To be a traditional sahm ??

[ProudMum4Eva]

I personal have never been flamed for my choice in life, however I see many people who continuously get some sort of insult for their life choices. So here I thought I would share all for the first time.
I am 34 years old I got married at 18 straight from college. I am happily married with five wonderful children who I adore and do everything for. I have NEVER worked (outside the family home) my DH has always worked. He works traditional hours leaves about 8:10 mon-fri and is home for around 5:30. I do everything in the home cleaning, cooking, bathing the younger children, ironing and so on. I dote on my children and my husband. I love it they do not need to help me in the house I look after them and that is what I am good at.

Thanks catgirl - I don't really think it's so humble either - really quite important and valuable and interesting. It's just not having anything immediately on the horizon work wise is getting to me a bit. Especially when (D)H keeps randomly saying "Get a job !" Not helpful !

You know what, Hannah? This was actually a fairly civilised discussion with very little in the way of criticism of either WOHMs or SAHMs until you burst onto the scene screaming and shouting, and since them it has descended into the typical bitchy bunfight. Are you proud of yourself?

Yes, girls are not encouraged to pursue certain careers. The same as boys. Except that the careers boys are not encouraged in are the 'girly, weak' (and usually poorly paid) jobs like childcare etc. While girls are discouraged from maths and science. I'm involved in promoting women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) - it's an ongoing concern to women in our field that there aren't more of us. Hopefully thing will have changed by the time your daughters hit the job market. But at the moment, the whole mentality of "women's brains just aren't designed to do maths or engineering" is still very much a problem.

Nice! And reported.

Right charmer isn't she!

and please don't forget to report Brandy for calling sahm's prostitutes and slaves whilst you're at it, eh? what a fool you are

Um where was any personal insult towards anyone in my post? I stayed with in talk guidelines

janey, that silly, snidey, patronising comment deserved much much worse than 'fuck off'
I was being polite.
Interesting that the prostitute slave comment has been ignored though

And I agree with you annie it was a nice discussion and no one (including me) was bitching.

a form of prostitution and slavery is not the same as You Are a Prozzie

Huge difference between expressing an opinion which uses an analagy and telling someone to fuck off. Personal insults are just a lazy excuse for a lack of reasoned discussion anyway

Lovely reasoning you have hannah maybe if you got off your arse and into the real world you'd be able to hold a discussion

maybe Janey, but it's the quickest and simplest way to dismiss an idiot.

and you must be complete and UTTER idiots if you honestly don't have an issue with the prostitute/slavery 'analogy'
Jaw Hits Floor.

Don't drag yourself down to her level, Brandy. Though I agree with Hannah, your slave and prostitute comment was about the lowest point on the entire thread.

Do you know about the history of marriage hannah that it was to sell your daughter and your husband would take your ownership over from your father. Women didn't have no rights at all and we were slaves to our husbands and not allowed to say no if our husband wanted a shag.

I don't see that it's changed to much, wasn't until recently that martial rape was recognised.

Of course most people have an issue with it, Hannah, but it's a comment always dragged out on these WAHM vs SAHM threads and so stupid that most of us see it as not worthy of comment, low trolling and best ignored.

Are you proud of yourself?
Don't drag yourself down to her level

Crikey O'Reilly, why do I feel as though I'm back at school?

Wow sahm are "slaves and prostitutes" and people are actually trying to defend this shite? If being a sahm is so shit then why have many people on this thread proclaimed that sahm are "lucky" and that they themselves would love not to work.

I'm waiting for:
you should be ashamed
or maybe
you're an affront to all Mothers

Not mothers, I would hope most women don't define themselves just by the word mother.

Have to admit - my SAHm friends would laugh at being called 'sex slaves'. In their DH's dreams. Am off to watch a film - don't kill each other. We're all in this together remember!

Is mother a dirty word then?