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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 9:47:28 AM
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Sideways
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My social circle is mostly working mothers. I think there are some or many who would like to stay home, but it's a pretty expensive cost of living around here and two incomes are almost mandatory.
You've stated in other threads that wages are low and childcare expenses are high where you live. How do your friends manage it? Especially with more then one child?
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 9:59:58 AM
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Because the same way you love engineering and I love financial analysis, those women love homemaking.
My boss's wife is like that. And, she's so incredibly gifted at the arts of the home. She bakes and cooks from scratch, knits and crochets prayer blankets from yarn she spins herself. She homeschools her kids, and does podcasts of storytime. The woman is a domestic wonder. But, one of my favorite things about her is that she can take pride in what she does and cherish the joy that her life brings her, and still appreciate the contributions of women (like me) who aren't professional homemakers. Not even a scintilla of arrogance, unwarranted assumptions, or misplaced pity.
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:02:15 AM
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Well my hubby doesnt really help with much housework. I do all the cooking and all the "cleaning" (I use that term loosely, I dont really clean  ) HUbby works long hours. When he gets home, he works several more hours at his home office, so I dont complain...too badly! He does clean the litter box and tend to the cats for me. Our laundry often times gets washed and dried and sits in a basket, but hey its clean. We eat out sometimes for dinner, and I have decided that hamburger helper is a good thing (especially since we get free hamburger). We need to resurrect the crockpot thread, I'd love to use mine more, but all I know how to do in it is roasts and beans and chili and chicken. I'm sure I'll definitely need it more when we have a baby. I do love coming home and knowing dinner is done!
My hubby only ever cooked for me when I broke my foot, that was 2 1/2 months of frozen pizza, some hamburger helper, ramen noodles, and lots of Taco Bell...no wonder I gained 10 lbs!!
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:04:18 AM
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LaurainAL
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Not even a scintilla of arrogance, unwarranted assumptions, or misplaced pity.
She sounds wonderful!
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:14:14 AM
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LaurainAL
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Some of them also feel led by the Lord to stay home, I don't think any of us can argue with that
As do some women who work. It's interesting though that that seems impossible to some, that God would call a woman to work outside of the home. But, he does in some cases.
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:20:26 AM
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Mrs.Wifey
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Some of them also feel led by the Lord to stay home, I don't think any of us can argue with that
As do some women who work. It's interesting though that that seems impossible to some, that God would call a woman to work outside of the home. But, he does in some cases.
I don't think I've ever said He doesn't 
I find alot of enjoyment in the time that I am home, my life feels more relaxed and *I* feel more fulfilled as a homemaker. I have time for cooking from scratch, sewing, knitting or crocheting, baking bread, etc... I enjoy being "domestic" and I do look forward to a time when we can truly afford for me to stay home full time, but for now the Lord has called me to work and has given me an opportunity in an extremely flexible work situation.
If we don't home school then I'll go back to work part-time when the kids are in school, my degree will most likely be finished by then and I'll have a larger range of job openings to choose from.
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:24:09 AM
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How does the theme song from Diff'rent Strokes go? Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum....it takes diff'rent strokes to move the world.
Every job is important, we may not think so, but when we take into account the daily things we do, we need other people to help us get that done. I need someone to stock the shelves and scan my groceries, I need someone to drive the bus, I need someone to fill the pumps with gas. I appreciate what everyone does even if it's not what I do, or may want to do.
I was a stay at home wife while I was pregnant, from the beginning (I worked only a month and a half full time while pregnant). I can justify staying home without a child. I took care of my home, I cleaned and cooked, but I also spend time out of the home. I volunteer for a national charity and do a lot of work for them. I would look after my nieces and nephews when needed. I took my mother in law to her chemotherapy treatments. There was no sitting at home watching Oprah all day (I'm not saying anyone said that's what we do, Dh and I make jokes all the time that as a sahm I watch Oprah all day).
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:28:17 AM
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Some of them also feel led by the Lord to stay home, I don't think any of us can argue with that
As do some women who work. It's interesting though that that seems impossible to some, that God would call a woman to work outside of the home. But, he does in some cases.
I don't think I've ever said He doesn't
I find alot of enjoyment in the time that I am home, my life feels more relaxed and *I* feel more fulfilled as a homemaker. I have time for cooking from scratch, sewing, knitting or crocheting, baking bread, etc... I enjoy being "domestic" and I do look forward to a time when we can truly afford for me to stay home full time, but for now the Lord has called me to work and has given me an opportunity in an extremely flexible work situation.
If we don't home school then I'll go back to work part-time when the kids are in school, my degree will most likely be finished by then and I'll have a larger range of job openings to choose from.
I didn't mean that you had said that Mrs.Wifey. But I have heard it countless times on this board. I'm sure you have seen the same posts.
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:30:48 AM
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that is the thing that is lacking from the few SAHM/SAHW's I know.
Because my non-parent status stands out more in people's minds than my employment status, it's hard for me to tell when I'm being judged for having a career and when I'm being judged for not having kids. What I do notice is that the WOHM's who make judgements usually do so because all women should want kids/motherhood makes you a real woman/you don't really grow up until you have kids. SAHM's make those judgements too, but they are more likely to assume I'm a career woman who has bought into the feminist propaganda and/or I'm rebelling against God's will for me as a woman,  .
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:31:01 AM
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Mrs.Wifey
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I have, Laura.
I guess the hard thing is knowing where I "fall" between SAHM and WOHM, I do work, but most of the time my hearts desire is to stay at home. Not because I feel that's where all women should be, but just because that's where *I* want to be...
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:45:38 AM
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I just had two weeks off. The longer I'm off work, the less I want to return, even though I have a good job that I like with people I really enjoy being around. Anyone else experience that? Maybe I'm just lazy, but I got a lot of things done around the house I don't normally have time to do.
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 10:50:42 AM
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lexie
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What I do notice is that the WOHM's who make judgements usually do so because all women should want kids/motherhood makes you a real woman/you don't really grow up until you have kids. SAHM's make those judgements too, but they are more likely to assume I'm a career woman who has bought into the feminist propaganda and/or I'm rebelling against God's will for me as a woman
That saddens me, it really truly saddens me to the core. Why are we like this as women? Why do we divide ourselves like this? I don't want anyone to tell me that I should be going out to work for whatever reason, so why I am going to tell someone that they should be staying home.
I'm becoming disturbed by the way women judge other women. No two people are in the same mindset or financial position to be able to do the exact same thing. And to judge another woman's situation based on the idea that their own situation is best one is a display of moral superiority that is not becoming on anyone, IMO.
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 11:03:14 AM
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moon_mouse
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I just had two weeks off. The longer I'm off work, the less I want to return, even though I have a good job that I like with people I really enjoy being around. Anyone else experience that? Maybe I'm just lazy, but I got a lot of things done around the house I don't normally have time to do.
I'm a creature of inertia. When I'm busy, I can do exponentially more than when the workload is light.
January is pretty slow. Things don't pick up until the new news season in February. So, I'm sitting here thinking about my Christmas tree that's still up, and my pantry that's so stuffed with junk that I can never find anything, but when I get home, all I want to do is sit on the couch with my puppy and watch tv.
Things will get better next week when pipe band practice starts again. There's nothing like 3 hours of hyperventilation to wake you up!
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 11:12:55 AM
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I'm becoming disturbed by the way women judge other women. No two people are in the same mindset or financial position to be able to do the exact same thing. And to judge another woman's situation based on the idea that their own situation is best one is a display of moral superiority that is not becoming on anyone, IMO.
I agree...I would add that I am also disturbed by women who obviously do feel this way and then deny it as though none of it applies to them.
I will admit that I have a "generalized issue" with homeschool-nazis. I think homeschooling is great, but it's not really for everyone. It just isn't, and those who do homeschool are really not better than anyone else. Unfortunately, the ones I have relationships with think they are. I have more issues or there is more "attitude" about that than the status of women working in/out of their home.
Course, that's just me...
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 11:32:02 AM
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doinkdom
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of course, i also know that i'm painting with a big wide 'general' brush...all homeschool mothers can't be that bad.
Exactly...they are not. But the ones that are, are pretty vocal just like those who have strong opinions of working in or out of the home are fairly vocal.
I mean when I have a strong opinion, I can be downright snippy, too but I would hope that as I age in years and grow in maturity as a Christian, that would change.
I know...still waiting for that change.... 
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RE: Working (outside the home) Wives/Moms Support Thread - 1/9/2008 11:58:39 AM
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moon_mouse
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That saddens me, it really truly saddens me to the core. Why are we like this as women? Why do we divide ourselves like this? I don't want anyone to tell me that I should be going out to work for whatever reason, so why I am going to tell someone that they should be staying home.
I think there are a number of reasons women do this. One is that women are socially conditioned to use snippy behavior as a weapon in their competition with one another. Insecurity also plays into it. And passion. What I mean by that is that some people consciously choose a lifestyle based on certain deeply held beliefs and values, then fall into the trap of thinking that their specific choices are the only way someone can express those values. (Think about the statement,"I stay home because I want to put my children first.") In my experience, this is particularly prevalent in the Christian community, and in some segments of homeschooling and Quiver Full (though by no means reflective of everyone in those groups).
It is very sad, especially within the Body of Christ. As Christian sisters, we should be bigger than this.
On a lighter note, it's one of the ancillary good things about being childless by choice. So many of the most ugly divisions are among mothers, and as a non-parent, I don't have to participate in those "starts with a p and rhymes with 'missing'" contests!
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