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06.01.08, 14:35 PM General Topics
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Describe the most highly-educated SAHM you know. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.01.08, 02:35 PM Flag
 

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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:36 PM Flag
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I guess she didn't pass the bar [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:39 PM Flag
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yes, she did [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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np: you must not know many lawyers [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:45 PM Flag
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I know plenty of lawyers. My dh is one [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:46 PM Flag
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dh and i are both lawyers - i know a lot of women with JDs who left law to sahm. usually when dh is biglaw. in my dh's practice group there is not a single wife who works and about 5 of them also have JDs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:48 PM Flag
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^^ and all passed the bar [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:49 PM Flag
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my friend's father isthe managing partner in a medium sized law firm, not in nyc, and told us one night that he refuses to hire women anymore since they all leave the workforce. he will do it because he has to, but doesn't like to go all out in recruiting, etc. I was horrified. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:50 PM Flag
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I see his point. He's better off hiring the ones whose kids are already in school [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:51 PM Flag
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yeah, but maybe do something to make the workplace friendlier instead of dismissing them all. and not every woman wants dc's. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:52 PM Flag
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It's a med sized firm. Very hard to give incentives like that. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:54 PM Flag
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my dh runs a small trading firm and has figured this out. it isn't brain surgery. offer job shares for example. no excuses to have this attitude in this day and age [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:55 PM Flag
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So, someone in pr should suggest - good for publicity [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:58 PM Flag
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ita - i cannot imagine dh and I both working biglaw jobs, or even just a regular job and a biglaw job. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:54 PM Flag
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Do they plan to ever practice law? Sounds like such a waist of money if they don't do something in the general field [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:50 PM Flag
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whether it is a waste is for them to decide. i used to practice and now sah and doubt i will return. i don't consider it a waste since if dh every left me at least i have education that qualifies me to earn decent money. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:53 PM Flag
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But how will you get a job with such a huge gap? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:54 PM Flag
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i'd probably try to get something with the government or start doing some freelance work. i have a lot of friends who are lawyers and i have done a little contract work over the years. that aside, it's really not for you to saw that someone's education was wasted because they aren't doing with it what you would be doing. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:57 PM Flag
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Don't be so defensive. Everything was interrogative in nature. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:58 PM Flag
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not a waste to be educated. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:53 PM Flag
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OP, I understand but you can be educated by reading and studying and not putting yourself into 100k debt. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:55 PM Flag
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Practicing law sucks. Being a SAHM is just a good excuse to leave a horrid profession. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 06:42 PM Flag
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yes, i know a ton of former lawyers who now SAHM and one MD. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:37 PM Flag
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Where did they go to school? Do they have plans to return? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:38 PM Flag
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i'm a jd. don't plan to return. fordham law [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:39 PM Flag
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hmm, i wonder if you're the sahm i'm thinking of above! fordham law grad, too! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:44 PM Flag
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SAHM here w/ a JD from Fordham. I would love to practice some day. [np] [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 05:04 PM Flag
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Me too! Will definitely not return to the law. Would like to work again but not as a lawyer. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 05:09 PM Flag
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some went to ivies and some went to non-Ivy but good schools. they all have plans to return to work, but not to work in big firms. one wants to start her own business, another wants to be a consultant of some sort, etc. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:40 PM Flag
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i have a jd, not from an ivy but from a good school, probably won't return because i hated practicing and dh makes plenty of money. might do something else when kids are older though. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:45 PM Flag
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I'm so glad I didn't get into law school. Everyone I know hates being a lawyer and the women are the most miserable. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:49 PM Flag
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i hear you. i loved law school, enjoyed my work for awhile but to make money in law i'd be miserable. oh well. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:55 PM Flag
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I know. That's why I asked my dh to get off partner track. Not worth it for the kids not to see him, for him to waste his entire life on some money pursuing goal when life is so short. I'd rather live modestly. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:56 PM Flag
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why? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:37 PM Flag
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My SAHM friends all just have bachelors. I don't know anyone who did post grad stuff that stays home [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:39 PM Flag
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B/c they have to pay off loans right? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:40 PM Flag
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No. Not a money thing. Just a choice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:41 PM Flag
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really? i know so many, incl. me, a ton of lawyers and mds [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:40 PM Flag
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I'm not saying I don't get it. Even I could imagine possibly wanting to stay home a few years while db's are little. But it just happens I don't know anyone well who did it [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:42 PM Flag
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where do you live? i live in boston where there is a large population of highly educated people [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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LOL NYC. We are pretty highly educated as well. Its just my circle happened to keep the career after db [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:45 PM Flag
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i think the area i live in in boston has a higher concentration than nyc in general - harvard, mit, tufts, bu, bc, etc [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:49 PM Flag
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Sure, my neighborhood (UES) is pretty uneducated. All we have in NY is NYU, and Columbia. And of course going out of state is unheard of. What "area" are you in? Dot? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:54 PM Flag
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Hunter, Baruch, City College. YOu can get a good education if you want to. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:57 PM Flag
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I was being sarcastic. Boston mom is a bit of a pill [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:58 PM Flag
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Oh, lol. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:59 PM Flag
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np-i think it is more important to be around as kids get older. when kids are young, well, those are just the mostly fun ages (give or take) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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But they are in school full time, and then activities. Mine is 12 ans I OWHM and I am still home b/f her 4/5 school nights [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:49 PM Flag
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that is not the case with most of the families I know. but in general, kids need you more as they get older [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:51 PM Flag
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msw, mba, phd, a perpetual graduate student, jd, masters in education. lot of sahm's who found that trying to balance it all wasn't working for them [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:41 PM Flag
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Are there really SAHM MDs? After all that training? Is it hard to go back to a medical career after being out for awhile? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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I am guessing that statistically there aren't many. But I am sure there are some [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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yes, one of my bffs is. she went to tufts and doesn't plan to return to medicine [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:44 PM Flag
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I know one [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 09:42 PM Flag
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me, wharton undergrad, mba nyu - never did anything with it. Know a ridiculous amount of useless information [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:44 PM Flag
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yes but not an mba job. tried to break into a fun industry - stupid mistake. I have no idea - an admin job that would train me to run a department maybe - I interviewed for one of those at one point and then decided not to go back to work yet bc I can't earn enough money. Maybe one day it will come in handy [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:53 PM Flag
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One of my friends has a phd in russian literature. I don't think she ever intended to work. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:43 PM Flag
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I know so many with masters at least- one has an IVY undergrad in Engineering and an MBA- but for us it's not a SAHM forever thing, it's a life phase thing- we know that we'll take our education with us and recycle it for reinvention eventually. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:44 PM Flag
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She's a rocket scientist at the jet-propulsion lab and is working on the Mars Rover project. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:44 PM Flag
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the question was about someone who sah and doesn't work [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:47 PM Flag
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they she isn't a sahm, no? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:47 PM Flag
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Oh, sorry. She had been home for 4 years before joining this project. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:49 PM Flag
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If you went to professional school and SAHM, how do/did you pay off your loans? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:46 PM Flag
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i am an msw and was offered a full ride to graduate school. have no idea how, since I never applied for financial aid-it was a merit scholarship. so no loans-had planned on paying for it myself anyways [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:49 PM Flag
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I paid my tuition in full before starting- I worked in corporate America prior to grad school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:49 PM Flag
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i paid off about half before i had kids, dh's salary makes the payments now. (monthly payment is pretty low and interest rate is less than 3% so we are in no hurry to pay it off since we earn more interest on our savings account) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:51 PM Flag
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Paid off loan, then had db's [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:54 PM Flag
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no loans. my parents paid [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 02:55 PM Flag
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I have an MBA, and my previous employer paid for it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 06:47 PM Flag
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I worked for 10 years after getting my MBA including time as a WOHM. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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I didn't pay for grad school. The taxpayers did. I had a Navy Scholarship and SAH after I fulfilled my service obligations. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 06:49 PM Flag
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Self. PhD, two masters. Three different fields of work. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 06:17 PM Flag
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MY bf has a phibetakappa undergrad in chemistry with a minor in bio and MD from Harvard. Now at home. I'm a lowly Wharton MBA. I know lots of SAHM lawyers. The few Phds that I know personally who are not fulltime at something, have lower key college teaching jobs...but none (that I know) are SAHM. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 06:18 PM Flag
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MD/PhD (technically on long term disability and had three dc while on leave) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 06:46 PM Flag
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phd, mathematician/consultant [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 09:35 PM Flag
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my sister, PHD. she home schools, attachment parenting, back woods... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.01.08, 09:39 PM Flag
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