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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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Then that is their choice, never said it wasn't.
IME (and not just in my area), when you
I guess I phrased that wrong.
Please explain. Why, IYE, does one buy up, especially without more disposable income? I admit I bought up 8 years ago because we wanted more space when we added kid #3 (we didn't need more space, we had a 3br 1500sqft home on .5 acre of land). The purchase resulted in higher taxes, higher utilities, more day-to-day commuting expenses, lawn and landscaping expenses, and pool expense, though we had a really healthy downpayment that kept our mortgage payments essentially the same. The people who bought our home had 4 children, the 3000sqft home we bought was owned by a childless couple - go figure.
Yep, most definitely, if my downpayment was only my perceived equity in my home to sell. If I can't sell, then my downpayment doesn't exist.
What about Tiparillos? Can the dog smoke them? ;)
(Yes, dammit, I *am* old enough to remember the old TV commercial, "Cigars? Cigarettes? Tiparillos?")
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This discussion is interesting to me b/c so many people think they need more space when in reality, they really just need less stuff.
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