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Take your LEAST preferred work status and tell us something that would make that work status more bearable for you if you had to do it for a while.

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SAHM - it would be more bearable for me to be a SAHM if we had plenty of money for me to take the kids to places like the zoo, museums, Gymboree, etc instead of having to rely on only free things.

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WOHM - it would be more bearable for me to be a WOHM if my employers had on-site daycare so that I could be closer to my kids during the day.

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WAHM - it would be more bearable for me to be a WAHM if my kids were old enough to entertain themselves while I got work done instead of having to wait until they take a nap, which is almost never at the same time as each other.

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WAHM--It would be more bearable if I had a stand-alone office building in my yard so that I wouldn't ever have to look at all the things that need doing in my house, and to help me separate the different areas of my life more effectively.

But I doubt even this would make me want to be a FT WAHM!

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WOH/WAHM would be more bearable if i didn't have kids. 

WOH,the motivation behind it was entirely different before children than after children.  SAH works better and is better for my family. 

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If you didn't have kids, you couldn't be a WAHM or a WOHM, because you wouldn't have the "M" part. Unless you are going to argue you can be a mother without having children. I guess if you can be a SAHM with a job, you can be a WOHM without kids.....
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LOL, kind of like how customer service would be a great job without the customers!
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