The real mommy wars.

• Author: Chuang, Dusti Worley
• Position: Letters - Letter to the editor

Shannon Chamberlain's commentary on the "mommy wars" fascinated me ("The Real Mommy Wars," October). The mommy wars are fought solely by women who feel guilty about the choices they've made. Caitlin Flanagan and Carrie Lukas must overlook people like myself, the underachievers of our generations. I graduated in the middle of my class from high school in 1994, though I was (if I do say so myself) one of the brighter kids in school. I never had much ambition but to get married and raise a family and then hang out with my husband while we grow old.

I'm not lazy by any means; I work hard maintaining our household, while my husband works hard providing the means for me to do so. Our house isn't perfectly clean...