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  • another beautiful day... make lunches, argue about tooth brushing, see DH off to work, put lots of socks and assorted other laundry in the wash, step on a few Legos, and read the news where people do exciting things and change the world. i know being a mom is important and my "work" is valuable and very difficult, but is what you thought your life would be ??!!

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    06.17.08, 06:19 AM [ Flag ]
    • I'm a SAHM and no it's not what I imagined at all but I like it (most of the time)

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      06.17.08, 06:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • I love my family and I know all the PC platatudes we always hear, but I am so depressed some days... I do a lot of "what could I have been" monologues in my head...

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        06.17.08, 06:21 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        • I used to love my job and had been in quite a senior position but I got fed up with it for various reasons. I would much rather be at home and I dread the day I have to get another job. I'm really not sure what I would do.

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          06.17.08, 06:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • I'll switch with you in a heartbeat.

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      06.17.08, 06:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • why is that ? what is your day ?

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        06.17.08, 06:21 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        • Get up, make breakfast, shower, get #1 dressed, take him to school, go to work, work shitty job, pick #1 and #2 up from babysitter on some days (other days they are already home), go home, make dinner/have dinner, read with them if they are not in bed (depends on night), do house work, talk to wife/watch tv, go to bed.

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          06.17.08, 06:31 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • i understand your point but it doesn't help you to think about it like that. it is all a state of mind. and it can be a very temporary time when your kids are young. enjoy every second of the mundane because it will be over in a flash. oh and by the way, most people are not changing the world. you very well may be by raising your kids!

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      06.17.08, 06:23 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      • Thank you... One DS is a guy who has a rough time making friends, accepting hard issues that kids his age shouldn't even ponder (he is wacky smart) and I feel that mothering him and guiding him is a real job and one I love and does really matter... then I look at -oh - Christian Amanpour and think, "shit, I wanted to do that"...

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        06.17.08, 06:25 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • i'm a little bit the opposite. i always knew i wanted to stay home but i didn't think i'd be good at it and i was surprisingly good about it. (now i'm back at work and missing sahm-hood). but it was a huge adjustment...i had to re-evaluate my idea of success.

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      06.17.08, 06:30 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    • I'm a WAHM and was just thinking about that this morning. I can't seem to find the time to have a life of my own.

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      06.17.08, 06:44 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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