment out of a WOHM? It's an indirect insult or putdown.
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To me it isn't strictly about adult interaction, as it is about intellectual adult interaction.
Seriously, if I want out of *mommy mode* I need more than a ten minute
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Ducky
Edited 8/4/2008 6:18 pm ET by ka032006
I can understand a WOHP wanting adult interaction, although I have heard it said in a way that it's clearly a put-down too.
LOL, Randy often complains when he gets partnered with a "talker", after several years I said to DH,
Don't you mean what you THINK they are missing out on?
Yes. We. Did.
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