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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Susan
This is so much more fun than TV!
Susan
The common elements are always the same:
SAH wife / mom
Adores hubby and will do anything to make him happy while he will do anything to make her happy
Doesn't need to work
Loves being an at home mom and loves to gush about it
Never really "debates" issues but uses whatever the debate thread there is to gush on and on about her/his/its perfect life
Usually has one thing he/she/it will go overboard on -- in this case, it's the sheets
And the final factor -- he/she/it loves -- and I mean loves -- to post posts in defense of herself/himself/itself. Many times you can catch this person talking to herself. It's quite hilarious to watch.
Anyhow, carry on. I read parts of the thread and what I read made me LOL. That's all I was really doing. I won't post anymore on this topic. I know better than to get sucked in. LOL BTDT
outside_the_box_mom
Edited 10/2/2003 9:15:18 PM ET by outside_the_box_mom
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And should we all give up our meaningful employment and become California beach bums? Would that qualify me in your eyes as having a more meaningful life than actually working?
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