<p>Queen’s Mom, </p>
<p>I forcefully kept my mouth shut when some women told me they wished they could afford to stay home with their kids the way I was. I was shopping at resale shops (kids called them “the recycling stores” 
), driving an old car, spending my day overdosing on bodily functions, etc. They had all the accoutrements+ you described and absolutely no real desire to spend more time with their children. </p>
<p>These women always seemed surprised if I engaged in reasonably intelligent conversation about something other than diapers or feeding children. God forbid if they found out I attended the same women’s college they did!</p>
<p>This is by no means a blanket condemnation of women who work full time when their children are small. There is, however, a certain subset I’ve learned to avoid. They make me crazy, and they do nothing to enhance overall equality for women.</p>