Stay at home mum / part time worker, friend does not understand.?

I think she might be jealous of your lifestyle. You do many things that you don't get paid for but it doesn't mean they are not important.Like after school care. I think its great you take care of them (saving money hence you have to work outside the home less).

If more parents were like you there would be way more happy children out there. You are doing an awesome job....at the end of the day its only money !!! who cares...i mean you kids will one day be grown up and i think its great they are getting the best of you....not a stressed out overworked money hungry version of yourself.

Everytime your friend wants to comment on your lifestyle comment on hers....like don't you think the kids would love to come home and put up their feet after a long day at school instead of after school care? Tell her she needs to slow down and appreciate what time she has with her children before it is all over.

People rarely look back on their lives and think "i wish i had of worked more and seen less of my kids".

If she cant respect your choices (which i think are great) then she should take a hike.

You have made sacrifices and very sound choices. It's too bad that not every couple with children sees family life the way you and your husband do.

Do not listen to your friend, and quite frankly I'd tell her that if she insists on telling you that you're lazy you won't be friends anymore.

She's the one who divorcing, she's the one with children who are stressed and tired. You've done everything right, don't let her put a dent in your relationship with your husband or your happiness.

This is about you, your husband and your children. I'm afraid this friend is not acting like a friend. You have your priorities right, stick to your guns and tell her not to criticize you and your husband's choices.

well as a stay-at-home mom it seems to me that she's jealous, she doesn't have to ability to stay at home with her kids and now shes getting divorced and she's really not able to have the freedom to stay at home. not only that but when people call stay-at-home moms lazy they don't realize that we are cooks, maids, chefs, cleaning ladies, laundry attendants etc and we don't make much lol just let her know that if she's really your friend she will lay off on the snide remarks and remind her that a true friend is someone like you that supports her no matter what like a true friend is supposed to. good luck to you

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being a full time mom is a job as well. it means you have to be a teacher, a nurse, a cook, a taxi, a house keeper, alarm clock, counselor, personal assistant,officer, waitress, event planner, handy man, you don't get paid, you don't have sick days or holidays off.

shes clearly jealous!

Actually, life is unfair. All you can do is to accept and understand what's going on.

She is obviously jealous. I am sure that there is an Australian saying that is more eloquent than "Eat s*** and die". That is what I would tell her.