For me, the stress is dealing with my husband. He never fail to remind me that he is working to support whole family and its expenses e.g house loan, car, school fees, maid etc. True that he earns more then me, and is paying for most things, he take it for granted that he can behave like a king. When I complain that he took the car for his control car hobby for too long on weekends, he say he paid for the car, if I not happy go buy my own. It's very hurtful words he say. The stress of being a SAHM is not even as bad as dealing with my husband. Everything we fight about, he will ultimately win cos he will threaten to cut it off, always. I admit that my husband made sacrifices but it saddens me that he never once acknowledge my sacrifices as a SAHM, and I guess all mums here know the painful decision to stay with kids all the time.