Job causing me more stress

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Job causing me more stress
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Sun, 11-13-2005 - 10:27pm
My hours are going to change the beginning of next year.
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 12:23am
That's a tough one, Yavonne. Does your mom look @ it as an imposistion like you do? Have you had a heart to heart & asked her about this? Some grammas think this sort of thing is a privilege. Before you leave a job that you like(if that's the case) & have seniority & a salary that you're happy with, make sure you & your mom are on the same page. Let us know what you decide & good luck on the job search if that's in your future. (((hugs))) jan

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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 12:20pm

Yavonne,


My Mom has helped me so much with my Boys. I have sometimes felt as though I was being a burdon to her but she is my

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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 4:22pm

I pay my mom to keep my youngest DD during the day and to pick up my other DD from school and keep them until we can pick them up after work. I always feel bad when I am late or when I ask her to take them on the weekends or other nights. Last time I said something to her she said "these are my grandchildren that is what I am here for". I agree with the other posters in that your mom may see it as an opportunity not a burden.

Good Luck

Alison

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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 4:40pm
Yavonne......as a grandmother myself I would never see helping with my grandbabies as an imposition I would consider it an honor and just another reason for me to spend more time with them. Sometimes when our children grow up and go out on their own we suffer from empty nest syndromn, being asked to help with our grandbabies makes us feel needed and helps keep a purpose in our lives. Just my two cents I know I only wish my grandbabies were here for me to help with anytime I could.
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 10:38pm
Thanks Jan.
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 10:40pm
You're right Heather.
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 10:42pm
Thanks Alison.
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 10:45pm
Thank you for your two cents worth.
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Mon, 11-14-2005 - 10:53pm

I am the same way Yvonne! Good for you that you have your Mom to turn to....also glad that you talked to her.


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Tue, 11-15-2005 - 8:23am

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I feel the same way and hate asking for help. We lost my dad a month before my first DD was born and I know that my kids and my sister's twins have helped fill the void left in her life so I try to remember that. I still, like you, feel like if I keep asking for help I am not doing my job as a parent. I think this is part of the anxiety I deal with.

My job also causes me stress because my boss has now and always had a stay at home wife who could take care of everything for the kids. He does not understand too much when I have to leave for something with my kids. Very annoying. You are not alone.

Alison

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