I, too, stayed home and raised my children. I thank God every day that I was privileged to do it.
I had a phone call from an ex-schoolmate who asked if I was working? I said Yes. She asked what I was doing. I replied, “Grocery shopping, cooking, scrubbing floors, laundry, ironing, sewing to save money, recovering the couch to save money, making drapes, wallpapering, cleaning, taking the kids to the doctor and dentist, picking up prescriptions, overseeing what they watched on TV, etc. etc.”
She then said, “Oh, I mean a REAL job.”
Oh yeah that stuff just is not up to real job status.*eyeroll* I get it a lot since I stay at home.My health issue like Anne’s isn’t at first glance noticeable.I’ve been asked to my face why I am so lazy and then they look at my husband and tell him that he should make me go to work.I mean really I thought we were equals and that no man could tell me anything?I get so fed up with those sort of women.My husband tells them to mind their own business that we are happy with our lives the way it is and perhaps if they were happy with their lives they wouldn’t be so quick to busy body into other’s lives? LOL
If someone said this to Mrs WBill, it would be ugly. :-)
To be honest, she likely saves us more money by staying home, than what she'd make if she were "externally employed". So many of the people I work with would be much better off with getting by on only one salary, and skipping the Daycare, fancy clothes, commuting expenses, daily starbucks, daily lunches, after work beers, and so on and so on....
For instance, a bunch of people in my office pay to have their laundry done. Nothing fancy, no dry cleaning or large items (like what we occasionally take to the dry cleaners), they just pay by the pound to have someone stuff their laundry in a machine and press "start". Sez me, when you're so "busy" with work that you can't manage a task as simple as that without outsourcing it to the tune of 20, 30 or 50 bucks a week, then you need to re-evaluate your life. :-)