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how do i convince my husband
| Mon, 07-18-2005 - 4:09pm |
how do i convince my husband to let me at least job-share so i can take care of our 3 month old dd? he grew up with his mom working & all his friend's moms working. we can afford it if we cut back on some things, but he doesn't want to cut back & just doesn't understand someone wanting to be a stay at home mom...it doesn't help mycause that the grandmothers will babysit. i'm so unhappy about having to go back to work...he wants me to work full time 1 more year & just doesn't get it! i feel like my heart is being ripped from my chest every time i hink about it.

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You know, Mom and I were talking about parenting and teaching morals and responsibilities. I don't say this lightly but I think it was amazing DH was not a sociopath. Nothing was ever his fault--when he had a fit of rage and destroyed his room at his boarding school, the school pushed him too hard. His roommate was a PIA. He was never good enough for his mother either-there was always someone out there smarter and better. Constant pressure to suceed and no repercussions for mistakes.
I told Mom if I had killed someone she would give me the best lawyers the family could afford and she would pray for me and visit me but she would not work for my freedom or help me escape. DH's mother-totally different. She would have sent him to Europe like that other family did in NY. She would tell everyone it was the victim's fault because they got in front of the
&nbs
You're in charge (as I tell you what to do)
I am game. Pick a book and give us a date to complete the book. Then, you can start the discussion and we can have a book club. No Ann Rule!
&nbs
Did you
Mondo
We had no boys on our street...totally girls.
Whole different level of viciousness.
&nbs
<< I don't say this lightly but I think it was amazing DH was not a sociopath. >>
OMG. Everyone who knows DH's family says it's amazing, not so much that he's not a sociopath, but that he is such a normal, nice, relatively sane person. It really is amazing. I give a lot of credit to GMIL for that.
Many species of animals *eat* their young and leave those not their own or in any way undesireable to die. Whether we like it or not, children have not always been viewed as the precious gifts that they are viewed as in our culture/society/time. Again- I'm not suggesting it (wetnursing) was uncommon historically- (for the record, since no one can seem to find sources for wetnursing apart from recent human history, it's mentioned in both Biblical as well as pre-biblical writings- and yes- I do like to play 'devils advocate' now and then ;) Also, the use of non-human milk for human infants is even more of a modern twist. (Meaning that humans nursed other humans before they figured out that other animals might also be used- and "modern" speaking in relative terms as far as the species is concerned).
Wytchy
Let's look at that. What does our species do best?
Mondo
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