1. We are not "real" business owners.  I personally know work at home moms who are making six and even seven figures.  I also know work at home moms who just make a few thousand bucks a year — and that’s exactly what they want.  How much money you make, and whether your business is in a fancy office, is not determinative upon whether your business is "real." 
2. We all work in our underwear.  I’ve never (okay, maybe once or twice) worked in my underwear and rarely work in my PJ’s.  Actually, I wear regular casual clothes 1/2 the time (today I am wearing a t-shirt and capri pants), and business casual the rest of the time, with a few fancy outfits for networking events.  Now, I do work in the early morning or late night in my PJ’s, but so do employed-office people who take work home. 
3. We all are doing MLM or network marketing.  Yes, some of us are, but many of us are also doing service-based businesses, information products, manufactured or home craft products, consulting, or internet businesses.   
4. We all homeschool our kids.  Some WAHM’s homeschool, but heck, my 2-year old is in preschool.  Not that I don’t admire homeschoolers, but it just does not work for us, and that’s not why I’m staying home. 
5. Our business income is "second-income" to the family and is not as important as our husband’s income.  Pleeze.  Some moms’ income is the non-essential stuff (toys, family vacations, eating out, etc.), but some are making more than their spouse, and some are single moms — for example, my sister. 
6. You can always tell if a business is a "home business."  I doubt it.  It’s not too hard to look "real" or "big" — I constantly have clients who think I am in a fancy office building and are very surprised to pull up to my house for a meeting.  I also get calls from salespeople who want to know if my marketing budget is over $100,000, and if my annual revenue is over or under $10M.  (ha! not quite yet!) 
7. We are going to get a "real job" when our kids are in school, or go off to college.  I don’t know about you, but I will never work for someone else again.  Once I’ve been an entrepreneur, I can’t go back.

Do you have any myths you would like to share?  Leave a comment below and I will address them in an upcoming post. 

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