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military~mommy (726.9 days ago)
Shesxchaotic~ Lol, I am having a similar problem. I confided in my mother that I am cinsidering leaving the military at the end of this enlistment. With two children I just am not sure I can continue going TDY and deploying, DH and I have been lucky so far that we have not had to leave at the same time... Well my mom assumed automatically that that meant I would be a SAHM and would homeschool (just like she did). I love my mother, and I love the way I was raised, but that is not what I want to do, if I got out I would find another job because that is my personality! It is so strange how people in our lives judge us and our intentions. I think being a SAHM is great, a hard job, but great, it is just not what I want... Lol, so it goes both ways I supose....

california-mom (727 days ago)
Thats annoying. People ask me why my mom (when we lived closer to her) didnt watch my kids. My brother and sister are 16 and 17 and she works. Weird people assume stuff like that.

shesxchaotic (727 days ago)
I know. I think we`re just different people. We`ve never really agreed on much and I`d hoped it would end or decrease once Jackson was born but it hasn`t. She always asks how long I plan on BF-ing too which is at least 12 months but hopefully longer. She hated BF-ing and only did so for at most 3 months with each of her kids. She couldn`t wait to go back to work after having them. I love being with our son and just because she works doesn`t mean my mom`s job isn`t just as important. Ugh. Whatever. I just worried that I was over-reacting!

LakeErieMomma (727.1 days ago)
I agree with Mommyof3But4ToBe, turn it around on her. It`s not any of her business anyway and I would honestly just tell her that.

MommyOf3But4ToBe (727.1 days ago)
What about turning it on her, and saying something on the lines of HER(the mil)watching your baby? See how she reacts to that... whats its her business if you work or not?

shesxchaotic (727.1 days ago)
I do not have any plans on returning to work as of right now. My husband wants me to stay home and I want to be a SAHM. Although my husband was laid off a few months ago, he is starting nursing school next month and we are able to live comfortably off the unemployment alone. I also EBF so working could be a little difficult. My MIL has made comments almost weekly of, `So Nicole...do you plan on going back to work or...?` She doesn`t seem to get the point. I say each time that daycare is too expensive and would take my entire paycheck and she always says, `Well your mom stays home right?` Uhhh yeah but she has her own 2 kids to care for!



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