If you hadn't had kids...
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If you hadn't had kids...
| Thu, 05-20-2004 - 10:34pm |
And your dh made enough $$ to support both of you comfortably, do you think you would be working?
| Thu, 05-20-2004 - 10:34pm |
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No, i have never stated any such thing. It takes both of our salaries to keep our household running. However, that also leaves quite a bit left over for personal pursuits.
LOL.
eileen
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Because some people actually ENJOY those tasks. I love being a mother. I love influencing my children, raising them, playing with them, etc. But I did NOT enjoy changing diapers or sitting for hours in the same spot while ds looked at a toe.
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That is not caring for an infant. That is reading and researching.
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Ummm, you can get that parent-child interaction while WOH.
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PNJ didn't say she didn't enjoy the company of her children. She said she needed a respite from childcaring. Can you not see the difference?
Hollie
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Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
yes, you can be a bit narrow-minded when discussing the reasons why a mom might go back to work, LOL.
Suffice it to say that for many, we can work and STILL enjoy motherhood. Going back to work says NOTHING at all about how much enjoyment one gets out of parenting.
And while you pay lip service to "several possibilities as to why a mother would change her mind about her working status after a child arrives", i have absolutely no doubt that you can't even begin to comprehend, let alone entertain, what those reasons might be.
eileen
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eileen
it's certainly not for a lack of people explaining it ad nauseum over the last 1+ year....and it's certainly not a difficult concept.
eileen
You keep mentioning all these things that you do to volunteer yet insist that you do not volunteer. It does not matter if it does not feel like voluntering to you. That is exactly what it is.
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