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Two of my good friends and several women I know though an organization I'm part of are SAHMs by choice. I also know a handful of women who are SAHMs by circumstance but would prefer to be working.

A TOOOONN. Most women I know don't need to work, so they just don't...ever. Like, their kids are all in school all day and they still don't work. I wouldn't be able to do it because i'd get bored.

@TurtleDoves: That sounds awesome!! Bored sounds better than work to me! But I've also had a pretty bad work month.

Loads but there is an international divide.

All of my American friends - working full time 6-12 weeks after their LOs were born

All of my Australian friends - SAHMs, including me, and I love it!

@Danizaur: lol, yes bored > work....but dang, get a hobby, ladies! Your kids are like 16.

Most of the ladies at my church are sahms so I'd say I know at least 10.

Eta: I should add that even though I know a lot of them we aren't really close because of our age differences so we only really talk at church.

When we lived in the city I literally knew none. Now that we moved to a small town (and am a SAHM myself) I find almost every woman of child-bearing age who obviously has children stays home. Being a resource town where all the men make great wages though it tends to make sense.

Not a single one. I know a few moms with WAHM/I WOHM schedules, but even they have FT childcare to keep up with the demands of their job.