"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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i mentioned green and red.
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<One of my immigrant foremothers ended up a single mom around 1900. The only work she could get was as a live-in maid and she could not bring her kid. So, she placed him in a temporary orphanage for several years until she found a job where she could bring him. In those days these orphanages were fairly common and also sometimes used by people who could not afford heating fuel in the winter, for example. I would say daycare as we know it is a vast improvement. >
It is kind of interesting you mention this and I completely agree.
I have to admit, I started watching SNL just after Chevy Chase left. I just remember Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd and the whole "point-counterpoint" routine.
The weird thing is that even 5 years afterwards, it still felt like his ghost was roaming the streets. People were still almost looking over their shoulders with the sense of "can we really do this?"/"Is he really dead?", especially in Catalonia.
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