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<p>Of course. But that’s still within the context of my family / household.<br>
What I’m asking is – all I hear is “we all need to support one another’s choices.” And my question is – how does that support manifest itself? If the woman down the street is a SAHM, what does it look like if I “support” her choice versus I don’t “support” her choice? Either way, she’s going to go do her thing as a SAHM. I’m just not understanding how “support for a choice” manifests itself, and why THIS particular choice requires that all my neighbors “support” it. We all make lots of life choices where no one cheerleads us and says you go girl. </p>
<p>The support that I need for my choice to work is support that <em>I</em> have to choose to go get (in the form of childcare, etc.). But the verbal support of women down the block who have nothing to do with my life – I’m not sure how it impacts me.</p>
<p>Put another way. I have zero idea if the women in my town “supported” me being a working mother or not. If they sat around and gossiped about how awful it was, well, I didn’t hear any of it, and it was the tree-falling-in-the-forest. But the same could be said if they sat around and gossiped how they didn’t like the color of my living room or the car that I drove. What is it about THIS choice that makes women feel that they need the approval of other women / mothers?</p>