elegantlion Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I quit my full time job to go and work with my self-employed hubby. Got pregnant :001_huh: and quit when I would whine to dh about feeling crappy. Maybe I got fired, IDK? 10 years later, love being a SAHM. My family is categorized as "high maintenance" and I consider them my full time job. I've started doing some writing and would like continue that after ds graduates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseballmom Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I have been a SAHM for 12 years. I love being home with my boys and as long as the Lord wills I will continue to stay home. I also have several friends who have gone back to work. I don't judge them, because I never know what tomorrow brings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 17 and 1/2 years. This what I do, this is my career. I am not waiting until I can go back to do a "real" job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Ten glorious years. My husband and I do have a small business, but my work as mom and homeschooler come first, the graphics and printing fit in around job #1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chai Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I've been home 7 1/2 years. I spent 15 years in my career and was just taking a "six month break" when my best friend could no longer watch my dd. From birth to 18 months, my dh and I worked flexible hours and had a dear friend watch my dd during the other hours. I couldn't bear the thought of putting my dd in day care, so I was going to take a break until we found another option. Then I decided that I would go back to work when dd went to kindergarten. Then I found out that God wanted us to homeschool. That was not even on my radar! Now I don't plan to go back to work until dd is done being schooled. I don't want to go back into the same field. I'd love to own my own business and do part-time mission work. But I know better than to make my own plans! :001_unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 SAHM mom for 11 years. I went back to work as a computer analyst part time after ds14 was born. After ds11 was born, I stayed home full time. I do have a couple home businesses, but the income is fairly small. I do hope to grow the income a fair amount in the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 which is, um, almost 34 years now. I went to work for about 3 years when my older dd got married and the baby was 18; I enjoyed it for about 2 and a half years; those last 6 months were dreadful. I quit almost 10 years ago, and I still get up in the mornings now and go, "I'm home! I'm home!" I did teach in my little one-room school, also for three years, and I would have continued but [insert long boring story]. That didn't seem like work at all. In fact, I only paid myself a couple of times. Unless something really wonderful comes up, or unless things get rilly, rilly bad, I don't intend to go to work again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne in MN Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I am grateful to be home with my kids, but there is a *big* part of me that would love to go back to work. I miss what I did, miss working with people, miss the paycheck, miss the sense of purpose. I keep my "foot in the door" by teaching community ed. classes and volunteering in places where I can teach environmental ed. classes. I have really struggled being at home, but I feel it's more important for my kids to have a parent around. And I do enjoy a great deal about being with them and homeschooling them. I also feel bad about not earning anything for retirement. That really bothers me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketmaker Amy Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Since 1993 when my oldest was born. I was a SAHM before I was a homeschooling mom. My oldest went to a Christian school from K-8th. My middle from K-5, and my youngest from k-2. We love homeschooling now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Baer Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 later a stay at home mom when DS was born. That has been 10 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmkclscroggins Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I've been a SAHM for nearly 15 years and wouldn't go back in a heartbeat! I love being at home with my kids and being able to do things for my husband. melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in WA Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 When did you go back to work part/full time. Would you choose career over staying home if you had ideal childcare i.e. grandparent, dad, close friend that would do the hsing you desire for your children?I was a sahm mom for 22 years. Just went back to work about 1 1/2 years ago when our youngest son went away to college. The reason I was a sahm was that I could not both work and be a good wife and mother. So I chose the more important job. I think there are mothers who can do both well, and my hat is off to them. I just wasn't one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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