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[...] from Funny about Money shared my favorite article: Work Is a Place…. So many people who work from home struggle with this. I think I’d probably just start saying [...]

By: Sara at On Simplicity

Sara at On Simplicity — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:05:02 +0000

I think you really nailed something with the gender divide here. My husband and I have both worked out of the home at different periods. I got a few “just ridin’ it out until a baby comes along” comments. Needless to say, no one accused my husband of that.

By: copyeditorsdesk

copyeditorsdesk — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:08:47 +0000

You no doubt have put your finger on something. Especially today: being able to stay home and raise your kids has morphed from “gilded cage” to “indescribable luxury.” It certainly is a sign of affluence among the under-35 crowd. And I can imagine the mere sight of someone working from home could arouse a twinge or two (or three…) of envy from the working stiffs.

In my day — back in the Dark Ages — enough women stayed home that it wasn’t considered unusual, especially in a retrograde state like Arizona, where liberal concepts like wimmen’s lib were considered outre. And if you didn’t have a job, it was expected that you would fill your hours

* volunteering
* in endlessly elaborate child-rearing feats
* in flashy cooking and staging flashy parties
* in socializing in such a way as to make your husband’s name prominent.

Volunteering, flashy parties, and socializing to support your husband’s career overlapped; if your child attended the “right” school, the gaudy child-rearing tricks fed into the other three functions.

Ugh. Those were the good ole days….

By: Tisha

Tisha — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:53:28 +0000

Thanks for the mention. I think one of the reasons I focused specifically on the jealousy angle in my post is because those quilty-as-sin folks who have come off with the most ridiculous comments have at one time or another – admitted out and out jealousy.

I don’t really just assume all people are jealous of me but in my experience it has and does happen. I think on some level those who can not do what we do are in fact jealous. There is a little bit of the green-eyed monster in all of us. I agree totally on your perspective as well – some people really just don’t get it. I wrote the post mainly to let people know that jealousy can be a factor and for those who really don’t think it can happen – I have to say it does.