to want to tick a different box

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AIBU to feel unhappy that the only option I can tick on a form is "unemployed".

I choose to be a SAHM and had a professional career before DD.

Why is there not a box that states full time mum that I can tick!! Grrrrrrrrr!

But you are unemployed if you do not get paid. No one said you were doing nothing.

Because we are all full time mums

(those of us who have children, I mean)

Is there an 'other' space?

You could be a designer, a chef, a maitre d', an early years educator??

even if you worked as a volunteer somewhere, you would have to tick "unemployed".

WHo employs you? Noone? THen you are unemployed. Hate the term full time mum.

You are not in anyone's employ so you are unemployed. Personally I prefer unemployed to full time mum which sounds like a patronising token job for the little woman.

Yeah, I suppose. Just didn?t really consider myself unemployed tbh.
New to this full time mum thing.
Would prefer a box that states my situation more exactly [hsmile]

BeerTrix - I tend to refer to myself as a 'resting teacher'.

How about "economically inactive"?

If the form is only a questionaire and not important to benefits etc then put self employed down as you are employed by yourself to look after your DC but are unpaid (doing it for lurve) lol

YANBU and actually you shouldn't tick the unemployed box because the usual definition is 'involuntarily out of work'. The government wouldn't could you as unemployed because you're not available for work eg here

wouldn't count you as unemployed

The form is for a credit ref check by letting agent so not toooo pleased ticking unemployed box. And it seems that the uncomfortable feeling i got was right. I am, by definition most definitely not unemployed

but am definitely economically inactive and certainly doing it for the lurve lol!!!!

ooo and thanks ssamr for the link! .