Two prominent bloggers have attacked the issue I wrote about last week again this week. I think we’re all saying the same thing although since I don’t consider myself a WAHM because I don’t feel my pithy freelancing really counts as that, I can’t vouch for all the attacks on the WOHM vs. WAHM. I still think it it’s all silly and hope one day we can just put the freaking labels away and stop writing about this and share a laugh about how hard it is to be a mom in general over a cocktail. I’ll take a momtini extra dry.
The end.
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Wow, I had no idea this firestorm started. Seeing as I am a WAHM on some days and a WOHM other days, I guess I’ll have to fight it out with myself.
Nah, that’s too exhausting.
Hm. Well, I used to make a decent (part-time) income from freelance writing. But work has dried up lately… so much that I can barely call myself a writer. And I do miss the income. But I don’t want to miss Baby’s next coo. It’s a dilemma, for sure.
I think moms who get upset and criticize other moms about decisions are really insecure with their own decisions. In an attempt to justify our own choices–especially the choices with which we may be really be uncomfortable, though we’d never admit to it–we criticize anyone who has made the opposite choice.
The other day in the supermarket, as I was packing groceries into my cloth shopping bags, I heard someone say, “I don’t care if it makes me a bad person. I’m just not spending money on reusable shopping bags.”
I hadn’t judged that person. Quite honestly, I don’t care a bit what kind of bags she uses. But just seeing me with those bags obviously made her feel defensive.
I think moms can be the same way about their choices in life.