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i'll get flamed but why are stay home mothers so smug?

316 replies

wombleprincess · 29/08/2008 10:47

this is not a thread about the pros and cons of working/not working, i just wonder if anyone finds that stay at home mothers are really smug about the choice they've made? or is it just my experience? cant they just live and let live? I dont judge them, but they seem to be very judgemental about working mothers.

anyway, a friday topic for anyone at work trying to get through the day perhaps!!

OP posts:
Slubberdegullion · 29/08/2008 17:46

yes you have a point with the height thing. The owl was on a perch so I'm sure that contributed to the overall effect.

The llama on the other hand was lying down. It did stop munching and I swear it narrowed its eyes at me (thinking 'bring it on bitch'). Then I read the sign about llamas spitting when cross so I backed down.

Rhonds · 29/08/2008 17:46

dolphins are most smug...they smile the entire time. What would a sahm dolphin look like?

thumbwitch · 29/08/2008 17:47

Rhonds, obviously a SAHM dolphin would look doubly smug!

Slubberdegullion · 29/08/2008 17:48

pagwatch I crushed some rabbits with my smug stare so that made me feel much better.

thumbwitch · 29/08/2008 17:49

is there a group name that covers all llamas/camels/ dromedaries etc.? They are probably the smuggest class of animal.

pagwatch · 29/08/2008 17:52

smelly weird buggers ?

Slubberdegullion · 29/08/2008 17:53

camelids says wiki.

A camel would never jump through a hoop with a ball for a fish. Neither would an owl. Dolphins are smartarses to be sure but I'm not sure they're up there with a goat.

pagwatch · 29/08/2008 17:54

A camel would never jump through a hoop with a ball for a fish.
but dammit that would be first class entertainment wouldn't it...

Slubberdegullion · 29/08/2008 17:55

IT WOULD

thumbwitch · 29/08/2008 18:28

pmsl pag!

Nappyzoneneedssleep · 29/08/2008 18:32

peni or penisis or is that a kind of pasta ??by the way still in the dark as to what wohm is?

LackaDAISYcal · 29/08/2008 18:37

NappyZ.....It's Works Out of the Home Mum.....I think

Nappyzoneneedssleep · 29/08/2008 18:48

ahhh i am there now thanks

3andnomore · 29/08/2008 18:54

is it penises????

pagwatch · 29/08/2008 18:55

I still love you nappy.

I think I like peni
as it were

Nappyzoneneedssleep · 29/08/2008 19:01

Pag you make me

Oxford dictionary says:
penis
/peeniss/

? noun (pl. penises or penes /peeneez/) the male organ of copulation and urination.

so it still sounds a bit like pasta.

Quattrocento · 29/08/2008 19:04

Pag it is either penises or penii, surely?

Slubberdegullion · 29/08/2008 19:08

Oh is this a new rude tangent?

DH says penises, and he should know, he has one and letters after his name.

fwiw he thinks koala bears are the smuggest, they are so self righteous.

sagacious · 29/08/2008 19:11

koala's are generally covered in fleas
and look rather disgruntled

I not sure wether to admit to liking peni

Slubberdegullion · 29/08/2008 19:15

You can't eat a koala, did you know that? One of the few things you can't eat. Taste of eucalyptus.

sagacious · 29/08/2008 19:16

it might clear your nasal passages though

(always look on the bright side)

Slubberdegullion · 29/08/2008 19:21

Yes, you could be right with that assumption. I suppose you could feel full of self satisfied feeelings if your raison d'etre was to sit on your fat arse all day stuffing your face, safe in the knowledge that no one wanted to eat you.

harpsichordcarrier · 29/08/2008 19:22

basing your views about SAHMs on one person is about as useful as saying that all black people are standing as the democratic candidate for the Presidency.
which, I believe it is true to say, they are not.

captainmummy · 29/08/2008 20:06

Anyway it is not peni - if it was the singular would be Penus. Like it's pronounced.

Goats are great. Not smug at all.

Cats - def smug. Panthers are BIG smug cats. Luckily not so many of them about......

pagwatch · 29/08/2008 20:10

Quattro
I don't know because
a) I was educated in the 70's and
b) I have never had a converstaion involving more than one penis at a time.

I had a sheltered life.
Damn you catholicism