to be annoyed at this new term of 'full time mum'

[blondie80]

i know i'm not being unreasonable.

a woman on that lottery 1-100 show on sat night referred to herself as a 'full time mum'

i take it she meant sahm instead.

i have no bones with anyone's choice as to what the do, sahm of wohm.

but... i was so annoyed i felt she was referring to wohm as - part timers??

does she forget that we do the same stuff as well as a full week at work!!

i was with my mother when we watched the show, and she has 4 dc who have left home, and says she is still a full time mum regardless.

ok rant over.

This is rubbish. Once you're a mum that's that, no part-time or full-time in it. Same as being a sister, daughter, wife, friend. How many would qualify their status by saying "actually, I'm a weekend friend" or "I'm a morning, evening and weekend wife"? I bet men don't agonise over the exact box they need to tick.

That's what I mean. Bloody hell. How did tyou manage to say it so succintly.

its all bollocks

Like one of those little dolls taht comes out when it's going to be sunny. And the man stays indoorrs.

I was called a gold-digger once Riven - that is pretty much it, isn't it?

I can't believe my cupboard comment went by unnoticed.

I like the fact that Custardo's last post could apply to just about any thread on MN. Even the bum sex ones.

That wouldn't work, DS likes spiders (like his crazy mother). Rats could be an option though.

Or if anyone asks for a recipe for faggots. That's what they look like anyway.

hmm...I think people are discussing different things on here...must be, otherwise it really doesn't make much sense ...

I think, maybe it is important to differentiate that full-time-mother can mean that a mother does not do any paid employment, and "just" looks after Kids and home, but it could also be your role, of being a mom (and of course in that sense all mothers are full time)....

riven, that would be one long acronym

cthea I disagree that we are all the same just because we are all parents.

There are many degress of parents. There are many parents who are rubbish, absent, abusive, part time. no one here I'm sure, but there are. There parents who don't spend much time with their kids and parents who are with them most of the time.

I dont see being a parent as a job either. Having children is a lifestyle choice not a job. Paid employment, wether employed or self employed, is a job. I would class a childminder as being a job but not a mum looking after her own children.

All mums are full time mums, whether they work or they dont. Even mums who stay home dont have their children 24/7 due to preschool, school, days out with gran, playdates etc.

I wouldnt be happy to be classed as a part time mum because I work when DS is at school.

Happymummyofone - hear hear. The voice of reason.

I am a full time mum. My DH is a full time dad. That isn't a job it's an act of love. We also have paid employment.

Deal with it

I don't give a fig what people call me. I have frequently termed myself a lady who lunches, unemployed, retired F/T mum, whatever.

iota - just call me superwoman

can you fly violet?

of course