to, Its2008. Its amazing how you can jump to say a person is boasting when they are just posting their typical day. I say any mother who wants to boast has every right too! Whether she would be a sahm or wohm. She's obviously very proud of her children, heck her family. And its great to see a mom who is proud of her self. And she has every right to be. Just as you have every right to be. Unless your not and thats why you are so hateful against this here forum. I don't know and i'm not about pretend i know. But you know i am going to give advise here, "IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NICE, THEN DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL"

Are you for real? Taraj has posted a number of times calling women who work by choice selfish and not acting in the best interest of their children, etc. I think that type of condemnation is a heck of a lot nastier than calling someone a braggart.

Let's review what's gone on here. Taraj posted, I took exception to her post and commented. Was I "nice?" No. You and others took exception to my post and commented, calling me hateful, bitter, a fem-Nazi, etc. That's fine -- I'm a big girl and I'm not too worried about being insulted by strangers in the Internet. However, I do feel compelled to point out your utter hypocrisy. Here's a piece of advice for you: practice what you preach.

Oh, and perhaps you aren't aware that posting in capital letters constitutes yelling. Where I come from, yelling isn't considered very nice.

Carry on and insult away. I'm done as I've wasted enough time on this as it is.

Here is my day..a 39 year old working mom of a 17 year old and a 20 year old who does not live at home anymore. Get up at 5:30, shower, drink a quick cup of coffee, make sure the kid is up and getting ready for school. Leave the house at 6:30 drive 40 minutes to work, work an 8-9 hour day..drive an hour home. Do my exercises for one hour, hubby takes daughter to work AND makes dinner as he loves to cook and I do not. I clean up from dinner, straighten up the house, throw a load of laundry in, watch a bit of TV, pick the girl up from work come home and crash. I dont love my job but I like it enough and it's needed since one daughter is going to college in a year. My daughter living at home makes the honor roll, works four nights a week and is a great kid. The end.

Taraj - you are one lucky woman. I hope to have the same lifestyle one day. I'm working on it. Keep up the good "work" and ignore Its2008.

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Here's my typical day:

Get up at 5:30 to let dogs out; workout from 6 to 7:15 am (I have a great body for a 45 yr old); get kids off to school (ages 7, 12 and 14); take daughter to dentist from 8-9:30; see that I was quoted in Newsweek article on this show at dentist's office so get back online to read new posts; have a cup of tea; take dogs on walk (10-10:30) take dogs to vet for heartworm check; come home and clean up (do dishes and make beds); go to lunch with friend; come home and work on taxes; pick up kids from school (7 yr old) and help him with homework and then go get older kids from sporting events; make dinner, EVERYONE SITS AND EATS TOGETHER A HOME-COOKED MADE FROM SCRATCH HEALTHY MEAL EVERY NIGHT; do some laundry; get 7 yr old to bed; watch Top Chef with older girls, read in bed for awhile, make mad passionate love to my husband (because I am not too tired) and go to bed and start another similar day. NO TV during the day and NO TIME for bonbons. Best perk of all-we PLAY all weekend long, no grocery shopping or yard work or laundry or house cleaning. It's a good life and one I could not have working a 40 hr week. More power to you working moms.

Dear Taj Mahal,

Good for you and your exquisite 45 year old body that you work so hard to maintain. Good for you that you were quoted in Newsweek. Good for you that the dogs got the heartworm check. Good for you that you work on your taxes on each typical day in your household. Did you file an extension, by chance, because April 15th has long since passed? Good for you about the made-from-scratch HOME-COOKED meal that doesn't include any free radicals or GMO's or Domino's Pizza or KFC. Evil empire, those fast food joints, I say. TV dinners are for ungodly sinners. Good for you that you have mad, passionate sex with your husband on a typical day. It's probably a good thing he's an otolaryngologist (another common spelling, counselor) hopefully he's getting a break on the Cialis and Viagra prescriptions. Good for you that you get to PLAY all weekend. Many families have both parents working, and sometimes the mom or dad has TWO jobs in today's economy. Good for you that it's a good life and you don't have to work 40 hours a week.

Congrats on your success. Are you from the Midwest? Because in many small communities where hard work and a humble attitudes are praised about all else, your crowing about a "typical day" would, indeed, be considered "bragging". Nice use of the CAPS on the HOME-COOKED meals. I shout to the neighbors every time I make a grilled cheese, too. It's always nice to hear from a success such as you!

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Here's my typical day:

Get up at 5:30 to let dogs out; workout from 6 to 7:15 am (I have a great body for a 45 yr old); get kids off to school (ages 7, 12 and 14); take daughter to dentist from 8-9:30; see that I was quoted in Newsweek article on this show at dentist's office so get back online to read new posts; have a cup of tea; take dogs on walk (10-10:30) take dogs to vet for heartworm check; come home and clean up (do dishes and make beds); go to lunch with friend; come home and work on taxes; pick up kids from school (7 yr old) and help him with homework and then go get older kids from sporting events; make dinner, EVERYONE SITS AND EATS TOGETHER A HOME-COOKED MADE FROM SCRATCH HEALTHY MEAL EVERY NIGHT; do some laundry; get 7 yr old to bed; watch Top Chef with older girls, read in bed for awhile, make mad passionate love to my husband (because I am not too tired) and go to bed and start another similar day. NO TV during the day and NO TIME for bonbons. Best perk of all-we PLAY all weekend long, no grocery shopping or yard work or laundry or house cleaning. It's a good life and one I could not have working a 40 hr week. More power to you working moms.

Dear Taj Mahal,

Good for you and your exquisite 45 year old body that you work so hard to maintain. Good for you that you were quoted in Newsweek. Good for you that the dogs got the heartworm check. Good for you that you work on your taxes on each typical day in your household. Did you file an extension, by chance, because April 15th has long since passed? Good for you about the made-from-scratch HOME-COOKED meal that doesn't include any free radicals or GMO's or Domino's Pizza or KFC. Evil empire, those fast food joints, I say. TV dinners are for ungodly sinners. Good for you that you have mad, passionate sex with your husband on a typical day. It's probably a good thing he's an otolaryngologist (another common spelling, counselor) hopefully he's getting a break on the Cialis and Viagra prescriptions. Good for you that you get to PLAY all weekend. Many families have both parents working, and sometimes the mom or dad has TWO jobs in today's economy. Good for you that it's a good life and you don't have to work 40 hours a week.

Congrats on your success. Are you from the Midwest? Because in many small communities where hard work and a humble attitudes are praised about all else, your crowing about a "typical day" would, indeed, be considered "bragging". Nice use of the CAPS on the HOME-COOKED meals. I shout to the neighbors every time I make a grilled cheese, too. It's always nice to hear from a success such as you!

Great successes should be celebrated! I applaud you, TJ Hooker, for marrying an otolotoosotlarangologuist and having a wonderful SAHM life.

One thing about men is that no matter how much a SAHM works out and good she is at making PASSIONATE LOVE, he's always thinking about the 25 year old LVN back at the office. You just can't compete with age. JAT.

-Double Rods

Hearty greetings to my fellow hateful and bitter souls! It's good to see my kind of people around here.

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Hearty greetings to my fellow hateful and bitter souls! It's good to see my kind of people around here.

Congrats on your success. Are you from the Midwest? Because in many small communities where hard work and a humble attitudes are praised about all else, your crowing about a "typical day" would, indeed, be considered "bragging". Nice use of the CAPS on the HOME-COOKED meals. I shout to the neighbors every time I make a grilled cheese, too. It's always nice to hear from a success such as you![/QUOTE]

Hello girls, I feel I can give a perspective from both sides. I stayed home with both of my boys until I was offered an incredible opportunity for a job which I didn't want to take when my oldest was only in first grade and my youngest in K, but like I said it was a great opportunity and after MUCH discussion with my husband and thinking of my children's future, I decided to take it. It was an adjustment at first, but really only for me! They loved going to before and after school care for an hour each day and school was already great! They felt they had more "down" time to play with friends and I found that when they came home (at 3:30 in the afternoon because my hours are 6:45 to 3:00 in the same town)they were VERY HAPPY! Now they are in 2nd and 3rd grade and I actually let them stay at after school care a little longer so I can get get all my MOMMY stuff done without interrupting OUR time together, and they don't see the cooking, cleaning, laundry, dishes interuppting THEIR TIME with me when I pick them up. My husband comes home and we all have a family meal together, homework, reading, cuddles, and they have down time and my husband and myself have OUR TIME. It has really worked out well!! Then weekends are FAMILY TIME and we love it, sports, family, friends, whatever...IT CAN WORK!!

I think you "sahm" are really sad. Your kids are no better than mine. My sons loves daycare. He learns to play and fight with other kids. Kids of these so called stay at home moms are so sheltered it is pathetic. Please, I work not because I need the money, I work because I am not a loser mother who hovers over her kids 24/7. I at least contribute to my family and know if anything should happen with my husband and I, I could make it on my own. My question for all you sahm moms is what in the hell are you going to do if you enter the work force again? Flip bugers. What company in there right mind would hire a woman who has been out of the work force for years on end? For any of you who have higer education why did you even bother. All the time and money for it just went to waste. That is really sad. What kind of message are you sending girls everywhere, to go to school, work hard earning a degree, get married, have a kid, and quit working to stay at home and waste all that money, time, and education. Only to try like hell to get back into society at a later date when your kids are in school. Get real. My sister-in-law was in the same sahm mode until last year when her husband died and left her with a 13, and 9 year old. Guess what? She can't get a job. She has and education but chose to stay at home and shelter her kids now has no money and no hopes of getting a real job. My son has never asked me to not send him to daycare, he truthfully gets upset if he can't go. He knew his abc's by 20 months, was potty trained (by a working mother) in one weekend by 18 months, and loves that his mommy works so he can have things he wants, nice vacations, and fun things to do. He is used to doing things for himself and seldom has temper tantrums and he is only THREE!!! He is also not connected to me at the hip. Since he was born he has slept at my parents and has no problem still sleeping there on friday nights so his father and I can enjoy a night out. He is the most outgoing kid I have ever seen, is not a brat, and does not get everything he wants. I have no guilt because I work and think I am teaching my son that women can do it all. I feel so sorry for all the woman who fought for the right for women to work and equal rights for woman only for them to see we seem to be going backward. So sad. O yea for all you sahm's wondering I clean and sweep my house everyday and cook a homemade meal five nights out of the week. It is a balance and strong women can do it. My mother worked and I think I tunned out just fine. So for all you sahm's who think you are just so great and better than those who have to, or just want to work (because they want a life). Get over yourselves and best of luck you you when you need to return to work for whatever reason.

you sure do sound like a loser jenn16, your son wants to go to daycare cause he wants to be away from you!!!!!!!! and who are you calling a loser, us sahm work hard raising our kids and maybe if you tryed it you would see how much more joy there is in doing so and maybe you wouldnt be so bitter.You say you dont need the money and you still choose to miss out on this once in a life time chance? so so very sad!!!! oh well yours and your kids lose.

happymom4, maybe if you got a job and life you would learn how to spell. One more plus to working. Did you finish school or are you living off my paycheck?

I am a stay-at-home mom and I love it!! My kids do too. I worked with my first two children and could do all the things a stay-at-home mom could do. When I got pregnant with our 3rd child, I decided to stay home. Not because I didn't want to work, I realized I would just be working to pay a sitter to do the things that a mom should be doing. I understand that now days it takes two incomes, that is why I decided to start a daycare of my own. I wanted to still contribute to the finances, so I decided to not charge as much as the other sitters. I also realized that by staying home, I got to be there for all the firsts. The first crawl, step, word..etc...I was around for all the things that I had missed when I worked with my first two children. When my kids are sick, or hurt Mom is right there, not a sitter. My children are not sheltered and I by no means HOVER Jenn16, I parent!!! Maybe you should try it.

I am a little in shock that there are moms out there who continue to look down on SAHM's. I have a bachelor's and a master's degree. I was a teacher for over 10 years, but quit when I had my kids for them and me. I loved my job, but I know that I will not get another chance to raise my kids. I believe that there are moms who are meant to stay home and their children thrive under that, but there are also mom's who are at their best working. Congrats to all who get to make that choice, some are not so lucky due to finances or inability to find a job. Both sides should be rewarded for what they do and not slammed because it is different from you. Support each other!!!