Staying at home a choice??
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Staying at home a choice??
| 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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lol
too too funny
My SIL's partner is one of the most formal, prissy women I've ever met. Hair always perfect (colored a gorgeous red even though she's been gray for decades), makeup always on, 98 tubes of lipstick anally arranged on her bathroom counter, always wears hose, rarely wears slacks, perfect little soaps and guest towels in the spare bathroom, and a beautiful Irish accent to boot. She so does not fit the lesbian stereotype. She's a doll.
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Dh isn't fast at anything. *I* can do that ... dh? Nope. 1/2 minimum. Of course the man folds his underwear into little tiny pacakages and makes the towels look like they came directly from the store.
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Many times there isn't. Mondays is scouts day. where one kid or the other is out of the house from 4:30 to 7:30, and allen and I are logistically squeezed to pick them up, drop them off and cook/eat dinner in there somewhere. Tuesdays is gymnastics and dinner out day. While I *could* squeeze in 1.5 hours of machine time and .5 hours of folding time if I had to, it would make for a long, nothing but work, miserable day.
After the kids' bedtime is RARELY used for chores/housework. Thats *our* time (reading, tv, movies, sex ...)
<<Maybe not throughly though as I have to say the same things over and over. A few scratches was not the point. Having a floor that is so scratched that is not nice looking anymore. >>
Must be since I haven't seen a post that stated so scratched that it is not nice looking anymore.
PumpkinAngel
I would say about 5 loads.
PumpkinAngel
I (or the boys) just hang swimsuits up and they don't mildew.
PumpkinAngel
Four to five hours?
PumpkinAngel
So how do you get 4-5 hours for someone else?
PumpkinAngel
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