SAH/WOH--extramarital affairs

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Registered: 07-14-2004
SAH/WOH--extramarital affairs
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Tue, 02-15-2005 - 12:54pm

I was just at the gym this morning and overheard a conversation between two women on treadmills who were discussing/debating as to whether married sahms were any more or less likely to have affairs than married wohms.

I thought it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on this.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 3:57pm
Agreed, a miraculous achievement.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 3:58pm
Yes it was. You're just not aware of it.
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Registered: 09-08-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 3:59pm

"As a person who does in fact get out of my warm cozy bed and leave my sleeping children 5 days a week, come hell or high water, I highly resent a SAHM from trying to take credit for the actual work her WOHD is doing"

As a person who does, in fact, feed her own children every meal every day, gets them dressed, takes them to the park, school, and every other freaking activity under the sun, I highly resent a wohm trying to take credit for the actual work her nanny is doing.

Sound nice? Sound acceptable? It sure doesn't to me.

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Registered: 12-07-2004
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 4:03pm

But you said that as a working mom, you deeply resent her claiming stake to her dh's income. Why would you give a rat's behind? How does her referring to her dh's income have any impact at all on you getting up and going to work - which btw, implies that the sahm does not have to get out of her cozy bed early in the morning.

Nick

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Registered: 12-07-2004
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 4:04pm

Well put!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 4:16pm
BTW, you'll have to pardon me for not exactly crying you a river for getting out of your warm cozy bed and leaving your sleeping children 5 days a week, come hell or high water, when that is precisely what you choose to do. Just as you wouldn't want to be crying her a river for her getting out of her warm cozy bed and taking physical care of her children 5 days a week, come hell or high water, right?
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Registered: 11-12-2003
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 4:38pm
No, she's not. The only way she is, is by your warped sense of reality. Is my dh denigrating himself when he says we instead of I? Do you really think a SAHM who says we puts as much thought into the wording as you are attributing?
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Registered: 12-12-2002
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 5:50pm

And again, what the heck does it matter?

Okmrsmommy-36, CPmom to DD-16 and DS-14

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Registered: 12-12-2002
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 5:54pm
SIGH...we are just going to have to disagree here.

Okmrsmommy-36, CPmom to DD-16 and DS-14

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Registered: 12-12-2002
Tue, 03-01-2005 - 6:04pm

Well, I will be the first to admit that our DDs birth was MUCH harder on DH than it was on me.

Okmrsmommy-36, CPmom to DD-16 and DS-14

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