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In reply to the discussion: Can you really say that being a stay home Mother is a career? [View all]Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)As to how it's different to be a full-time mom, from being a full-time dad, a full-time grandmother, a full-time grandfather, a full-time caretaking aunt, taking care of nieces, a full-time whatever, I'm not sure, but I call all of those family relations, and they all entail family love, and family roles, and doing stuff for family that people have done through the ages.
My parents are kinda getting older and take huge times out of my life for them. As they get older, I'll begin to take even more time out of my life for them. Why? Because I love them and they're family. However, I won't be able to use their care on my resume.
When I was married (all the times that I was married), I took care of buying the stuff we needed for the house, of doing most of the cooking, and so on. Can't add that to my resume.
When I was a kid, my grandma and grandpa took me home with them on weekends. My grandma made me foods that were my favorites, spent hours talking to me, taught me to play dominoes with her, and my grandpa told me how things worked in the world. They couldn't add that stuff to their resumes.
A few weekends ago I took one of my nieces to the movies. Can't use that on my resume either.
Just can't add "I love my family like people do, and therefore I did the normal things for them" to our resumes.