I’ve heard some stay at home moms tell me that they get shamed by other women for not working. Feminism has gotten most women into the working world. I’m not so sure what’s so great about being a working mom. Burning the candles at both ends sounds worse than trying to live more modestly off of just he husband’s salary.
My guess is women secretly get annoyed/jealous when they see SAHMs, because of the shaming language SAHMs receive.
I used to have a lot of women try to shame me over that. What was worse though, were the ones that would try to shame me over the amount of kids we have.
“All you do is pop out kids, you don’t even have a job, you have no purpose..” and those were the mild ones. No longer speaking to any of them is the best thing possible. They couldn’t handle even a small portion of the work load I have daily.
My husband and daughter turned that “you have no purpose” comment into the biggest inside joke ever. They sometimes have me laughing to tears over it.
I’ve been treated like a leper by the SAHM crowd at my kids private school. Working outside the home is a sin in their eyes. Except I’ve been to their homes, trashed. My kids go to school with clean, ironed uniforms but some of their classmates look like they slept in their clothes. I pack at least a 5 course lunch, the Susie homemakers send lunchables. The only time I get included is when they need a donation.