Mom Profile: The Don’t-Stay-at-Home Mom
August 14, 2007 by Sarah
Filed under Read These!
I am honored to be called a Stay-at-Home-Mom. I believe there is nothing more important than raising the next generation. A couple of the job titles I could put on my business card are:
- Head Chef and Nutritionist
- Financial Manager
- Sanitation Specialist
- Child Development Expert and Child Psychologist
- Acquisitions Manager (aka professional shopper, and a frugal one, at that!)
- Chauffer
- The list goes on
So when people ask me if I feel bad for not using my college degree, I just laugh.
Anyway, one day, I mentioned that I was a Stay-at-Home-Mom(SAHM). My husband promptly replied, “You are not a SAHM!”
“EXCUSE ME?! Don’t I stay with your 3 children pretty much 24/7? “
“Oh, you stay with the kids, but you’re never home! You’re at the store, the gym, playgroups, mom’s groups, park, pool, need I say more?”
“Oh, well, in that case, you’re right.”
And there you have it – The Don’t-Stay-at-Home-Mom (DSAHM)
- The DSAHM wants to be a full-time mom, wants to be there most of the time while the kids are in their formative years. She just doesn’t necessarily want to do it at the house.
- The DSAHM begins to feel the walls creeping in after two full days at home, say stuck in a snowstorm or with a car in the shop. In this case, if the Husband doesn’t let her go out alone to meet her friends, the family will have to endure a psychotic breakdown.
- The DSAHM crams her schedule so full of activities that even she, Mrs. Active, gets overwhelmed sometimes. It is helpful to have a strong Husband who will occasionally say, “Are you CRAZY? You cannot fit another thing into your schedule!” At which point the DSAHM will mope a little while, secretly elated that her husband nixed her newest endeavor.
- The DSAHM is a little jealous of the true SAHM, who is peacefully content in her own world at home.
So, are you a true SAHM, or a DSAHM like me?
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I love it!
I also qualify as a DSAHM… I go crazy on days that I/we don’t have somewhere to be!
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I fluctuate between being a SAHM and a DSHAM. I’ll go, go, go until I get sick of going, and then I’ll stay home for a week.
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I’m definatley a SAHM. It always feels like so much work to take the kids with me everywhere I go. Maybe when the youngest gets a little older that will change. I don’t think my oldest will ever enjoy shopping and running errands but he’s only a few years away from being able to stay at home alone and not have to tag along on those trips. When I feel the walls start to creep in I send the kids outside to play and then it’s all better again.
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Too funny!!! I’ve seen the acronym SAHM, but never figured out what it was for…thanks for letting me in on the secret. I’m a DSAHM…absolutely!
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I am a sahm unless I have to be otherwise. So once a week I make all the rounds I can fit into the day and then only go out when I have to take the kids to dance, boyscouts, soccer, baseball, etc.
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I love this post, I linked to it on my blog post today!
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Love it. I am for the most part a SAHM. I do get out a couple times a week but for the most part we are here
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I’m a working mom who has huge issues with SAHM who complain their life is boring. It’s wonderful to see mom’s who appreciate the extra time they get with their children and use it constructively.
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And you mean that if I work I am not raising my kids???? I’m from Puerto Rico where most women work because we have to. Are you telling me that as a society in PR moms don’t raise their kids? Yes, go tell that to every hard working woman there, who loves her family and works to provide for them. I’ve been here for some years now and can tell you that in general families in some other countries are closer than here, more communal, even though moms work. I find it very offensive when someone says that they are stay at home moms because they want to be the ones to raise their kids. My mom worked and I love her, and she did raised me and everything I know I learned from her. You might wonder why I am on this page, well I’ve been looking all over the net for a forum where people talk about the fact that being a working mom is not an issue in all countries. Not sure why is such a big issue here. I have not found a page like that yet…..
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Oh, no, Cochitipie, I would never suggest that Working Moms are not doing what is best for their families. This was meant as a comical commentary on the fact that I’m supposedly a Stay-at-Home Mom , but never stay at home!
Anyway, My salary as a teacher would barely cover day care, so it doesn’t make sense for me to work outside the home. I do actually own a company and work from home.
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