"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: 08-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:03am

Are people really insulting those devastated by the fires?

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:07am

Doorman building?

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:09am
And of course in this case, while wildfires are a "natural" disaster, they lose a lot of that "natural" when they are set by arsonists--a situation which makes it doubly heinous to intimate that people who live in Southern California "had it coming" and would be stupid if they rebuilt.

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"I'm my own cats' Mom


Click on the Virginia Rescue Center and search for Roxey, VA5165

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"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

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Registered: 07-26-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:16am

Possibly.

I was watching endless HGTV in August and September while recovering from knee surgery and one of those shows, "My Home is Worth What?" was basically people trying to ascertain how (or if) their homes have appreciated, taking into consideration renovations they've made. Some in order to sell and move on, others to continue renovating or pull equity to start a business.

One episode actually had me YELLING at the TV set.

Okay, here's the scenario. Woman bought a 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo. Upper East Side. Doorman building. Bought it on 1992 (and it was, at some point owned by John F. Kennedy, Jr.). She paid something like $225K (!!!!!!!! I KNOW!!!!) for it and had done basically a complete remodel, even tho she'd done a lot of restoration of the original 1920s architectural features. I mean really, did we even NEED one of the show's appraisers to tell us, "well, gee whiz, yeah, you're condo has appreciated. Just a bit." :::eyeroll:::

I hope you're sitting down because GOSH! It DID!!! (duh) The woman was all stupid and shocked that it appraised at like $1.2M or something like that. I mean has she NEVER read a local paper in the classifieds? I'm not even FROM NYC and I knew she was sitting on an equity gold mine. Der. Ignorance like that--she should be forced to sign the whole thing over to someone who could appreciate it--you know...me!!! LOL

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Kitty

"I'm my own cats' Mom


Click on the Virginia Rescue Center and search for Roxey, VA5165

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Kitty

"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:20am

Do closed quarters (i.e., a daycare center) with other sick children on a nearly daily basis, for hours each day,

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:26am
You would have adjusted.
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:44am

Why wait?

Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man-The Big Lebowski 

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-26-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:56am
Lol, I have noticed precisely the same thing, but never said it out loud.
iVillage Member
Registered: 07-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 7:58am

We keep finding dessicated raccoon carcasses in the back yard.

Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man-The Big Lebowski 

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 8:10am
I had no idea they were even seeing each other.

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