A good argument for staying home

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Registered: 10-06-2007
A good argument for staying home
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Sat, 10-06-2007 - 1:58pm

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Registered: 07-18-2007
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:16am

I'd almost feel sorry for her if I thought her tale of woe had any basis in reality. As troll performances go, this one is bravura.

Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man-The Big Lebowski 

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:16am

LOLOLOLOL....oh, I so agree.


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:23am
or "Mephista"! Rhymes with fashionista.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:26am
when Liza was about 2 or 3 we took her to Chuck E Cheese with a friend and her son.

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 12-06-2004
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:27am

Exactly,

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:33am

How fortunate for you!LOL


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:33am

I really think that most parents who are not crack-addicted prostitutes or something do have their children's best interests at heart. It may be wrong of me, but I tend to take it for granted that parents consider their kids and the welfare of their kids when they make life decisions of all kinds, not just about SAH vs WOH.

The main point here is that kids, barring anything really unusual in terms of needs or circumstances, will be just fine whether their mothers SAH or WOH. As you in fact describe, the decision to SAH is about all kinds of things, dh's schedule, frequent moves etc that are not strictly speaking directly about the kid's welfare. Since you are a concerned and committed mother, I am sure that in the event you had to work you would make sure that your kids were ok then too. In your case, an argument could be made that the decision to SAH has mostly to do with the fact that you and your dh decided for him to pursue a job with heavy time demands and heavy travel.

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Registered: 12-06-2004
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:37am
But CEC on a weekend is a prime place to pick up hot guys.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:37am
Very cool, you lucked out there. With dd it was McDonald's. I tried to take her there once, when she was about 4 or 5, because she was hungry and there wasn't much else around. We walked in, she took one whiff of the place and refused to set foot there again for about ten years because of the smell. Sometimes the hypersensitivity can work FOR you, lol.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 10-16-2007 - 8:42am

"The last time I took Nik and her friend there, I couldn't get over all the hot single dads who were hanging out with their kids because it was their weekend"


 

Yes. We. Did.

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