Same ol' story;
Okay- so I know we've talked about this before but...
I f one more person makes a "Oh, you don't work?" comment, I may just strangle them !!!
I feel like printing up a resume, showing it to them, then saying;
"Now show me yours"  
Seriously, I started working when I was 15.  Took a few years off til my "baby" was in school, then went back to "work" for another 15 yr.s til I got this disease- from work. (well I truly believe that's what brought it out)
Anyway,what do they think I do at home- watch tv while a maid comes in ?! I can't freakin' believe how stupid some people are!
I also babysit my grandson, do the yardwork (3 acres of it), favors for friends in need, etc, because my husband works 5 day/12 hr. shifts: NOT because I "don't work", but because his employer demands it; so I try to pick up the slack at home.
WHEW. That felt good to get off my chest.
I know- I'm gonna print this tirade on a shirt; since I have nothing better to do

You can just solve this issue by saying you work at home!  It really is none of their business anyway!
Pam

When I was first ill and had to quit work (cancer and undiagnosed SM), I went to a fundraiser.  Three different times work came up in conversation with people I didn't know.  When I said I didn't have a job outside my home, they walked away as though I'd said I had a highly contagious disease.

It seemed like staying home with my kids negated everything else I'd ever done in my life, and I couldn't possibly have anything interesting to say.  After that I would usually say that I was retired, but I used to do.....!

A few times people would ask, condescendingly, "What do you do every day?"  I'd say, "I wake up in the morning and think, "What do I want to do today?  Then I do that."  Of course, the truth most days was (pre-diagnosis), I'd wake up, take my meds, drag myself through getting my kids off to school and then choose between going back to bed or running errands!

Lisa;
You crack me up !!!
I like all of the answers but yours made me think: If someone has the nerve to ask this question, then I should have the nerve to say that !

lori