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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I work from home 2 days a week. On those days I'll have an extra few hours with the twins.
MM
I was just at the St. louis zoo and it was BEAUTIFUL.
Full time means @40 hours work a week. So, how can you work full time, and not generally work most, if not all day?
I never have any problems finding time to visit the library, museums or parks and I WOH FT, and have a 2.5 hour commute."
What? I find that really *really* hard to believe. You must be super woman. I work 3x a week from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. and have a 50 min commute each way. That means I'm essentially out of pocket from 5.30 a.m. - 4 p.m. or so those days. I certainly am not going to have time to visit the "library, museums or parks" on those days. The other 2 days I work from home from around 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. I also make dinner for myself and my husband, breast feed and/or pump milk for twins. Sorry, but there would be no way on Gods green earth I'd have time for the things you describe except on weekends.
MM, Ben & Emma born 7/24/03
why the hell would i want to visit her???? oh yeah, shes my baby sister..... LOL. i dont know. we have a wide open calendar this year, and i think we will just fly by the seat of our pants, but maybe lauren and i can plan something together with or without my dh coming up with me.
apparently you have never been very close to a teacher.....like when she is grading papers at 11 at night, or at the beach during spring break, or getting the gazillion reports together on each kid in triplicate(BEFORE COMPUTERS!), and making sure every single report card is as accurate as possible as this effects the childs life....all weekend long for three weekends in a row. what a crappy attitude about teachers. yes there are lousy ones out there, but it has been my experience, 90% do care, and put in way more hours than the 8:30 - 3:00 when *you* see them.
It's such a wonderful zoo to have in my *backyard*!
PumpkinAngel
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