Let me start this by nothing I say is directed at you or anyone in particular.
Society has turned around to looking DOWN at the SAHM. Didn't go to college and are a stay at home mom its worse. Honestly I NEVER "wanted" to go to college. Did I plan on it yeah I did but only because it was expected of me not because *I* wanted to. I never could find anything that fit me and was jumping around constantly. I never even sent in applications honestly I filled them out and they sat around. I didn't KNOW what I wanted at all. I ended up pregnant with Bev and never considered children. I always said NO children. Now being a mother to me is more important then anything. I plan activities to what they want, I get told constantly that I should find a hobby for me but I can't think of ANY hobby that I want that tops my kids.
I've been told that I'm simple minded and putting women back in the stone age because I ENJOY my life. DO they drive me nuts DAILY but would I change it for the world NEVER. Do they challenge me and work my brain more then anything I've ever done oh yeah.
My life is not just grocery shopping, watching kids and cooking/cleaning. I think of how to solve problems daily. I teach kids daily. I may not have gone to college but I can figure out how to teach my kids to their own needs. We may not have alot of money but that doesn't make us simple minded. I may not be able to do calculus or have degrees but that doesn't make me lazy or stupid.
Like I tell my husband who really doesn't understand what it's like to do my "job"
I am an accountant, author, scientist, house cleaner, teacher, nurse, carpenter, cook, secretary, zoo keeper
p). On top of being a wife and a mother. Yes I could go to college and specialize in one of these areas and not have kids or a family but it wouldn't make me happy. I did not chose this life because I am simple minded I chose it because its what I wanted.
I honestly don't know where I went with that in my sleep deprived state but there ya have it.