I work full time with a six month old – being a stay at home mom is easy
A working mom is tired of hearing stay-at-home moms complain about their long, hard days.
She believes what she does is much harder work and says she can do everything they do and more in just one day.
Ina Lee, mother for the first time (@leeinna) shared her controversial opinion in a video in which she bragged about how productive she is with her responsibilities.
“I'm just going to say it, but being a stay-at-home mom is easy,” she claimed.
After seeing several TikToks in which stay-at-home moms discussed all the work they do and how much it makes them worth, she was left “frustrated.”
She revealed that she works full-time, even with a son at home.
“I have a corporate job and my six-month-old son is not in childcare. Basically, my husband, myself and my mother split up for the entire week to take care of him.
She said she still has all the standard errands that the others do.
“At the end of the workday, my chores aren't magically done. I still have to make dinner, do laundry, clean my house.
“So I would say what I do should be worth a lot since I do everything.”
Ina said those who stay home should be grateful.
“I'm not saying what they do isn't important, I'm saying what they do is a great luxury.”
She went on to explain how easy it is to be productive on the days she isn't working, even when her little one is around.
“I recently had a three-day weekend and in just one day I was able to prepare all my meals for the week, do four loads of laundry, clean my house, take care of my son, feed him, take him through his naps, etc.
“At the end of that day, I had done everything and I ran out of things to do.”
After acknowledging that stay-at-home moms have responsibilities, she claimed they were “trying too hard” to prove how much they do.
Instead, she called stay-at-home motherhood a “break” she'd like to take.
Her disclaimer? She only has one child, so she “can't speak” for mothers of multiples.
“But the women who really need this recognition are the working mothers.”
Most viewers immediately booed her.
“A very bold statement from someone with one child (six months old) and THREE active caregivers,” one person wrote.
'Your baby isn't even walking yet. Please contact us if that happens,” another added.
Even the working mothers refuted her claim.
“As a mom who has done both, I can say that being a stay-at-home mom has humbled me. It's mentally exhausting and extremely lonely,” one person wrote, while another added that it's “no joke.”
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