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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Hey you HAVE a beach....the best I can do is to take a trip down to the landing and watch the muddy Mississippi go slowly by and what ever happens to be floating in it.
PumpkinAngel
Not at my job, it doesn't. At my job, full time is 37.5 hours a day and THEY occur from 11pm to 7am. Which leaves PLENTY of time to visit museums, parks and the library. And I know for a fact, I'm not the only person in the US with fewer than 40 hours counting full time, who work nights..
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Nope, I just don't work days.
I like the fact that my kids know the people at my doctor's office and the market. I like having the "opportunity" to do what we want on the days we're home. I like not having to cram it all in to the weekend when, sometimes, DH and I just want to "hang out."
Yes, a lot of my wanting to SAH is about me -- My wanting to spend time with my kids, My wanting to be the one to take them to the beach on a day we don't have to drive around for 20 minutes to find a parking spot, My having peace of mind that they're safe.
I'm not sure if my SAH will make them better people, smarter or richer. At this point, that's not my goal. My goal (only because we can afford it, mind you) is to spend as much time as I can with them. (In a few years, I hear they won't want to be seen with me. lol)
Um, yeah, that's what she's talking about. If I worked full time, I wouldn't be home at 4:00 each day and neither would DH. And neither of us would be home all summer. Can't you see that your situation is not what I consider the norm, and therefore, not what she's referring to???
in fact, even this summer, i drove up to Boston for a training session for a digital microscope (i had gotten a grant for the microscope and the training)...2 hours to drive up, 4 hours to drive home (traffic, nasty storm) and 1.5 hours for the training...and no, i wasn't paid for my time at all.
eileen
in fact, without looking back at the thread, the gist of it is that there are plenty of opportunities for wohms to do all of those fun activities with their kids that sahms do -- WHY in the world would that bother you if the end result is to have fun with your kids?
eileen
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