Comments on: Stay at home mom

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:36:17 +0000

Oh, they’d all be jealous of you, anyway. Here you are with your wonderful family and you’re doing what they secretly wish they were, and feel guilty for not doing so themselves. And if they don’t have kids they won’t understand anyway, so who cares what they think? I was at a swanky party a few months back and I met all these people and the first question out of their mouths was “What do you do?” and when I told them I stay at home with my kids they were like, “oh.” They may have not known where to go with that, but I guarantee all my SAHM stories are way more interesting than their boring work stories.

By: Library Mama

Library Mama — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:09:10 +0000

I loved this post. You hit the nail on the head.

I can just see the looks on some of their faces when the “stay at home Mom” line came out of your mouth at a dinner like that. And isn’t that a pity? (their attitude, I mean, not the fact that you’re a stay-at-home mom)

By: Janie

Janie — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:48:29 +0000

Except that some mothers might judge just as much, just for different reasons!

Career breaks are hard. There is the loss of identity, the lack of stimulation, the perception of stay-at-home motherhood by other people and the difficulty of getting back into a career at the same level among other things. But these things are only temporary and when we get back to work we will have a greater perspective and ability with which to do our jobs. At least that’s what I keep telling myself when I am practicising my mangement and negotiation skills on my children for the umpteenth time this morning!