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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Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
I have been trying to follow this thread and I get what you are saying here Slim....but, you knew there was going to be one right?
But...while I understand that it would be great to have a sahp doing all the cleaning, shopping, errands, cooking, shuttling of kids and etc...I don't want that person to be just me.
PumpkinAngel
Maybe things are different in Europe. When I woorked fulltime, I never got home before 6:00. The average commute in this area is 50 minutes one way, so on top of a minimum 8 hour work day, add almost 2 hours for commuting.
I'm not going to get into a stupid "Oh yes, I can do it all no problem" argument. If I had the same job I had pre-children, no way would I ever be able to go to the park, beach museum, etc. on a workday. And the weekends would just be spent playing catch-up with grocery shopping, errands and laundry. (no, I did not have the kind of job that allowed me to grocery shop during the workday, or even run errands during lunch. Many lunches were with clients).
Show me an American who is home at 3:00 every day and I'll show you a part-timer or a teacher, like Eileen. I consider teaching a part time job anyway. I know the hours and number of days they work, it's nothing like what I used to work, that's for sure.
So okay, I'm wrong. It's completely reasonable to do everything a sahm does, plus have loads of free time, leisure time, etc., when you're working fulltime. Every wohm I know picks up the kids at 3:00 pm and sets off for a fun-filled afternoon in the park. Right.
dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
What do you think we did, stayed at home?????????
I always thought weekends at the beach were for the poor slobs who couldn't go during the week and beat the crowds (oooohhhh, just wait until they hear that one, I'm ducking now).
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