Is the SAHM the new status symbol?
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Is the SAHM the new status symbol?
| Tue, 09-23-2003 - 10:36pm |
In the 70's and 80's women fought to get into the workforce (the whole Ms. magazine generation)...and then the tide turned in the late 1990's when more women started to stay home by choice. Now, it seems like being a SAHM is a status symbol....and superior to being a working mom.
Kat

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It doesn't take up enough time to shower. It is just the fact I don't desire to work out of the home and utilize my 2 college degrees. Sorry if that *does* offend you and your criteria.
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Yes, but you AREN'T available with "tons of time for him and the kids". You just said that your children are 4 and 8, and that you employ a nanny. I assume (correct me if I'm wrong), that your children are in school at least part of the day, so why on earth the need for a nanny with only 2 children who are in school and who aren't infants? If you have the nanny there on top of the free time you aren't with them while they are in school, then obviously you aren't available to your children, she is.
So much for your huge contributions.
Really you can't believe it? It's called *concern for the environment*. Something that you're obviously not all that worried about b/c you don't see your excessive use as wasteful.
I've decided the goals in my life. Dh has decided his. We have decided together. We are moving forward with our lives as we desire.
Outside of church & school, no, we don't volunteer. If you think giving monetarily isn't enough to other causes (which I've stated we do) then that is an issue for you to deal with amongst yourself.
When you were young, what did you "want to be when you grew up?"
When you were in college, what were your goals and aspirations? What did you see yourself doing in the future?
What were your 2 college degrees?
Oh well. Enjoy your thrice daily showers and crisp sheets. I hope it's worth it when your grandkids have to conserve water and energy b/c the generations before them were gluttons.
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