Does any SAHM worry that should you need to be back to workforce few years later, companies might not want to consider you due to being away from the working society and they will have doubts if you can adapt to the working life? I encountered comments from my ex-colleagues and hiring mangers previously when they are such candidates applied for the roles. I am currently a SAHM but one to two weekdays, my girl will be taken care by myself and on the rest of the day except weekends she will go to my MIL house as I will need to do mopping, cleaning/vacuum of bed, wash bedsheets and spending time on my online shop(she will scream or cried when I am away to do these housework and dangerous for her to walk ard while I mop). Being a SAHM allows me to better concentrate on playing and teaching my girl but I am starting to worry that I might have difficulty finding a job which I starts to see it happening now. Previously when I got to work, I only had 15 to 30 mins to spend with my girl and sometimes I was to tired to even talk to her. Even when I worked, money earned was not enough for me to hire a helper and we will end up with no savings. Much worst of than I am a SAHM. Any regrets on being a SAHM??

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No regrets. Money can be earned to buy anything, except one's youth. But not everyone is financially motivated to find a job. I know of friends who can well afford to be a SAHM but chose not to because of various reasons: desire to be self-sufficient, afraid of boredom, don't want their life to revolve around caring for the child, waste of education. My mum initially thought she had wasted her and dad's money sending me to school for me to "end up" as a SAHM. But luckily my Dad was very supportive. I'm of the opinion that since I gave birth to this child, I take full responsibility of bringing him/her up. Furthermore, being a first-time mum, I wanted to fully immerse myself in motherhood. Without the burden of responsibilities that come with an external job, I'm free to pursue my interests and share them with my child. Also when my hubby is bogged down with work, I'm still there to entertain the little one. It wouldn't be possible if both of us were working! Having said all this, my hats off to mums who can juggle work, home and family. I'm just not at that level.

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