Wrong dss, though #1 has indicated it would have been nice. Dss#2 is 15 years younger than me and yes, if I had gone to school right away I would have graduated in time to make a difference in his life. Dss#1 would have been in high school when I graduated if I'd gone right away. A move out of the city when he was 15 would have been a good thing so I could have benefitted him as well. As things are, dss#2 was about 18 when things changed for the better for us (after paying off debts incurred getting through college).
Then you must not have a very important job, becuase we don't get snow days when the GOVERNMENT shuts down, and I'm about as far down the food chain as you can get. They freaking send LIMOS for us if the snow is bad enough that we don't want to drive in it and they put us up at the JW Marriott (or any of the other rather swanky, but within walking distance to work hotels in the DC area that may have rooms available).
the last time our facility closed was 9/11 and that was because the Secret Service demanded it (we work a block from the White House and they put a 2 block perimeter around it after the attacks. Once the SS permitted us to open up for business again, we did--DESPITE the fact that the office that send us our work is in NYC and was still closed for another week longer. We sat there, that Thursday and Friday after the attacks, with literally NO WORK (cuz even Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae offices were still closed).
If your company and your position were so high powered, and important as you've been claiming and if maternity leave issues were SUCH an issue, surely you wouldn't get snow days on days where the snow is so light even the schools are still opened.
I remember no school an entire January due to snow in one place we lived. I thought then that would be an OK job to have, not having to get out in the bad weather.
Reading your responses in this thread makes me wonder if you are really a ten-year-old posing as an adult wohm just to get some kicks. Can your ability to conceptualize get any more limited? Why don't you just say "whatever you say is like glue; it bounces of off me and sticks to you". It might sound more profound.
It might not be a limited intellect that inhibits your ability to conceptualize that some people have different values than you (unless you are only ten - that could explain it); it's may be a limited character and your need to feel superior (probably stemming from an inferiority complex) by telling yourself "Oh, they just can't handle what *I* can do!" I've heard many women state on this board that it is easier to woh for a variety of reasons (beyond monetary). I've read statements from women who have done both fulltime at one point or another that they are both easy.
It might not be either a limited intellect or inferiority complex or a ten-year-old imposter.
Really - why I think you just don't want to get this idea of different values is, as you have admitted on this board, if what you wore showed how appreciated you felt, you'd wear a burlap sack (or something along those lines). I am sorry you feel so unappreciated - I guess others of us are very fortunate to have appreciative husbands, friends, children, and families. So to vindicate your hard work, you put down others that you may perceive have it better than you.
My opinion is woh ft is probably harder for most parents (especially if you are in the kind of job that makes more money and is more demanding) - does that make someone a better parent if they do what may be more difficult if all financial needs (retirement, college, nice neighborhood) and wants (activities, vacations) are met? Why?
It's not an insult--you spent the better part of two threads last month convincing us all you were a crappy, irresponsible parent to your stepsons. don't blame her for being stupid enough to believe that nonsense.
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the last time our facility closed was 9/11 and that was because the Secret Service demanded it (we work a block from the White House and they put a 2 block perimeter around it after the attacks. Once the SS permitted us to open up for business again, we did--DESPITE the fact that the office that send us our work is in NYC and was still closed for another week longer. We sat there, that Thursday and Friday after the attacks, with literally NO WORK (cuz even Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae offices were still closed).
If your company and your position were so high powered, and important as you've been claiming and if maternity leave issues were SUCH an issue, surely you wouldn't get snow days on days where the snow is so light even the schools are still opened.
Karen
"A pocketknife is like a melody;sharp in some places,
You're still trying to figure it out, I see. That's OK; I didn't really expect you to be able to explain it.
It might not be a limited intellect that inhibits your ability to conceptualize that some people have different values than you (unless you are only ten - that could explain it); it's may be a limited character and your need to feel superior (probably stemming from an inferiority complex) by telling yourself "Oh, they just can't handle what *I* can do!" I've heard many women state on this board that it is easier to woh for a variety of reasons (beyond monetary). I've read statements from women who have done both fulltime at one point or another that they are both easy.
It might not be either a limited intellect or inferiority complex or a ten-year-old imposter.
Really - why I think you just don't want to get this idea of different values is, as you have admitted on this board, if what you wore showed how appreciated you felt, you'd wear a burlap sack (or something along those lines). I am sorry you feel so unappreciated - I guess others of us are very fortunate to have appreciative husbands, friends, children, and families. So to vindicate your hard work, you put down others that you may perceive have it better than you.
My opinion is woh ft is probably harder for most parents (especially if you are in the kind of job that makes more money and is more demanding) - does that make someone a better parent if they do what may be more difficult if all financial needs (retirement, college, nice neighborhood) and wants (activities, vacations) are met? Why?
I never knew anyone could fit so many social generalizations into one space. Bravo.
Karen
"A pocketknife is like a melody;sharp in some places,
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