AIBU to think the SAHM MNers rattling off lists of daily feats

[PickingAfight]

they are heroically accomplishing while being SAHMs (cooking, washing, ironing, etc) are being at best naive and at worst disingenuous. Who do they think does all that stuff in the non-SAHMs' households, house elves?

Oh, we had a girl's name already. You will have to wait until she's born to take the piss

I think anyone who openly sneers at SAHM/WOHM is jealous and not sure of their own decision. Maybe subconsciously. Most of us think we are doing what is best for us at the time and many of us have been both at varied times or are students/part time workers.

I do housework if it needs doing or if i can be bothered but it is harder now than when DD was at nursery fulltime, as if they are not home all day, they are not trashing the place.

Is it Princess Tiaaaaa-Milla-FrillyPink?

Ahhhh, a girl..

You guessed it, Hully. Bugger. Back to the drawing board.

I know, Pag... Am getting excited now

When might she pop?

ALL MOTHERS ARE FUCKING ARSEHOLES THE FUCKERS!

Oooh, I know the answer to that one, Hully- cs booked for 18th May.

Ooooh May. Good choice for a bitch session about badly planned conceptions. Tethers a birthday like that ruins a school career.

Tell me about it.

I'm a teacher and a May birthday massively fucks up my maternity leave.

Still, one less years' childcare to find, eh?

Is standing in the corner as instructed by parisianwife

FT researcher, PT SAHM, yup I write lists while running for cover and swearing

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AIBU to think teachers should not be allowed Maternity leave as it fucks up little Sebastian's education and I don't think it is appropriate for teachers to have sex, the whores, won't someone think of the children?

To the list

All that baking, blogging, washing, horseriding, shopping, lunching, talking, cleaning, dropping (DC) off, picking (DC) up, party organising, PTA going make up a full diary for the SAHM with DC at school
Just don't moan to me about being run ragged that's all

Well, I am not a mum yet, but all this SAHM vs WOHM and how 'hard' each of them works is really silly.

Look, if you're the sort of person who loves being paid to do a job employed by somebody else or being self-employed, then being a sahm is hard work for you.

Similarly, if you're the sort of person who loves being home with kids then going out to work is hard work for you.

Hard work is doing something that you're not particularly fond of. It wouldn't be hard if you loved it. It would be heaven!

So, yes, if you really, really find housework and childcare day-in-day out a necessary evil, doing the washing-up is an achievement.

The person who enjoys what they do never works again in their life. The definition of hard work is doing something day-in-day out that you're not particularly fond of.

Housework is hardly even tiring. Too many people here are green with envy for some reason

i thought it was fattist day today, but this thread just sneaked in

Ooo 18th May

i thought you meant 18th May was National Fattist Day there

What? You mean I can't come on here boasting about FINALLY cleaning my skirting boards??? It's taken me 13 months (since my job ended) of thinking about it, and today, I did it; well, at least two thirds of them (3 storey house).

was away for a while, when i come back i have been bopped on the head!
so im in the corner pondering my part time ways, being at home is tedious as is being at work, no hope for me.

and been called a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT!! the shame.

Fanjo - every day is fattist day, seemingly - and some people wonder why some of us don't want to go to meet ups?!

Chipping, I agree, some shocking attitudes on here

Shocking attitudes everywhere about size