work or stay home? that is the question
I am a stay at home mom of 2 beautiful children.One is 3 and one will be 6 very soon and is in the first grade.for quite a long time i have been torn between staying at home or working and really don't know which way to turn.I sometimes feel that i am not contributing the way that i should and that feeling really gets to me, but at the same time my youngest only has to wait one more year before she is old enough to be accepted into the preschool program that is held in the same school building that my oldest child is in. i have been ridiculed people including certain in laws about my current decision to remain home a little longer. they can say a lot of not so nice things about me(ie:that i'm being lazy and being an unfit parent)neither of which are true because not only do i take care of everyone in my home but i'm teaching my 3 year old too.can someone please give me advice on what i should do?
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sorry but i have to disagree there. i don't but into their business and therefore they are not to but in to ours it's that simple.they too have been given money by us when they needed it and we never tried to put our 2 cents in their business.
one other thin i think that i need to clarify is that my guy and i are not married. we have a monogamous relationship and have had one for many years
i don't borrow money from her ,he does and it was usually for his nicotine habit which he is now quitting
and btw,i sense a pretty nasty tone to your replly,it is not his mom's business to tell me or him how to live . he is a full grown man and can make his own decisions and she is not my mommy.i already have one of thoes and she thinks that my staying home is far better than unintentionally putting my kids in a not so nice situation like putting them in the hands of a abusive or neglectful caregiver
"i don't borrow money from her ,he does and it was usually for his nicotine habit which he is now quitting"
I am guessing you mean cigarettes and/or chewing tobacco. If your man cannot afford a pack of smokes or a can of chew without borrowing money from his mom, I don't see how you can afford to NOT work.
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If your man cannot afford a pack of smokes or a can of chew without borrowing money from his mom, I don't see how you can afford to NOT work.
Yep.
If you are a sahm and technically unemployed and not married to the father of your children, how can you afford health insurance?
I know that there are many reason to get married or not, but for a sahp, marriage offers many distinct advantages.
my intent was not to tear you down.
Egd deserves an apology from you.
Kitty
The horrifying consequences of underaged
baking cannot be overstated.--me, because there's nothing you can't learn from teh
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Edited 9/12/2009 3:46 am ET by puss_boo_kay
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Kitty
"If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing."-- Kingsley Amis, British novelist, 1971 t .
"so knock off your nasty comments before i lose my class okay?!"
I think that ship has sailed.
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