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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"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
I, on the other hand am confident that I've done everything I possibly could for my children, and have compromised nothing when it comes to their well being. I don't need constant reassurance that my kids will turn out just as well as any other families.
I don't need to go digging up studies to let me sleep at night.
I never said you weren't raising your kids, I said, "I SEE MANY BENEFITS TO A MOM STAYING AT HOME OVER SENDING HER CHILDREN TO DC".
Do you think you got that?
Honestly, I really don't care if you woh 100 hours a week. Honest. I'll be home for my kids and avoid DC, you do whatever you like. I don't care.
Edited 12/26/2003 4:16:32 PM ET by islimshady
As for the differences we'll see in our kids, that's irrelevant. Comparing my kids with a SAHM and yours with a WOHM means nothing. And since you can't simultaneaously SAH AND WOH with your kids, YOU won't know if your WOH was better for them either (at least not in a non-financial way.)
And for the record, you spend X amount of hours away from your kids while you're at work. Please, if you're going to count kids spending time away from their SAHMs while they're playing in the backyard, don't try to count the time that YOUR kids are playing in the yard, doing homework, watching TV, etc. after you're home from work as YOUR time with them. Looks like you'll be subtracting some more quality time from your X amount of hours you claim to have with them each week. lol.
Edited 12/26/2003 5:08:34 PM ET by cyndluagain
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