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Fri Aug-13-10 07:39 AM
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| 7. Tho tough, don't you find it wonderful to "be your own boss" at home? |
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I've been both a stay at home mom and a working mom and the nice thing about being home is that you get to arrange your work schedule more flexibly and you have more conrol of your environment. At work, you have a boss, often an inflexible one (or worse...I once had a boss with untreated bipolar disorder and after a few years I couldn't stand it anymore).
Of course, if your kids are very little, then you really are more at the mercy of their schedules. But as they get older and go off to school you have more time. I also liked the fact that if I didn't , say, mop the kitchen floor on Monday, no one was around to complain to me...
Having said all that, I consider being a parent the most important job in the world...it certainly was the most important job I ever had!
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| -When roles reverse: The rise of the stay-at-home husband |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 07:25 AM |
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I'm on year 4 of "stay at home" dad status and loving it....... |
piratefish08 |
Aug-13-10 07:28 AM |
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good for you. a couple things in the article. saying excluded in mother out situations. |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 07:31 AM |
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Tho tough, don't you find it wonderful to "be your own boss" at home? |
CTyankee |
Aug-13-10 07:39 AM |
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there is that. |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 08:10 AM |
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The American workplace can be brutal, particularly to parents of a growing |
CTyankee |
Aug-13-10 10:52 AM |
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that is what i see |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 11:12 AM |
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That happened in the job I had the bipolar boss. Another one of her employees |
CTyankee |
Aug-13-10 12:09 PM |
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lol, well, he ended up quitting three or more jobs since and she is still working there |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 12:15 PM |
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I hear you. |
Twinguard |
Aug-13-10 07:51 PM |
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excellent |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 08:11 PM |
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Good -- |
uncommon |
Aug-13-10 07:28 AM |
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yup. i have two brothers raising their kids. one is the nurturer. one is the provider. |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 07:32 AM |
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Exactly - all women and all men are not carbon copies of one another - |
uncommon |
Aug-13-10 07:49 AM |
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+1 |
shireen |
Aug-13-10 05:36 PM |
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We've gone the stay-at-home dad route too |
latebloomer |
Aug-13-10 07:39 AM |
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thank you for this post. |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 07:49 AM |
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Yes, he does do a fair amount at home |
latebloomer |
Aug-13-10 08:03 AM |
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that is what the studies show. |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 08:08 AM |
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it works for us in "most" ways - but is not always easy. |
piratefish08 |
Aug-13-10 08:24 AM |
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IMO, it really shows that families need an adult in the home in |
hedgehog |
Aug-13-10 07:39 AM |
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i was so opposed to being a stay at home all my life until i had the first. |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 07:46 AM |
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Here in my working-class neighborhood in Kearney, NE our neighbor has been a SAHD |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-13-10 07:48 AM |
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My nephew and his wife taught me "SAHD" |
zipplewrath |
Aug-13-10 07:59 AM |
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The reality is they BOTH work their butts off, and everyone should just STFU |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 08:06 AM |
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From her blog |
zipplewrath |
Aug-13-10 08:50 AM |
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i think that gives alpha a bad name |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 09:01 AM |
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I've wondered that too |
zipplewrath |
Aug-13-10 10:33 AM |
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ya. |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 11:16 AM |
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I've talked about this topic on DU before, as I am a SAHD and have been |
Fuzz |
Aug-13-10 08:51 AM |
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lol, right there with you on all you say |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 09:06 AM |
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Imagine if you *were* a deranged lumberjack SAHD. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Aug-13-10 10:57 AM |
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Imagine if you *were* a deranged lumberjack |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 11:17 AM |
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So more men are babysitting their kids |
tammywammy |
Aug-13-10 09:30 AM |
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oh no you didn't |
LostinVA |
Aug-13-10 09:32 AM |
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Hope that was a joke. |
Fuzz |
Aug-13-10 09:34 AM |
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well, that could be the offensive way to approach, unless snarky because it was in article. |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 09:35 AM |
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It was snark |
tammywammy |
Aug-13-10 10:04 AM |
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thumbsup. thanks tamywammy.... |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 10:30 AM |
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"he gave up work entirely" |
fishwax |
Aug-13-10 10:39 AM |
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+1. lol. those are the little "trips" in life we just cant think much of |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 11:19 AM |
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It wouldn't bug me to be a stay at home dad/husband. |
proteus_lives |
Aug-13-10 10:55 AM |
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John Lennon influenced even when he stayed home for five years |
Cetacea |
Aug-13-10 11:00 AM |
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There will be a lot more stay-at-home husbands when marriage equality spreads across the nation. |
qb |
Aug-13-10 11:42 AM |
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true that, lol |
seabeyond |
Aug-13-10 12:05 PM |
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i hope so, and for moms too. |
shireen |
Aug-13-10 05:46 PM |
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Kids need parents.. If one parent (either sex) can stay with them until they start school it's a win |
SoCalDem |
Aug-13-10 06:13 PM |
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I think it's awesome. |
Withywindle |
Aug-13-10 10:09 PM |
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that is a terrific story |
seabeyond |
Aug-14-10 12:00 AM |
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Thanks! It is, isn't it. |
Withywindle |
Aug-14-10 01:14 AM |
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+1. nt |
seabeyond |
Aug-14-10 11:32 AM |
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no honey it isn't "almost like bragging," it's desperation and smells like it |
pitohui |
Aug-14-10 01:40 AM |
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wow.... |
krabigirl |
Aug-14-10 01:44 AM |
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Wow, I guess we should all be ashamed for having a penis. |
U4ikLefty |
Aug-14-10 03:04 AM |
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you missed a big point here. not about penis. it is about kids.... |
seabeyond |
Aug-14-10 11:35 AM |
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WTF??? See your own post #55 |
U4ikLefty |
Aug-14-10 08:56 PM |
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ya.... her whole post is a rant against any parent, be it male or female that has the audacity |
seabeyond |
Aug-14-10 09:05 PM |
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Oh please stop making excuses for sexist behavior. |
U4ikLefty |
Aug-14-10 09:14 PM |
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are you fuckin for real? not often i meet up with a poster that works so hard to battle |
seabeyond |
Aug-15-10 08:01 AM |
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flush the toilet with your post. obviously, on this subject you are clueless, and that is fine |
seabeyond |
Aug-14-10 11:34 AM |
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Whatever works. |
Forkboy |
Aug-14-10 02:50 AM |
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In a just world, the occurrence of the two choices in heterosexual couples would be symmetrical. |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Aug-14-10 09:10 PM |
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