so sick of hearing....

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Mon, 08-06-2007 - 1:34pm
hello everyone!! i just read the cnn article on how burnt out and guilty the working mom is...and how hard it is to incorparate "quality" time...and all i can say is WILL YOU COME OFF IT PLEASE!! i work-40 hours a week; sometimes 6 days a week to get all my hours...and i have 2 children-7 and 3...and you know what-every day during the school year, i walk my dd to school...i volunteer at my dds school-in her classroom and on field trips-i have the last 2 years and plan to do more of the same this coming year...i keep the house clean-do the dishes and laundry, go grocery shopping, etc. and you know what-neither of my kids feel slighted. we just took a week long vacation where we went to an amusement park and then to visit my sil for a few days...they have a lil shallow pool-and i go "swimming" with them often-usually before i go off to the adult world of work...we go on shopping trips with my mom and visit a cousin who has a huge pool and the adults play cards outside on the deck when the kids swim...we play games, we take walks, we go to parks...it just boggles my mind. yes i get tired-and yes there are days i wish i didnt have to go in to work...but then theres days that i cant wait until i go in-some women are meant to stay at home and theyre happy doing it...and some women are meant to work outside the home-i need that adult stimulation-i need my friends and my friends are all behind that deli counter with me...again i dont feel my kids are slighted in the least-my own mom was a stay at homer and she didnt volunteer at school and we never took the kinds of trips and outings my kids are lucky enough to have on a regular basis...i dont feel guilty when im at work-i dont think being a working mom hurts my kids...im getting sick and tired of hearing how unhappy working moms are, or how guilty i should feel cuz im not with my kids 24/7...maybe im the exception...or maybe the media focuses too much on the exceptions and a lot of working mommies feel like me...??? take care!!
joanne
maman2goons@yahoo.com

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 12:40pm

This post reminds me sild..

I had a surprise visit last Thursday morning from two of my former daycare kids..a brother and sister who were with me for almost 8 years. The boy is 12 and his sister is 10 and they started my daycare when he was 2 yrs old and she was 4 weeks. We sat at the counter talking about how things were when they came here. They would bring up certain things and we'd laugh. They asked me if I still did certain things because they remember it being so much fun. They actually said over and over again how much they loved it at my house and how much fun they had.

These kids were hardly traumatized and have very fond memories of daycare and the friends they made. I hardly see that as a bad thing.

Sue

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 12:57pm

What you said.


Me love you long time.

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

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 12:59pm

oh sure....the minute my back is turned it's all "lois lois lois"

humph.

 

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 1:04pm

that's okay. I guess I don't agree with everyone's choices for sah, but you're right it's their choice, LOL!

Carole

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 1:05pm
Not to mention a "lion husband" and a slayer

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

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 1:08pm
Whenver my sister lifts something heavy, she flexes her biceps and says in her best Russian accent "Strong like bull dyke!"

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

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 1:11pm
sometimes I"ll help Kelly with something or do something really strenuous and I always say "ooooh I get to dyke it up today yay!"

 

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 1:12pm

Oh yeah, Miss Playa? Like you're not conversatin' with other females?

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

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 1:13pm
aw they mean nuthin to me honey you know that....

 

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Thu, 08-23-2007 - 1:16pm
LOL
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