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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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I remember the broom on the ceiling trick, lol.
PumpkinAngel
I had a apt like that in the northend of Boston (5th floor walkup because the elevator didn't work), but it was an Italian restaurant, of course.
I also shared an apt with 2 others in NYC that was about 400sf, which is about the size of my family room now. It also had 12ft ceilings, so we built a loft sleeping area to increase the size. It was unusual and spacious enough for us at the time.
<your attitude is that my opinion is not worthy b/c it's not the same as yours. >
nope.
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Huh?
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