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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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Hey, congrats on the new baby on the way!
And with two kids, I think this is what you will need:
http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?zp=92014&bd=6&typ=7&sid=62ad3096d66341d8bbe0575b3189943e&lid=1087208585&lsn=7&srcnt=8
Now, the house is gutted at the moment, but that shouldn't be a problem.
Yes.
The first house sold for double what they bought it for and the second one sold for triple what they bought it for.
Sorry, misunderstanding - I'm not pregnant again (although we WISH we could afford to be!). When we found out that I was pregnant with #1, we moved from a 1-bedroom to a 2-bedroom apartment. But since we plan on having more eventually, maybe we should just go ahead and move into that beauty of an estate.
Maybe I don't deserve children though. After all, who was it that said that raising my children in an apartment is neglectful? ;-)
Oops, sorry!
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