Staying at home a choice??

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Registered: 04-29-2007
Staying at home a choice??
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Sun, 04-29-2007 - 6:46am

The author of this article thinks most mothers go to work because they want to, not because they have to.

"Most parents from two-parent families today do have a choice when it comes to parental care. They can try and talk themselves into believing they don't, but it really boils down to priorities."

http://backofthebook.ca/living/2007/03/part-time-ophanages-part-2-job-only.html

Does anyone (other than her) really believe this? I don't know of anyone among my friends who works who wouldn't rather be staying at home with their children. But they don't have the choice!

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Registered: 07-26-2006
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 10:44pm

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I wanted to add that I never said that.

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 10:46pm

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Registered: 07-26-2006
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 10:48pm

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Why?

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I didnt say that. So before you LOL to hard you might want to quote what I said and not add anythng to it.

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Registered: 07-26-2006
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 10:49pm
Since when did buying a mattress make someone snotty? Plasma tv yes...mattress no.
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Registered: 07-26-2006
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 10:49pm
Makes me sick.
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Registered: 11-22-2000
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 10:52pm

Yes, you did.

The issue was originally whether or not a used mattress was acceptable. You stated that for you, it was not. OK.

Then, when asked what if you couldn't afford a new one, you stated that you'd borrow from your parents and that anyone who couldn't afford to buy a mattress should not be living on their own.

So you didn't say the word "new" in the 2nd part...but since that was the issue, unless you specified otherwise, why should we have believed that you meant anything other than a new one?




Edited 5/13/2007 10:54 pm ET by lauren1063

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 10:54pm
Well the UC system runs around $29k a year all inclusive right now. Let's see, at 10% a year by time my almost 4 year olds go to college...Expensive!!!
If they decide they want to go to school say at my alma mater it is $45k a year at the moment. If they want to go to the other school that's heavily in our family it will run upwards of that now when including all costs.
So yes, I can see where folks get very high numbers!!!
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Registered: 07-26-2006
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 10:57pm
That was not within the thread where you called me snotty. That was on a different topic.
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Registered: 11-22-2000
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 11:00pm
Buying a mattress wasn't what was being called snotty and you know it. The judgment regarding who should or should not be living on their own, however, was.

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Registered: 03-21-2001
Sun, 05-13-2007 - 11:00pm

Me neither.

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