This has to be the most loathed question to the stay-at-home mum. And it is what I got asked last night. It was the question I had been dreading from the moment I started talking to the Gen Y’er . “So, what do you do?”.

I am not exactly sure why I hate this question so much. But I feel uncomfortable answering it, particularly if the person who has asked me doesn’t have children. Perhaps it’s because I don’t feel like what “I do” is interesting or likely to incite further discussion.

Last night I was at a party and decided to meet some new people, instead of only talking to my  friends, all of whom have young children and it’s hard to avoid the talk of kids. I was frocked up, the champagne was flowing and I was in the mood to party. I was enjoying my conversation with a girl I had just met about her work in the film and television industry. Pretty exciting stuff. So when she turned to me and said “so what do you do” I found myself stammering and awkward.

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