"I just don't want to work"

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Registered: 09-13-2007
"I just don't want to work"
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Tue, 10-09-2007 - 10:06pm

Hi all... I'm new to the board and I am curious.


I am in my mid twenties, unmarried, no children. I work in an extremely competitive field with many other women my age. Many of us are making six figures and the job is very stressful. We all have a great work ethic, but sometimes when the stress gets really bad, I'll often hear the girls (never the guys) saying things like "Arrgghh... I'm so sick of work. I just want to marry a rich man, have kids, stay home and NOT WORK."....... I was raised by two working parents (two very loving, caring hardworking parents). My mother was very successful in her career, and I feel that when I get married, I will (like my mom) continue to work and raise children at the same time (my mom was definitely "super mom" ---she did it all and was great!)...... My main question: many of the women in my work stay in the position for about 5-7 years and then leave.....the funny thing is...

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:11pm
But then I guess the question turns into, what are the kids eating? Food with strong nutritional value, or cheap *filler* foods that are full of nitrates and such?

Dj


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Dj

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:15pm
Lol, I'm guessing she means cheddar cheese as opposed to *created* American cheese or velveeta type stuff-typically what is in lunchables...

Dj


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Dj

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Registered: 11-08-2006
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:16pm

We eat some meat at just about every meal.

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Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:24pm
Neither do I.

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:25pm

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Ducky

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Registered: 10-31-2005
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:27pm


No, actually this sounds like real food to me, and tasty as well. My big gripe is anything that takes out the wheat germ and bran and calls it "wheat," adds high fructose corn syrup and other unpronounceables, sprays on a shot of vitamins to replace the natural ones that were subtracted through the processing, slaps it in a colorful and environmentally unattractive package, and pushes it on the uneducated consumer as "food." Personally I am fairly careful about animal products because of added hormones and their living conditions, but I suspect that even so the meat potatoes diet is far better than one built around processed "foods."


Sadly DS has stopped eating vegetables other than sweet potatoes and a few other steamed veggies like peas, but imo that just makes it more important that the food he eats offers him good nutrition. And generally that means I bake the food myself, which is a little more time-consuming but still inexpensive.

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Registered: 12-07-2003
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:27pm

Tell her to check this out:

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Registered: 10-31-2005
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:31pm


I guess it's a matter of what's preferable. Cheerios and granola are better than most of the "kid's cereals,"

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Registered: 08-14-2007
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:31pm
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 10-31-2007 - 4:33pm
well ok but you'll never convince me they're better than the holy grail of cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, which I've been known toe at right out of the box, or at times crumbled in my ice cream.... ;-)

 

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