Then and Now Fluff

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Then and Now Fluff
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Sun, 12-14-2014 - 9:59am

The Remember When thread has me thinking about myself when I first came to iVillage and how much things have changed since then.  Anybody else want to play?

I came to iVillage in the summer of 2000.  I was 36 and working as HR Manager for an internationally-owned manufacturing company  I was divorced with a 6 1/2-yr-old disabled son, and my ex had committed suicide a few months before.  This was actually the event that led me to iVillage in the first place.  I was one of those "Have to work" moms and was told by several when I first came here that I had no place in this debate because I had no choice.  

Now, I'm 51 and my son is 21.  For the past tnot-quite-ten years I've worked as the business manager for a small architecture firm.  Eight years ago, I also absorbed the marketing coordinator's position.  The job(s) and the company have been overwhelmingly stressful at times but have changed greatly over the past few years, due to economic/market and ownership changes.  I am now in a very comfortable position within the company.  I also no longer really have to work.  My son is now in a position to offer to take care of things if I want to quit and take some time to figure out what I want to do.  That offer has led me to the realization that despite the stress, long hours (which really isn't an issue anymore anyway) and frustration, I am already doing what I want to do.  I'll be sticking around there.  


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Registered: 05-31-2011
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 4:34pm

:(

So sorry, Molly.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-1999
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 4:35pm

You forgot: lololololololololololol

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-1999
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 4:37pm

UPDATE: I still don't have a PM from Ginger.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-22-2013
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 4:50pm

Tried to send it to you and it kicks it back.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-22-2013
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 4:57pm

:)

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Registered: 10-06-2010
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 4:57pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p>Tried to send it to you and it kicks it back.</p>

So post it here. Queen said that was okay.

"I don’t mind a banshee, that’s fine. 2 banshees? I HATE you. I actually wish bad things upon you." -- Day[9] Daily #459 P1

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Registered: 12-22-2013
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 4:59pm

:)

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-1999
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 5:07pm

Like I said--your "posts" to me are like a student sending a deliberately corrupted file to a prof trying to buy more time. I've said you can post it here and you won't. Why is that? Afraid you'll look like the idiot you are?

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 5:09pm

blackandwhitemolly wrote:
<p>Tried to send it to you and it kicks it back.</p>

I just sent her a test pm, works fine.   Laughing

PumpkinAngel

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-1999
Tue, 12-16-2014 - 5:26pm

She's got nothing...

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