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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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-12-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:32am
That sounds about right. Probably taking viagra too.
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Registered: 04-27-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:32am
Not going there.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:33am

I know I joke around but honestly now would you judge me b/c I don't vacuum every day or clean under the beds or care if my tv is free of dust? Woudl you think less of me as a person based on my house? truly? That is what I find hard to swallow...you want to keep an immaculate house knock yourself off -- it wouldn't alter my view of you as a person just b/c you clean differently than I do. Would you really gossip and judge someone if their house wasn't "as clean" as yours?

who I am has so little to do with wheter my completely cheapo non granite countertops are clean...what I stand for and what I'm like to hang out with has absolutely nothing to do with whether my coffee table is dusty. I have a warm loving happy comfortabl home I take pride in b/c it's MY home bought with MY money and no one else's but I'm not about to waste the precious wonderful free time I have with liza and Kelly by spending too much time cleanning more than what I feel we need to.

if you knew me IRL would you think me less funny, less warm, less smart, less a good mom simply b/c I have a little dust in my house?

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 04-27-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:33am
Have you not read the posts in the last 2 days?
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Registered: 11-22-2000
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:34am
...without success.

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Registered: 04-27-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:34am
You can't find 5 minutes a day to do that?
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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:35am

"I don't clean like I did when I was a kid or even when I first got married."

me neither -- I used to think it was REALLy important and I'd spend a whole day cleaning. I know better now...it's not important at all...however this glorious day and a picnic with friends and Kelly and our long morning hangnig out on the couch drinking coffee and talking is...

 

Yes. We. Did.

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Registered: 03-12-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:36am

I am wondering about the sizes of homes as it relates to the question of cleaning. I have a 2800 square foot home. I have a lot more to do to keep it clean than someone with say a 1400 square foot home.

Quite honestly, you seem to spend plenty of time on the computer too, so accusing others of neglecting other things in lieu of spending time on the computer seems rather hypocritical.

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Registered: 03-12-2005
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:37am
When will you get quality time with the kids? It seems like cleaning is taking a precedence here.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: peteynjoeysmom
Sat, 08-11-2007 - 10:38am
how boring life would be if we only sought out people exactly the same as us.... I have good friends who are right wing Christians, I have good friends who are republican, I have many many good friends who are wealthy married people, I have good friends who are transient actors -- I am none of these things... they make my life richer and I hope I make theirs richer by celebrating and even debating our differences. If I only hung out with other liberal, democract, single, gay moms my life would be realllly dull.

 

Yes. We. Did.

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