Kirsten Dunst Says It's 'So Much Easier' to Work Than 'To Be a Stay At Home Mom'

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Kirsten Dunst Says It's 'So Much Easier' to Work Than 'To Be a Stay At Home Mom' https://t.co/t0zYvVPk4O
- People (@people) August 3, 2019
Kirsten Dunst and fiancé Jesse Plemons welcomed their baby boy Ennis Howard in May 2018

Comments

[tetrazzinichikn]

I do not think working all day and then going home and taking care of your kids is easier than being a stay at home mom.

[champagnemami]

If you’re talking about a baby and depending on your job, I promise you it is.

[sailormood]

It sounds more emotionally exhausting - at the very least when you're out if the house and at work, there's adult interaction.

[champagnemami]

That was really what was exhausting. I couldn’t wait until my husband got home to get more interaction

[noxonesxlooking]

Not that this is the same but I used to babysit for a family and when the mother had her baby I started watching him when he was about 2 months old and I was so exhausted and lonely when I would watch him lmao. I know it was only x amount of hours during the day but it really made me appreciate and realize what a SAHM goes through.

[my_moloko]

It can be so isolating. There's no one to talk to and you don't get a break. Kids don't have boundaries. It's not their fault but it can get overwhelming fast.

[tragedyofempty]

One of my co-workers told me she's a better mom by not being a stay at home mom. She said that spending the weekend days and evenings with her kids is perfect, during the summer when she's home all day she gets over it really fast and needs that away time to be a good parent

[komnene]

This seems like it might be the perfect post to make use of this gif I made instead of doing more productive things.

[champagnexdream]

LOLLLLL

[therearewords]

C'est moi, except I scream internally. Terrified I'll hurt/distress someone very young.

[mhfromnh]

I'm honestly terrified of the tiny little chiclet teeth. it makes them look like fucking sharks and I pray my future children won't have them.

[champagnemami]

Going back to work blessed my mind. I 100% agree (of course depends on your job). Going through post-partum emotions and taking care of a crying baby can be very tough.

[likeiused2]

I hope you're doing well! how is your bb? how are you?

[champagnemami]

Thank you! We’re doing great! He’s 7 months now and growing and developing like crazy week by week

[ch33rylips]

Bro what it's been 7 months already omg

[champagnexdream]

I don’t think I’d ever be able to be a SAHP. I would feel very limited in my identity and dependent. It’s not my personality at all and not something I’d want to model as an example to a child, especially a daughter. I also can’t imagine not making my own money. Like that is too much of a risk for me to depend on another person solely for money, and I say that as a happily married individual. As much as I love my husband I can’t predict if one day he’s going to be like “fuck this, bye” or suddenly not be able to work for whatever reason, etc

[marywebgirl]

Amen to not relying on your spouse for your livelihood. We don’t need my salary and my husband gets way more vacation time than I do, so it would be lovely if I just did volunteer work or something and we could travel more. But if he decided to leave I’d be fucked. More money means he could afford a better lawyer too.

[xtinkerbellax]

Yea it's a really scary position to put yourself in and we see women get fucked over time and time again.

[likeanunmadebed]

Yup. A lot of women in my family are SAHMs and they've all had husbands lose their jobs/a large portion of their incomes/get sick, etc. And their marriages aren't the greatest, so they're completely trapped. Seeing all of it unfold is just so unappealing, I'm staying with my job forever at this point.