I am a stay-at-home mom...is it bad that I wait to work again until my child starts kindergarten?
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If your family is fortunate enough to be in a position where the mom can stay home with their young child without putting the family in a position where it cannot support itself easily, then yes it's okay to stay home. However, any mom for whom this was the case would not be repeatedly posting about it on a message board. You keep posting about it because you do not have those circumstances, you are putting your family in a rough position, and you feel guilty. You keep posting in an effort to try and get someone else to make you stop feeling guilty, like Alicia64.
We can't fix your life. We can't make things magically better by agreeing with you. Only you can fix your life. You CAN get a job, and you don't even need daycare, as your child's dad is retired and staying at home with your child. All of these posts you are making, it's because you know deep down inside that you really SHOULD go get a job, and probably move to Florida, and just in general start thinking about what your family needs instead of what you want.
Adulting is hard. Really hard. But you're a mom now. Moms have to adult, okay? Do it for your kid.
No one on the internet knows what's best for you, your husband, or kid(s.) Who gives a protruding poot if anyone thinks you're a "freeloader" or "lazy fool." Sounds like conjecture on your part, unless you have people actively approaching you, calling you these names? I was a stay at home mom for years. I'm an artist so I can do my work from home.
I always felt very fortunate to be able to be there for my kid whenever he needed me. It worked for our family.
Two pages of deleted post seems a good reason to "move on"
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Umm...don't think so.