Top 3 Excuses I Can't Stand from WOHMs..
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| Fri, 06-29-2007 - 1:39pm |
1. We NEED two incomes to survive... Yeah Right! I honestly believe that out of the people that say this 90% would be just fine if they would cut their lifestyle, move to a cheaper area and sacrifice. I am not buying it one bit when people say this.
2. I put my kid in Daycare for the socialization.. Good grief, how much socialization does a 10 month old need?? Besides there are better ways to much socialize young children.
3. I am a better mom if I work outside the home.. UGHH! How in the world do you think you are a better mom by handing your kid off to Grandma or someone else to raise while you go work?? Unless you are going to beat them or verbally abuse them, I always think at home with mom is where kids thrive the most..
THere are others I can't stand, but these are my top 3. Have at it..

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I don't consider choosing to stay home with my preschooler "flushing" anything down the toilet. My education(which I DO have thank you) and my position or a very similar one will be there for me if I choose to return to it 6 months or 6 years from now.
To further clarify...I did not ditch $10/hour....we lost several thousand dollars per month for me to stay home. Although there are exceptions to most statements made on these threads I am seeing a lot of reference to SAHM's tending to be uneducated or LESS educated and unable to pull enough money to have much in the way of choice....
I don't consider myself an exception as I know a lot of very highly educated people(some ONLY with a single degree...some with several and yes....several doctors) who have set their career aside(oops...I mean flushed it down the toilet) to stay at home with their young children. Imagine that?!
I am wondering if (here is my broad generalization) a short mat leave such as what is common in the US leads to less bonding with an infant making it easier to return to work?
Working outside the home does not prevent a parent from bonding with his or her infant.
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Edited 7/13/2007 10:25 am ET by egd3blessed
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Yes, you have provided your theory on the matter, but of course that doesn't make it factual by an means.
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Then why even mention it, again?
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So all of those questions, weren't asking me anything?
PumpkinAngel
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Wow. Good thing you don't dislike or feel contempt for WOHMs, huh? Only imagine what you might have said....
Of course....
PumpkinAngel
Well, only is she agrees with your theory that the wink icon has "many contexts" that can be described on this board.
PumpkinAngel
Of course they did, I was joking in the context in which we were talking, you with the restricted hours and my pool were I am allowed the freedom to swim when I choose, thus the wink icon.
PumpkinAngel
Curiosity.
PumpkinAngel
<<No I don't ask them.>>
So you don't know for sure.
PumpkinAngel
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