SAHM or Working Mom - which one will you be?

Marmarbug · March 2010

Just curious!

mrsz2008 · March 2010

SAHM! It's what I've always wanted be, so I'm just following my dream!

dixee.deluxe · March 2010

Proud working mama! Just like my mama was (is)!

triplea1819 · March 2010

well I am a working mom who stays at home. I work from home!!!

Gummybear · March 2010

I returned to work after DD until I was laid off this January. I found out I was pg. my first week home. We had planned for me to be a SAHM when #2 came OR when I got laid off, whichever came first my lay off was a long time coming).

~Flossie~ · March 2010

I will likely be a SAHM.

LCB34 · March 2010

Work.

I could never stay at home - I would feel useless not contributing to my family and would go crazy without professional interaction.

ValentineBB · March 2010

Well played Marmarbug. I'll bite.

I'll be a working mom. I really think it's a waste of the women's movement not to be. Big Smile

DiAnne82 · March 2010

I'm a WAHM, and will continue to be.

iluvadam · March 2010

I am a proud SAHM and love it. But I would like to add, in a very puppies and rainbows way, that both WMs and SAHMs are fabulous!!!!!

Mel007 · March 2010

I'll be a working mom! Wish I could stay home more than three months...we'll see how the SO feels about that one when the time comes teehee!

mypeanut2010 · March 2010

Right now I will be bringing home the bacon, and hubby will be Mr Mom. He's a motorcycle mechanic, and things have been very bad this past year, so financially it will work better that way. I may take my full 12 wks of maternity leave though.

Libby33 · March 2010

I work from home. I really like my job, and DD loves her daycare (which is two blocks away). I admire SAHMs -- I couldn't do it!

AKay25 · March 2010

Not sure yet. I will probably go back to work. We'll look at the finances (I think we could make it work either way). I'm still not entirely sure being a SAHM would suit me, so I need to do some thinking. I've got quite a few months left to think it over...

Marmarbug · March 2010

I work now. My main issue will be daycare costs. With 2 in daycare (DS will be in after school care which is JUST as pricey as regular) it may not make financial sense for me to work.

Still trying to decide.

MissNikki007 · March 2010

LCB34:

Work.

I could never stay at home - I would feel useless not contributing to my family and would go crazy without professional interaction.

Ditto.

lesullenger · March 2010

Working for sure!! I think that i would go stir crazy

AshleyBrian · March 2010

I like to think I'll have the best of both worlds. I own a cheer/dance studio and plan on having my baby there with me everyday. I currently nanny for 2 babies during the day, but will not continue doing that.

_JRG_ · March 2010

Proud working mom!

Mrs.Johns · March 2010

smzsmz2008:
SAHM! It's what I've always wanted be, so I'm just following my dream!

This for me too. We have been planning it since we got married (buying a smaller house, etc).

julietisthesun99 · March 2010

Still deciding....maybe just go back part time! I can't imagine leaving a LO for 10 hours (I get stuck in lovely traffic) a day!!

barroshe · March 2010

Working mom. Depending on DH's work at the time he may become a SAHD.

NMDA · March 2010

I'm a SAHM, and photographer on the side. ; )

veronicacorningstone · March 2010

Work, I guess.

If I'm a SAHM we maybe could make it work, but I wouldn't be able to afford my Coach bags. Priorities, y'all.

Tapsalteerie · March 2010

SAHM for only a little while. I would like to eventually go back into the workforce. My current job isn't very working mom friendly.

alicia_angell · March 2010

probably working mom - unless DH finds a killer job with good benefits, then he & I will switch places for sure (he's SAHD now)!

CourtneyR2N · March 2010

::sign:: I will be going back to work after 12 weeks. I would love it if I could find a way to be a work at home mom and still make the same kind of money I do now.

str8ota · March 2010

I'm excited to be SAHM, our preference is one of us home raising our children. I can work years from now when they are older and in school.

iamjessica · March 2010

Currently a working mom - but this is baby number 3 and adding up the cost of childcare for all 3 kiddos is CRAZY! Praying that I will be able to be a SAHM.

There is a hitch in the plan. My husband is a HS teacher and due to another round of budget cuts - he was pink slipped so it doesn't look like he will have a job next year. My job isn't enough to support the whole family so he could stay home. PRAYING he is hired by a school district before fall.

Daisy22 · March 2010

I'm both! I work part time/hourly and have flexible hours. I work early in the mornings and during nap time other then that I'm with DS. It gives me the best of both of worlds even through I never thought I'd be doing things like this. But when daycare costs $1480 per child you make decisions on if its financially smart to do work full time.

LCB34 · March 2010

veronicacorningstone:

Work, I guess.

If I'm a SAHM we maybe could make it work, but I wouldn't be able to afford my Coach bags. Priorities, y'all.

Way to put coach bags before your kids....

veronicacorningstone · March 2010

LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:

Work, I guess.

If I'm a SAHM we maybe could make it work, but I wouldn't be able to afford my Coach bags. Priorities, y'all.

Way to put coach bags before your kids....

I DO hope you know I'm joking.

LCB34 · March 2010

veronicacorningstone:
LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:

Work, I guess.

If I'm a SAHM we maybe could make it work, but I wouldn't be able to afford my Coach bags. Priorities, y'all.

Way to put coach bags before your kids....

I DO hope you know I'm joking.

Just like I hope you know I am joking as well!

iheartstuart · March 2010

I'm a SAHM now and will continue to be after baby #2 comes

veronicacorningstone · March 2010

LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:
LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:

Work, I guess.

If I'm a SAHM we maybe could make it work, but I wouldn't be able to afford my Coach bags. Priorities, y'all.

Way to put coach bags before your kids....

I DO hope you know I'm joking.

Just like I hope you know I am joking as well!

Oh, good. I was thinking, LCB, I hope you've recognized that I'm kind of a smart ass at times!

LCB34 · March 2010

veronicacorningstone:
LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:
LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:

Work, I guess.

If I'm a SAHM we maybe could make it work, but I wouldn't be able to afford my Coach bags. Priorities, y'all.

Way to put coach bags before your kids....

I DO hope you know I'm joking.

Just like I hope you know I am joking as well!

Oh, good. I was thinking, LCB, I hope you've recognized that I'm kind of a smart ass at times!

And I was thinking does she not realize I am trying to get a rise out of people that read this and not her....

veronicacorningstone · March 2010

LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:
LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:
LCB34:
veronicacorningstone:

Work, I guess.

If I'm a SAHM we maybe could make it work, but I wouldn't be able to afford my Coach bags. Priorities, y'all.

Way to put coach bags before your kids....

I DO hope you know I'm joking.

Just like I hope you know I am joking as well!

Oh, good. I was thinking, LCB, I hope you've recognized that I'm kind of a smart ass at times!

And I was thinking does she not realize I am trying to get a rise out of people that read this and not her....

Damn it. VC = FAIL.

I suck at starting drama. *holds up hand* I solemnly swear to be more intuitive next time.

tabaskoa · March 2010

I'll be a working mom.

juangela · March 2010

LCB34:
Work.

I could never stay at home - I would feel useless not contributing to my family and would go crazy without professional interaction.

This, exactly. Not that taking care of my children wouldn't be contributing, but I like working.

islandlife · March 2010

I'll be taking my 1 year mat leave (I'm in Canada) and returning to work full time after that.

nosoup4u · March 2010

LCB34:

I could never stay at home - I would feel useless not contributing to my family and would go crazy without professional interaction.

Of course, because jobs that pay money are the only ones that count. And staying home to raise kids makes no contribution to one's family. ::rolls eyes::

I'm already a SAHM, we're lucky in that DH makes enough that we have it as an option, and we agreed that one of us should stay at home with the kid(s) when they're little. I'll go back to work once everyone's in some sort of schoolin'.

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