Isn't being a "homemaker" also considered a job??!
Question:
Isn't being a "homemaker" also considered a job??
I mean, if I say: "I'm a stay at home mom" why some people look at me funny or say: "Oh, you don't have an occupation".
I mean: "Wtf"?? Do they understand how many hours we deal with "housework" or "emotions" or...etc?????
Answers: Note to 'Green Eyes' - maybe if you had 2 or 3 kids to look after, you would have something else to say!
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Only a Mother & a Housewife?..........
Incubator
Housekeeper
Shopper
Cook
Cleaner
Financial Wizard
Loan Society
Secretary
Chauffeur (Mum's Taxi)
Needleworker
Knitter
Dishwasher
Lover
Moralist
Mediator
Disciplinarian
Time Tabler
Electrician
Painter & Decorator
SportsExpert
Dietician
Counsellor
Washerwoman
Agony Aunt
Organiser
Baby minder
Educator
Bed maker
Amateur vet
Gardener
Odd Job person
In other words - A Domestic Godess!! yes I think so. XD Being a homemaker is a full time job. Yes it is a job..... it's actually many, many jobs! Good for you! Yes, but a lot of women have to work a day job and then they have to be a mother/wife on top of that. Yes--and NO--Is like a FREE JOB--u don't get paid and
is 24hrs
I'm working mother==is hard as hell
u stay strong
and be a mamacita ok
lol I have respect for homemakers you keep the house going and the people who live in it. hellz nah it aint, women who have occupations still gotta do all the stuff the stay at homes do, they just have to be more efficient because they have less time to do it. Staying at home and cleaning and watching soaps is not an occupation There jealous! I'm one too, and people who have never been in our position simply don't understand how difficult our job can be. yes and it's a very hard job. I wouldn't know, I work for a corporation Mon-Fri to help bring in the dough. Yes, except no pay. People don't consider it a job unless you're making money. However, consider the source. Are you saying this to a person who has children and works? Then what you're probably seeing is envy disguised as judgement. finally there is some else out there who agrees with me!! Yes it is a full time job. I too am a stay at home mom and contrary to popular belief I do not sit on my butt, watch t.v. all day and eat Bon Bons. Good for you!
P.S. I also respect women who work outside the house, but just because we don't also have an outside job doesn't mean anything. I do not get to interact with other adults, get taken advantage of, and don't get to send the kids off to daycare all day, so that I can come home to a clean house. I'm telling ya!
OH! So getting 8 loads of laundry done in less than 12 hours isn't work?(Of course, this includes folding and putting away, and it's only 3 days a week)
Keeping the kitchen and bathroom clean
Changing diapers
Braiding hair
Giving baths
Feeding the animals
Playing "referee"
Going shopping
Managing a budget
Noooo
Doesn't sound like work, does it?
People can be so ignorant.
Yeah. We can do it on our own time, and we aren't payed nearly enough, but it IS an occupation.
(I'm with ya!!!) heck yes! and it's the lowest paying job considering you're on duty 24/7! It certainly should be
what - it's ok to be a cleaner and clean someone else's house
it's ok to be a cook to feed someone elses family
it's ok to be a childminder and look after some one else's kids
Homemaker should be considered 3 jobs in one.
Another stay at home mum I'm not a mother but to me a homemaker is not a job. Personally from what I see it's a lame excuse for people not to work.
I work full time as well as go to college full time. I keep my 2 story home clean, laundry done, meals made and I don't complain or say it's my job. It's LIFE.
I'm only 20 and I do plan on having a family however I refuse to sit at home when I could be out providing for my family. I will raise my children- no doubt about that but I will not be a stay at home mother. It may be my career choice though that makes me not want to sit at home since I could easily take my children to work with me. I am going to own day cares.
If I were to say my occupation is a student people would give me the same looks and say the same thing which is why I have a job!! Keep up the good work.
Wish I had that job. I kinda have that job, but only part-time.
Wish everyday I could be the "at home mom"--miss guiding the kids along. Omg I know. Lemme tell ya this summer I spent a few weeks in the hospital because of an accident I was in. My husband had to stay home from work to care for our kids. He told me it was more work doing my job then the one he gets paid for and he is a laborer. i imagine if you started handing out bills for everything you do they would have a bit more respect..i work full time and have five kids, but i until they went to school i stayed home with them I recently became a SAHM (Stay at home mom) 4 months ago. My husband is an active duty Ssgt for the Marine Corps and we move roughly every 3 years. After our recent move, we decided together that it would be in our best interests to have me be a homemaker since he works long hours. I'm basically filling in as if I were a single parent. My husband is gone from 7am-12am every day with the exception of Sunday which is his only day off.
We don't get compensated monetarily for the services we provide, but I know this is the best for my kids. My daugther is a 12 year old with A.D.D. and auditory processing delay so she requires a lot of help with her schoolwork. My 2 year old son is a wild child and is active non-stop with the exception of his forced nap at 3pm each day. I forgot to mention we also have 4 dogs, all Siberian Huskies.
Since becoming a homemaker I approached my husband with the idea of continuing my education, so I had his G.I. bill transfered into my name and I'm currently attending online courses for my degree in Health Care Management. Since I can perform that job from home as well!
When people ask what I do, I proudly tell them I'm a stay at home mom. I only bring up being a full time college student later in the conversation since I consider a homemaker a tougher job! Homemaker" seems to be regarded as a dark corner of the back shelf sort of job, not a combination of counselling service, taxi , bakery. laundry, nurse. schoolwork expert and all round good person.
Too much for small minds to take in I suppose.
Rose P. are you kidding? yes it is a job! i know i think my 360 pic was jacked too! the day is this. you get up, feed kids, then check yahoo, get them waskhed bathed, dressed, 2nd breakfast. sit them with activities, clean all the rooms, vacuming, dusting, arguing, falling over toys, falling down over shoes,...mind you someone did try on my stilletos..still havent found other car key...hmmmm. to why is a potato stuck un my lamp? to thongs hanging off my microwave... vacuming..and removing odd things from places, fixing toilet...someone gets into an argument, water leaking, someone craps in bed, diapers changing, filling "cuppies" to taking out trash, making beds, to kids flying on the kitchen floor on their azz.freshening, to smacking cat for eating baby's hair to finding suckers in lamp to polishing nails, you getting a shower, nap time, choosing sleep cd's to im meessenging for advice, to screaming from nightmares, to kids beating the cat, to time outs, to cooking dinner fixing lunch to going to the park to bills and drama, to picking out clothes for kids, thencleaning after dinner and getting them in bed, checking for "JAWS' under the bed to getting to sleep yourself. tell them to trade places. office works sounds fine for one day to me! if you are a homemaker do people realize how many different jobs you have;maid,cook,accountant,deco... repair person,tutor,teacher,doctor,nu... and wife I would not worry about what the other half thinks I would just be greatful that at this period of time you can be a homemaker because this is something that not everybody gets the chance to do. AMEN!!!!!! Unpaid, no time off job! Do I say anything to him when he has the day off and sits on the couch and watches t.v. all day? No! But I don't get paid and don't get a day off ever cause that's my job!(Sorry didn't mean to go all pyscho there! I guess I was having a moment) Damn right that a homemaker or stay-at-home mom is a job. Grocery shopping, doing laundry, house cleaning, paying bills, watching the children, etc. etc. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.
Can you imagine if homemakers were actually paid for all of the services they provided? They might make more money than doctors or lawyers -- either way they certainly deserve it.
THANK YOU for those of you that stay home and do the dirty work!