Which came first, the title or the SAHW?
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Which came first, the title or the SAHW?
| Fri, 12-19-2003 - 9:04am |
Last night I attended my husband's work Christmas party. I sat with the CEO, CFO, CTO, COO (Chief operations officer, I didn't know that acronym, I had to ask), Creative Director, Marketing Director and their wives. Near the end of the evening it was just we wives chatting mostly about kids. I made the observation that even though all the wives were intelligent, educated and accomplished women, not a single one (except me), woh. They are all SAHM's.
Any thoughts on why that might be? I have my own opinion but I'd like to hear from everyone else first. Do you think they sah because of their husbands jobs or their husbands have their jobs because the wives stay home? Or doesn't it matter?

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No, there is never a guarantee that being home when your child gets home from school is going to PREVENT them from EVER getting into trouble. But having a child come home to an empty house, even IF they have a long list of chores or siblings to watch, is an almost certain recipe for disaster.
I dont know how many times dd has brought friends home, because THEIR parents werent home and they didnt want to be home alone. Kids like coming to our house too, and my being here has certainly never prevented that.
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Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
eileen
Of course that's not what I insinuated, didn't you read it correctly? What, do little fairies come and do all that stuff for wohps? Please.
My point is, for those who can't grasp it, that sahp's can take care of all those things that BOTH wohps have to do in the hours around their work day, or during lunch breaks (some lunch break, running errands, not my idea of a break).
Last month dh took a few days off. He did the grocery shopping, made dinner, did dishes, laundry and even chauffered the boys to practice. I can't believe how easy those few days were for me! Effortless. i came home from school, and literally had the entire evening to spend with the boys or working out. If that's what having a sah wife is all about, let me tell you, it was great.
When I sah f/t, I took the kids to the beach, a museum or a park almost every day, not just weekends, and we spent hours there. No one could anyone do that after 5:30 or 6:00 every weeknight. To say otherwise is just an insult to anyone's common sense.
Say whatever you want, but having a sahp DOES make life easier on all the other family members, unless they happen to be a lazy slug.
You're obviously happy with doing it all, good for you. I'm glad I don't even try to.
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