Traditional roles, Are they really....
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Traditional roles, Are they really....
| Tue, 09-21-2004 - 9:04am |
healthy for women or men? Let me just preface this by saying I have been living in a traditional role my entire married life. Dh brings home the paycheck and I raise the kids. This past weekend we came from a family gathering that involved all the women working and all of the men sitting and watching sports. Frankly, I am sick of it.I am completely wiped out after those things! I have four kids, two of which are 3 and 5 and need to be supervised, so I am working twice as hard! Just this morning dh told me not to buy anything without clearing it with him first....bleck! I am beginning to feel as if the kids get short changed when families are traditional. Dads don't interact with their kids as much as they should. Moms get to feel like a slave to their families. I am beginning to feel as if it is best for families if the mom at least works part time because then the dh can be more active in parenting and keeping up the household. This is sort of a vent but a debate as well. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts.~Lisa

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outside_the_box_mom
That is it. I have to stop reading this stuff. I need a serious helmet.
outide_the_box_mom
But you're way is not the only way.
SUS
"Yes, we're both going for full custody. The only reason he doesn't smoke around the kids is I'd kill him. When I'm not here, he thought nothing of smoking around them. Well, until I filed that is. Now he's Mr. Considerate. I'm betting the court will see his sudden concern for the kids breathing second hand smoke as the ruse it is.
It's really too bad it can't go the other way. The girls schedule would stay the same if he had custody and we'd both get to see them more but I don't trust that he won't go right back to smoking around the kids without me there to nag him out of the house." 14287.272.
I'd lend you a helmet but I'm gonna need one myself.
So, what do you think was disrespectful about my asking him not to smoke around me and the kids?
Edited 10/2/2004 10:23 am ET ET by grimalkinskeeper
My career change was brought up in an attempt to show I"m not a good role model for my girls and yes, I defended my position. If I show my girls that you have two 20 year careers, one in a technical field and the other returning what you've learned, I will have done well.
No this isn't after I got what I wanted. This is after I took all I"m going to take. There's a difference.
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