Most of my friends (with kids) that I see regularly are working parents. I have a few SAH friends that don't live near me and my SIL works PT.
I hope I can make some local SAH parent friends during my next maternity leave.
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Most of my close friends actually aren't parents, which has been hard as a SAHM...I don't see those friends nearly enough anymore! I have made a few SAHM friends, but it is really tough with different schedules and sick kiddos. I also have a few WOHM friends, but they are hard to see too. Being a SAHM can be pretty isolating...but maybe thats because Ive always been the type to have a few good friends rather than a wide network of acquaintances.
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I have a mix. Some WOHM, some SAHM. Most of the SAHM friends have older kids, my friends with kids DS' age are mostly WOHM.
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They all work outside the home. A couple work part time though, so we can do play dates! One of my closest friends is a teacher so we have the summers to get together too.
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Well, the majority of my friends actually don't have kids...
But otherwise I only have one friend that is a SAHM, and she's my daycare provider
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WOHP
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WOHP. Mostly friends from college that have kids or ladies I met at work.
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most of my friends don't have kids, which sucks because there is definitely distance growing between us. My two sets of friends with kids are all WOHPs.
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WOHP. I don't have any friends who are SAHM.
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WOH. Only one is a SAHM but she has 4 boys and homeschool them so needless to say, she's a bit busy lol
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I have one WOHP, the wife of DH's best friend. We've become good friends.
I have one SAHP (now with part time work since her girls are in pre-school/kindergarten), we've been friends for a long time.
Wow. That's sad.
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All of my college friends that have had kids are SAHMs and I'm a WOHM. There are a lot of WOHM in my office and in LO's playgroup though.
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A couple SAHM but 90% are WOHM.
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WOHP, like us. I think we know one SAHM (who was working until last month) and a couple part time working moms.
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Some without kids, some who WOH. Some who don't really fit in the traditional SAH/WOH dichotomy.
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It's a mix. A lot of my closest friends aren't actually parents yet!
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My close friends I see regularly all WOH. My two best friends who live in different states both work part-time, one does a job share WOH 3 days a week and the other has gone to part-time WAH until her son turns 1 and she'll go back to work full-time.
I have SAH friends but they all live out of state so I only see them really via FB and checking in with e-mail.
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My best friends from childhood are WOH with older kids but most of my close friends that I see regularly during the week are SAH with young kids like me. I had to find all new friends when I had C and decided to SAH and I'm so thankful for them.
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1 WOH friend.
All of the neighbors I know are SAH, which stinks. I wish I could find some WOH neighbors with kids my kid's age. -
SAH, but I live in an expat community and many people aren't legally allowed to work, just their spouse. Or if they can work, often the language barrier prevents them from accessing the job market.
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A mix! A few sah, a few wah, and a few woh.
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It goes right down the middle. Half are working parents and the other half are stay at home.
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I find that I am closer now with my co-workers who have little ones - WOHM and having kids in daycare - we can relate to the tough times with that. Unfortunately since having a LO, I see my friends outside of work less. The ones with 2 kids are harder to get together with than the ones with 1 kid or no kids or grown kids. It seems like 2 vs 1 is more of the issue than WOH vs SAH.
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All of our friends with kids are SAHM. I'm a WAHM. I miss hanging out with them
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All of my friends are WOHM.
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Most are off on a year long mat leave right now because we all have almost 1 year olds. Most of them are going back to work. Probably 75% if my friends WOH
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Most are WOH
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Almost all of my local friends are SAH - I admit I'm a little jealous that they get to hang out with their kids during the week, especially in the summertime! When we do get together it's usually for girls' night out, brunch, etc. since the weekends are their time to get out without kids.
I've become closer with coworkers who have kids, and it's nice to be able to relate. I will say though that I'm still just as close with my SAH friends, and we're very supportive of each other.
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A mixture. I've had to work to find SAHM to be my friend since I quit working.
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A couple are SAHMs, the rest WOH.
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Mostly SAH. I met several wonderful SAHM friends after c was born when we took a mommy and me class at 6 weeks. Naturally the SAHMs kept in touch more after the class ended since we were all looking for something to do during the week. I think a few of the wohms also kept in touch more, just because the scheduling is so much easier when you have similar work schedules.
Of friends I had prebaby, I think it's still slightly more sah than WOH, plus a handful of friends without kids.
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Both! Obviously my friends from work who are also parents are WOHM parents
But I have a few friends from before we all started having kids that are now SAHM and we're still close.
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Mostly WAHMs for those closest to me that I see because our schedules line up and we all work for ourselves. My oldest dearest friends are all work, some combo of PT, WAH, and WOH.
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