Guilt

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Guilt
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Tue, 07-31-2007 - 10:20am

Why does the media portray working moms, always, as having guilt?


http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/family/07/30/hm.mommy.guilt/index.html


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Registered: 08-09-2007
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 8:56pm
I think it was a figure of speech she'd never heard. I said "you've got another thing comin'" and she thought it was a threat. I already changed it, because I guess I can see where someone could take it the wrong way.
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Registered: 01-15-2006
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 8:59pm
lol.....that reminds me of those real estate descriptions that read,"mrs clean lives here". i swear there was one home we looked at that had that description on the listing but the house didn't fit the description at all...blech.

 

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Registered: 08-09-2007
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 9:02pm

This actually made me think of something else I have been wondering. Why, when they've held their little darlings in their arms, cuddled them, and put them to sleep.... do men decide to abandon their babies and go to work? It's just something I can't understand in the slightest.

(Tongue planted firmly in cheek, just in case...)

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Registered: 04-27-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 9:09pm
I agee and I apologize for taking it as an insult AND threat!
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Registered: 01-12-2004
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 9:41pm

I'm with you. My toilets get cleaned at least twice a week. I am beginning to think "clean" must have different meanings to different people. I am also very sure that I never want to be employed as a cleaning lady, lol.

Robin

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Registered: 01-12-2004
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 9:44pm

In my home, we have 3 toilets and most of the year 2 people, 3 people during the summer. I still clean them twice a week.

Robin

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Registered: 04-27-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 9:45pm
Me neither!
iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2004
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 9:50pm

Your house is only vacuummed once every two weeks?

Robin

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Registered: 01-12-2004
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 10:02pm

We sold our home about a year ago. The housing market was, and still is a mess around here and houses in our neighborhood were sitting on the market for months. We listed our house and sold it to the second people who viewed it. Our agent said it was, in large part, because our home was spotless and showed very well. While looking for the condo we live in now, I was shocked at the condition of most of the homes we toured. I kept saying to myself, "If this is the condition that they are allowing potential buyers to see their home in, I don't even want to know what it looks like usually!" lol.

Robin

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Registered: 03-12-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Fri, 08-10-2007 - 10:23pm
It doesn't last long.

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