so sick of hearing....

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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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Registered: 11-08-2006
Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:06pm

i'd say that if you only have $5 left at the end of a week -- and three kids at home, that's so very close to not being able to afford being at home....

Carole

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:07pm
Yes, but I don't actually know what it means to have a BS in dietetics. I wish you would explain. I take it from your answer that the degree does not make you a nurse. In that case what sort of work would someone with a BS in dietetics typically do?
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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:08pm
So you found a flexible PT job and good for you. You are still a WOH though. You need not work 80 hours a week to earn that status.
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Registered: 11-08-2006
Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:08pm

so part of why you sah is because you couldn't afford dc for three/four kids??? why didn't you just SAY that like 200 posts ago?

many of have built up enough seniority that we CAN afford to work AND pay for dc/nannies.

Carole

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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:08pm




Edited 1/25/2008 6:22 pm ET by branramb
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Wed, 08-22-2007 - 5:09pm

It's not a matter of how *I* look at the situation.

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