to be puzzled when mums suggest they know what it's like to be a SAHM because they were once on mat leave?

[BarkWorseThanBite]

Two really nice mums - I like them both and we usually sit together at toddler group. However, more than a few times both have seemed to imply they know what's it like to be a SAHM because they took mat leave a couplel of years ago (till their babies were 9 months old).

Isn't that a bit like saying you know what's it like to be a single mum (I'm not) because your husband was away playing golf for a week?

Nothing against working mums at all - but the implication that they know what my life is like is a bit irritating.

AIBU?

hercules that's their punishment for daring to work.

We have a dog who is abandoned whilst we all work. Walter, could my dc take them with them to the unicorn farm? I promise he won't eat the unicorns.

I think TeamWill whose DC got into medical school (see up thread) should give us the perfect formula for success: single or not, bottle or bf, whom or SAHM? Well done your DC :)

Hercules I'll consider it, but I'll have to shave the pennies to maintain the dog...

It's a dog eat dog world, after all...

I'll get my coat.

I was going to get all medieval on procrastinating and her worry comment

And then she apologised and confirmed she was joking

So I had to climb off of my high horse (unicorn)

And that fucker is high!!!!!

I thought the same thing LC ds has baked bread with ds tonight, I did valentine cupcakes with dd on Wednesday evening. None of us would describe this as "work". The dc's work is their academic studies they definitely think of baking and gardening as hobbies.

^So I had to climb off of my high horse (unicorn)

And that fucker is high!!!!!^

No wishy washy midget unicorns here!

My children did gardening and baking at nursery as well as at home with me. Do I win? The nursery also had pet guinea pigs, chickens and a sheep.

Not a unicorn though. I had to outsource to walter's for that.

I have unicorns but to be honest they are not really a priority so I outsource to them to the cheapest institution possible .

Even your baby unicorns Philoslothy?

Yes even the babies - and they are formula fed.

Well, we all have our journeys to make. Mine is to the TV to catch up on Casualty.

I am the unicorn whisperer, the wilder the better. The farmed unicorn is not for me. I like a challenge. I have to live breathe and think unicorn to succeed. Unicorns are my life.

outsourcing for unicorns.
So glad I stuck with this thread, thank goodness for a long bedtime feed. Thanks dd.

capsium never underestimate a farmed unicorn.

Those stories you hear? They're real.

Amanda FF or BF?!

I like the wild variety, in all their rare beauty. I'm a bit wild myself...

SAHMs involve their children in their "work" all the time, I think. If I am baking bread, LOs will definitely join in... if I am out in the garden planting they will want to help.. if I am in Waitrose they will want to put things in the trolley...

If however I was still working at the bank, I don't think it would be quite so easy

Good for you. DH baked cookies with our 2 year old today. He works full time.

Does the Waitrose Essentials range include unicorn feed then?

Metella I wouldn't know, I make all my own from scratch

Oh, it's a minefield!
Bf.

well mine is homegrown and organic and cooked from scratch.

wont someone think about the chickens, they fed organic scraps including homegrown lentils.

Amanda you passed!