I didn't really give anything up to stay home with my kids. I had only been out of college for 3 years when I had N. I had 1 job in Dallas in my "field" of TV, and then in North Carolina I was a special events planner. I really loved it, but it wasn't a passion or anything. That's why I think I have a complex about "just" being a mom. I didn't really contribute much before I stopped working, so it wasn't a noble sacrifice on my part like it is for a lot of women. Anyway--last week when S. was here, she was talking about being a stay home mom is the only job with "delayed gratification" because you don't get any thanks out of it 'til the kids are grown!
It seems to me that this is the only job where there is not built in "attaboys." No raises, no yearly performance reviews, no promotions, no medals, etc. Not even very many thank yous. . .I think that is why I love this song!
(By the way, as I type this, I have just stopped J. who was in the toilet with his toy hammer and is now climbing on the computer tower to steal the digital camera. R. is in my bed systematically throwing all the pillows on the floor and N. is begging to use the computer or be served breakfast!)
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I love it! (And as I type this, my boys were fighting over the geo tracks while Joe is annoyingly singing songs from "Little Einsteins over and over and now Vin is screaming from the bathroom that he needs me to wipe his butt! Thank God, one of them is sleeping right now!)
Thanks again for the song today...I needed it!
D. always tells me he would love to be a stay-at-home dad and run a household. And I always tell him he'd last a month. Not that he can't do it, but it's not as much fun as he thinks it is. Food would be an issue: if there isn't ham and cheese in the fridge, he doesn't know what to eat. I always say I married him too early--not enough time learning to fend for himself!
My neighbor has a 3-yr-old daughter and works full-time as a PA. She says she chooses to work because she knows it's easier than being a stay-at-home mom. I agree.
I agree with E. I've done both. I was a stay-at-home mom for 5 years before I went back to work. It was the hardest job I've ever had.
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