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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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oh no i"m the first to bow in appreciation of really well used sarcasm....it's the lazy kind I object to... doesn't matter who uses it . but I also object to someone thinking the use of the word chick is sarcasm... cuz....not so much .
Yes. We. Did.
it's subjective, really. if you like the person, it's good sarcasm, if you don't it's lazy sarcasm.
personally i consider your sarcasm lazy, as it's the same old same old
the one that was on Oprah? That guy? Who wrote the book about that thing?
yeah we have that.
- Jeane "Dear Abby" Phillips, in an interview with Lisa Leff.
Yes. We. Did.
<on both ends, no? >
I hate to sound 5 years old about it but you started it.
Kitty
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Kitty
"BTW, I hate Lifetime. Their movies will suck you in and all of a sudden you've watched 3 in a row, used every tissue in t
I said, "If you say so." It may be used where you are. Where I lived, in the US, the term was going out of use ten years ago, when I last worked there.
Whether it is commonly used or not, my main point was that it is not a "glorified secretary." A glorified secretary would be an "executive assistant," not a "girl Friday."
yeah well watcha gonna do...
Yes. We. Did.
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