"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: 11-22-2000
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 8:52am
Thank you.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 8:52am
Her life is a heckuva lot harder than yours.

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 8:57am
True.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 9:01am
I was thinking of you yesterday - how goes it with your insulin pump situation?

 

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Registered: 07-29-2004
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 9:02am

"...and then one day I bit her back. I must have learned that from her...;-)"

I find it amazing that a mom admitted to BITING her child, yet I'm the one that's attacked for feeding my child something you don't approve of.

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Registered: 12-07-2003
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 9:06am
Wow! That's a lot. There's no way Samantha (15 mo.) eats that much. She's really, really tiny though.

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Registered: 03-12-2005
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 9:06am
I must have missed it, where did she attack you?
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 9:07am

I haven't said anything about what you feed your child -- I'm the one who admitted a love for cinnamon toast crunch and and almost religious devotion to ice cream -- I have absolutely no nutritional ground to stand on when it comes to what we feed our kids LOL.


And I should mention that my child was seven when all this happened -- not one, not three, SEVEN and when a 4 1/2 foot seven year old bites you so hard it leaves teeth marks and bruises all over your arms it's no picnic believe me.

 

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Registered: 07-18-2007
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 9:10am
Armour.com also has some wonderful tips for emergency preparedness, which include laying in a big supply of canned meat products.

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Registered: 07-29-2004
Thu, 11-01-2007 - 9:17am
$.50/peice. Thought we'd give a try. We'd never had them before. I agree w/ PP though that the cheese was crappy cheap stuff that we never eat. It looked real, and it wasn't exactly a Kraft Single.

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