As a homemaker or stay at home Mom, what do you think people don't know about your job?
2007-01-29 04:12:07 · 12 answers · asked by Wendy B 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
No way! That is the hardest job on the planet. I'm a legal assistant working in a law firm.
2007-01-29 04:19:40 · answer #1 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been both a homemaker and a career woman. I think that people who have never been a stay at home Mom fail to recognize how hard a job this can be. They often fail to recognize that it really is a "job" at all. Being a stay at home Mom means that you never get to clock out. You are a house keeper, cook, dishwasher, laundry worker, teacher, counselor, nurse, mentor, advisor, shopper, kisser of boo-boos, mendor of broken hearts, listener, coach, driver, etc. In addition to this if you are married then you need to give time to your husband and care for him on many levels as well. And, if you are a single parent then the road can be even rougher. You go it alone...and often you feel that you could handle things better than what you are handling them. You sometimes feel unappreciated and more lonely than you can ever express. There are frustrations and rewards that come with the job...just as with any other job outside the home. It's not easy...trust me, I know.
2007-01-29 04:23:30 · answer #2 · answered by ceegt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that most people don't realize that your job never ends. It isn't the typical five day a week, 8-10 hour a day job. Laundry, dishes, dusting etc., accumulate 24-7-365. It is never ending. When I worked and was a single mom, it was a break for me to go to work, where there was adult conversation, no kids, no picking up after anyone, no crying (most of the time LOL) and I was a "woman" not a mom. Now that I am home with my second son, and my first is still in grade school (also disabled), I am more tired, and just as overworked as I was as a single mom. LUCKILY for me, I have a GREAT husband who tries his best to help, and give me a break on the weekends and in the evening--but there are somethings that Daddy just can't do. But I appreciate the effort!!!
2007-01-29 04:22:05 · answer #3 · answered by Austins Mom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think people in general or the family you are taking care of realize that your every breath and every ounce of energy spent is on them and their needs/happiness. To stay at home to raise children and create a home, not just a space to live, requires giving up your personal life. I don't mean friends or interests outside your marriage really, you just loose being an individual. You have no name, you are always refer ed to as someones mom or whoever wife. If you like something or want something it comes last. If you are sick who really notices? I mean, unless you are about in a comma if you don't do it it does not get done. It is all the time deal, there is no day off vacations are for your family because they really are work for the mom.
I am not complaining, I am just stating the facts about being a stay at home mom/wife. I love it, I would not trade it for a job. Not because I am lazy, I liked working when I did. It is a lot harder to be cut off from life outside the home than working. But, I love being at home with my kids. I love being the one who does educate them. It takes more skill for me to be a home maker than it takes for a woman to work outside the home. I know this because I have done both.
2007-01-29 04:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by hiscinders 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was a stay at home mom and folks don't realize you are on 24 hours a day 7 days a week. When my son was young there were days I felt like I needed someone my age to talk with! Stimulating conversation is different with an adult than a child
2007-01-29 04:16:29 · answer #5 · answered by Grianagh 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes i am a stay at home mom and i love it!!! I would not have it any other way... One thing people do not know or realize is that fact that when you watch your children grow up and you are there for them through the stages there is nothing like that and being able to be there for your husband and spend lots of time with him... I love it... I also like doing special things around the house like decorating and stuff... I also like pictures and scrapbooking.... I would not want some other person or baby sitter or stranger raising my kids. I want to do it myself.
2007-01-29 04:36:02 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Hewitt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a stay at home mom and people don't know that it is alot of work looking after a 2 year old, making meals and doing all the housework. But I am glad I can get up and if I don't have to go anywhere stay in my pj's all day, while other people have to get up and get dressed and go to work.
2007-01-29 04:16:33 · answer #7 · answered by Stuck in the middle of nowhere 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
only i f you call staying at home cleaning cooking and doing laundry and taking care of the pets while every one else is gone all day . oh and then forgot doing the bills and checking account 'If all this is consider a home maker then I am.
2007-01-29 04:22:16 · answer #8 · answered by fredfriese@sbcglobal.net 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they think its taking long naps and watching tv...well i wish. I play with my kids and clean my house. I wish i could watxh something besides dora or spiderman. They think its lazy.. but not to many men can do it like a woman can!
2007-01-29 04:17:51 · answer #9 · answered by pippy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
why do you keep asking questions about homemakers?
2007-01-29 04:14:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋