lovingpet
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ORIGINAL: lovingpet Acccckkkkk!!!!! Just raising a kid??? Just homemaker things??? It takes no brains, skill, energy, or effort or something? sighs I must be doing it all wrong. And nope, I'm not going to buy that being a chemical engineer is more important or difficult than raising a child or making a dish taste just right or getting that damned spot out of the rug...again! I hate that discounted vibe I get when I say that I stay home and raise my kids. I hate it even more since some of those oh so easy "homemaker things" are extremely difficult for me with my health. It makes such a person feel like a useless, simpleminded twit. And it is hilarious how many working people do so on the backs of those of us that stay at home. My post was by no stretch of the imagination intended to imply that you or anyone else are somehow worthless because you are a homemaker. I was responding to a previous post made by LadyAngelika in which I compared her friend, who stays at home and is apparently bored, and my friend, who, despite going through the motions of college and career, has always wanted to be a housewife and is significantly more content just doing that and nothing else, the point being, she could have never gone to college and gotten a degree in Biochemistry and been just as happy. That's it! Man, it doesn't seem I can do anything right today! LOL That was a generalize response and not directed at you. My apologies. My frustration lies with this strange idea people have that staying at home and doing the domestic side of things is so much easier than having a job. It just isn't so. It is a mistake men in my life have made too to think that only their day could be exaughsting, frustrating, etc. I am so thankful for my psych degree every time I have to outmanuever my kids or work out a deal with the neighbors for a much needed outing over the weekend. I am quite content with being the one that stays home, but I do appreciate simple recognition that what I do matters. Back to the original point of the post, I also see no reason not to be properly taken care of, including the occasional want or silly, frivolous thing. I also should hope that I will be taken care of now and in the future just as I have cared for my family day in and day out. If I am expected to keep the house, then I can expect the house to keep me. lovingpet
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If you put your head into more, you'd have to put your back into less. ~Me 10 Fluffy pts.
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