Wives at Home

I absolutely have nothing against stay at home moms - I was one for about a year but I don't have the patience or the budget for it! My complaint is twofold - one, how can these stay at home moms (some of them) be so farging disorganized!? This one mom I know has three kids - 2 in elementary school and 1 in training pants, all girls. You've never seen anyone so frazzled in your life. Constantly forgetting these, house is an absolute disaster, but she volunteers for absolutely everything but doesn't do any of those things well. It seems to me that a well run organization is a happy one. Would I like to go to the gym and get my nails done and carry around a $700 purse...sure, but I'm not willing to do it on credit. A classic line was my sister in law, who said "I really want a tummy tuck". Ok, so my BIL should get yet another job to finance that - he's already working 2 and moonlighting on the weekends! Some more situps might solve that issue.....

The other half of my complaint is the men who I work with - all of whom have wives who don't work outside the home. A majority have children of middle school age or older, but none of the women work. So when it comes to staying late and having to meet a deadline, these men do not feel the urgency that we primary caregivers do. My officemate and I are both responsible for pickup - as our husbands also work - my daughter is in elementary and Kim's son is in junior high. Last night I left work at 6:15 - my kid goes to bed at 7. These guys don't seem to really give a rat's ass - but we don't have wives at home getting dinner ready, doing the homework and doing all the chores - we are the wives at home, and we are at work!