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In reply to the discussion: Can you really say that being a stay home Mother is a career? [View all]Bruce Wayne
(692 posts)83. Um, helloooo!! Is household cook or faithful family retainer a full time job?
Cause a mom is basically BOTH JOBS rolled into one... only she doesn't get paid for it and has to do it all in high heels, while wearing pearls and getting blitzed out on cooking sherry and Nembutal all afternoon! Mister, I call that a fucking job!
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I'm sure she had plenty of help, paid and otherwise, and never had to worry about
librechik
Apr 2012
#1
I'm sure she knows all about having plastic surgery, hiring nannies, telling the chef what to cook,
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#50
I did both. I stayed home for 10 years raising the 3 kids. Then I went into the workforce.
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#76
I would not consider it a working career either, but I like you know how damn tough it is. Unless
teddy51
Apr 2012
#3
That's precisely it. A stay-at-home mom provides experience for having another stay-at-home mom
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#39
How? For the same reason you don't have to jump from a 5-storey bldg to know it hurts
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#117
That's different because that's not a family relationship. And you're right...
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#131
Particularly NOT the Duggar woman, since she merely pops them out and her other kids care for them
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#46
If "stay-at-home mom" is a career, what about a "stay-at-home wife?" Is that a career if you take
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#57
It's the hardest job in the world, but it's not a career. I decided not to have kids because it's
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#12
Yes. Cleaning houses, though, doesn't require a resume, and caring for children requires a degree
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#37
College instructors have a degree, I suppose, and (one imagines) resume-worthy experience nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#54
Kinda like "wife" or "husband," which have duties you can't use on a resume. They're important,
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#43
No one is attacking stay-at-home mothers. I have LOTS of experience as a wife but is that resume-
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#40
It really wasn't a dumb statement. Republican shitheads know damned well what work is
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#99
If you consider familial duties a job, then every single thing in life is a job, no holds barred.nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#120
I didn't ignore the quote. She has never worked a job. Family tasks are not "work."
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#124
Obama is a gentle soul that often prefers to take the Gandhi way out of issues
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#132
The semantics games are what really, really, really anger me most of all. This is a great example
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#146
Of course it is. Just because you weren't paid for it doesn't make it any less a career choice
Cleita
Apr 2012
#19
So, if raising children is the most important thing women do, what about you and me?
REP
Apr 2012
#115
But I'm wondering... if "being a mom" is a career, is "being a husband" a career? Is "being a wife"
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#55
If your sister or cousin comes by and cooks, cleans and does child care for you, yes
Cleita
Apr 2012
#72
Being a mom, dad, sister, brother, cousin, aunt, uncle, grandma are not careers. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#118
Uh... hell no. I've taken care of my family members and haven't charged one penny. That's love
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#119
Unless you're home-schooling or having a clown-car full of kids, it's not a long term career.
PassingFair
Apr 2012
#68
i started working at 12. stopped at 33. stay at home is not a career. a career killer.
seabeyond
Apr 2012
#24
I do have to agree. I have lots of experience as a wife, but I can't put that on a resume.
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#41
She's a rich woman, she's a rich daughter, a rich wife, a rich granddaughter, a rich mom, a rich
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#45
I am a stay at home Dad. It is an honor, a sacrifice, an investment, and a luxury; but not a career.
MatthewStLouis
Apr 2012
#32
Doing anything for family is always an honor, a sacrifice, and pretty cool. I love being an aunt to
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#61
What's wrong with it? Nothing, but the discussion is not about that. lol nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2012
#44
I can't believe all the feminists on this board, suddenly don't think the work that
Cleita
Apr 2012
#74
Um, helloooo!! Is household cook or faithful family retainer a full time job?
Bruce Wayne
Apr 2012
#83
It was "Her Choice" in the time frame of the beliefs she grew up with as Mormon and
KoKo
Apr 2012
#94
There are millions of women who made the same choice - but didn't have the luxury of being rich
baldguy
Apr 2012
#96
I think it's a lot of work. A lot of jobs we have are not necessarily careers, but they are jobs
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2012
#103