Will my child remember that I was a SAHM
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| Wed, 06-06-2007 - 7:47pm |
It struck me today that she might not.
I was sure I was doing the best thing for my children by staying home with them (two daughters-3 years old, and 4 months old). As I was talking to a dear aunt of mine (whose daughter is a working mother, since her infant was 12 weeks old), I felt my defensive bristles go up.
She went on and on about how "If she could do it all over again....she wouldn't have stayed home....." Then she told me a story in which her ds said to her, "mom, did you stay at home with us, or did you drop us off at daycare?" She almost died when he asked her that, because she stayed at home with her ds and dd until he entered kindergarten. Granted, many kindergartners haven't formed lasting memories by that age yet...but still. It got me thinking; is this ALL WORTH IT?
She was using it in her argument against staying at home. I have a Masters Degree in Counseling that I am not using. My career lies dormant at this time. We don't have cable, newspaper service, vacations, frills of any kind, new cars, etc. because of our money situation. We are middle-class and have sacrificed SO MUCH...only for me to hear from my aunt that..."her daughter needs to work to maintain their lifestyle." Yeah, driving a Volvo, she probably does....
I just need to hear from some of you who frequent this board and have solid opinions one way or the other on this topic.
Andrea







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Of course it carries no weight, but it is at least interesting.
PumpkinAngel
That's how it was when we used it.
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That I do not know.
PumpkinAngel
So why have laws against such "unimportant" crimes? Simply b/c there are "more important" things for the cops to be focusing on means they should ignore things that are against the law?
Should we stop prosecuting all "petty" crimes and only focus on things like rape and murder? Where do you draw the line and why is it that *you* can determine which laws are most important?
Why do you feel that it is up to you to judge which crimes are important and which are not?
I can't imagine being jealous of not being invited to commit or watch criminal activities.
PumpkinAngel
Oh my.
PumpkinAngel
Most, not all of these woman can not afford a $300 bag so to them, this is a better solution.
I never said it was up to me but there are crimes that are just less than others. I would not put knockoff bag selling up there with murder. Like I said in another post, I would rather see the cops stopping the speeders on my street so innocent children do not get killed than them busting so and so's party. If there was a priority, the speeders should be the first to get busted, not the pocketbooks.
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