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To: michael97123 who wrote (229113)	4/30/2007 2:53:21 PM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Re disrespect.....i am not sure her reply was disrespect.... pity might be closer to home.

To: michael97123 who wrote (229113)	4/30/2007 2:58:08 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 281500

YAHOOOOOOO! Nailed 'er! Although I believe Euterpe does have a legitimate claim to have worked; she worked from home (I believe) as a journalist. Still counts as work. X COULD have found a job related to her education that allowed her to work from home; she didn't. Speaks volumes about the difference between them, I think.

To: michael97123 who wrote (229113)	4/30/2007 3:07:05 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I am extremely blessed to have a husband whose job allowed me to stay home, although I doubt I am that rich woman sitting around doing nothing that you have created. I worked my husband through law school, and I had my first child at 33. We agreed to forego the luxuries because we both believed it was important for a parent to stay at home, if possible. We lived carefully. I have nothing but sympathy for any mother who would choose to stay home, and is unable to do so because of economic demands. So I respect working moms, but I also refuse to accept the implication made by another poster that somehow not using a degree was some sort of theft of an education from the state and a waste of resources. I am older than Iktomi, so I can't speak for her experience. But believe me, there was a great deal of dissing done about being a stay at home mom 25-30 years ago. Women had fought hard for a place in the workworld during the 70s, and when they achieved it, they tended to look down on those who didn't chose it- as if we were the inferior ones. I knew many women who could easily have stayed home but chose not to. I think early on, the stay at home mom was viewed as a traitor to the cause of women's rights. But you know, I hauled around a lot of kids whose moms worked. I was their carpool, their cubscout leader, their choir director at church. I directed their little musicals, and I kept them when mom had to work late. I gave rides to little league, to soccer, and I served on all the committees their moms didn't have time for. By the time my kids were around ten, we women had found a kind of balance with each other. There was a kind of mutual sisterhood thing. We who were lucky enough to be home tried to help those who couldn't be. No one dissed anyone. If it serves your purpose to create some kind of odd persona for me, fine. Actually I like the idea of being very rich and sitting around on SI all day. I will call my boss and tell her not to expect me tomorrow.