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I always used "homemaker", because we all knew that I was the one holding it all together and making our house a home .
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Originally Posted by Prettygyrl777
I won't bore you with the details of the job lol, but the report is written in terms of how the person spends their time. It's a program for pre and postnatal moms. We define occupation by how the individual spends their day and not necessarily by 'paid work'.
I use "homemaker" on occasion.
However, the term I most like to use to describe myself and my role is BOSS! We eat what I cook, we wear clean clothes IF I do laundry, we live in a clean place IF I clean it (oh yes, they DO help!)...
I have a magnet 'front and center' on my fridge that says:
Look, I just recently left my job. Now that I am not working for someone else, I am running around more than when I WAS working. I barely have time to BE at home
I don't like any of those terms, but am okay with "homemaker." Also FWIW, I don't think "housewife" and "stay at home mom" are synonymous; you can be a "housewife" without a kid, for example. "Homemaker" at least doesn't put you in a box defined solely as a "wife" or as a "mom".
I know. I didn't add 'domestic engineer'. The term alone gives the connotation that this individual is not particularly proud of their occupation, thus the revamping of the name. The term, itself, started out as a joke so I can't imagine anyone referring to themselves as such. Although, I could be wrong. Maybe some people do. So, which term do you prefer- in reference to yourself or others?
I didn't quit work to take care of my house or my husband. I quit work to take care of my kids, so I personally would prefer SAHM. I have seen many people on facebook and such refer to themselves as the the CEO of their household, or refer to their kids as their boss.
I didn't quit work to take care of my house or my husband. I quit work to take care of my kids, so I personally would prefer SAHM. I have seen many people on facebook and such refer to themselves as the the CEO of their household, or refer to their kids as their boss.
I was never the boss of my family, only the BOSS of my home.
We are all adults now and I am still the BOSS.
I won't bore you with the details of the job lol, but the report is written in terms of how the person spends their time. It's a program for pre and postnatal moms. We define occupation by how the individual spends their day and not necessarily by 'paid work'.
I see. But it all sounds like senseless paperwork. I mean if your a mom or soon to be mom and you arent employed, it obvious how your spending your time, isnt it?
I know. I didn't add 'domestic engineer'. The term alone gives the connotation that this individual is not particularly proud of their occupation, thus the revamping of the name. The term, itself, started out as a joke so I can't imagine anyone referring to themselves as such. Although, I could be wrong. Maybe some people do. So, which term do you prefer- in reference to yourself or others?
I have several "identities" according to who I am dealing with. To some, I'm a stay at home mom, to others I'm Little Magritte's mom, then there is Mr. Magritte's wife. Of course there is also Magritte's friends who see me differently than Magritte's old coworkers.
I refer to myself, in the context of which you are speaking, as a stay at home mom because that is what I am.
Personally I don't care what anyone calls it, but I tend to use whatever I think the other people I'm dealing with at the moment will understand. Whatever seems most appropriate for the situation. I'm a working mom now, but when I wasn't working, I used various terminology. Online, SAHM seems the best and most common way to express it. On job applications or filling out paperwork/etc. I usually put "homemaker". My husband usually uses "housewife" and that's the term we use when talking with friends over dinner or whatever. My kids call me "mom", hubby calls me by my first name.
It's strange how you don't hear people referring to dad's as "working dad's" or "work at home dad's" (WAHD's?). I have heard "stay at home dad's" (though when you just use SAHD's it sounds, well... sad.). Do people say "househusband" or "homemaker" for a dad/husband that stays home and cares for the home and children while the wife works? I don't think I've ever heard that.
True equality for men and women still has a long way to go, I suppose. Mindsets and even terminology are still evolving.
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