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| Mon, 03-03-2008 - 11:08am |
My son is six months old, and I have been back to work full time for four weeks.
I became upset over the weekend when two people (who are very close to me) made comments such as: "it seems like it would be so much easier to drop your kids off at daycare and work full time than to stay home", and even worse, "it's clearly easier to work and have someone else raise your kids than stay home". Both were stated by mothers who have never been in the position of working full-time with children. I disagree thoroughly with both comments (my life is certainly NOT easier now that I'm back to work!)
So... without stiring up the hornet's nest that is the "mommy war"... I am curious, how can I respond to statements like this? Should I respond, or just let it go? How long does it take to get over hearing hurtful things like this?
Any thoughts are appreciated!

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:You are right. And I believe the same poster has said her dh & her rarely go out together, without kids, because of not having family nearby to have babysit and due to the cost of paying for a babysitter. Now, she can rely on"
This???
I'm active in a service-oriented church as well and have some family in the city, I still don't know 30 people who have nothing planned on a daily basis that could pop over and
PumpkinAngel
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I never said that. I said that out of those 30, I can almost certainly find ONE person who is willing and able to help at any given time if I was in a crisis. And a few of those are close enough to me that they would take the day off from work to help if things were that desperate.
here's what I'm not getting... have ou watched that Bravo Show the Real Housewives of New York City?
Yes. We. Did.
Um, no.
PumpkinAngel
I would hope so!
We aren't talking a crisis though.
PumpkinAngel
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