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"Oh I'm lucky that I don't need to work, financially"

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TerraNovice · 15/02/2015 11:35

I'm going back to work next month and while chatting with other mums about it I've come across the above phrase a few times. Perhaps IBU but it sounds insufferably smug to be - so they married guys with money, so what? There's nothing wrong with saying you're a SAHM so why add the caveat that you've got a rich husband?

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DontDrinkandFacebook · 24/02/2015 08:53

Exactly.

mamaneedsamojito · 24/02/2015 09:03

I've said this in the context of 'this is why I'm not panicking about finding a job'. As it happens I found one as soon as I started looking (bugger!). And no, it's not because I married a rich man. I worked hard and saved up before having a baby. I think the most offensive thing about this post is OP's assumption that we have to rely on men for money!

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