Working mums... and dads too (maybe)

do u sometimes feel like just quitting and staying at home?

sometimes i wonder why on earth am i working. It’s not as if im money hungry.. neither the hubs and i are.

Sometimes, it just becomes all too much to handle.. well only when the bubba is unwell and u have important meetings to attend. Its just gets all a bit too much and I think, why dont i just go home and give the bubba a hug.

She’s not deprived of any.. really. She aint. So this aint about a mothers love for a child… more about what makes u want to still work.. and not just give up.

Note: and no i dont believe mothers who are at home have given up work.. not for a second :slight_smile: thats a very tough job, too

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bubba (ur son/daugh... ) ..???:) i its baby say it baby ...where ths bubba ..comes from :D

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because you think about things like "what if I become a widow", who will earn the money for my family then? You want a back up plan intact, so you have to work, just in case- because catastorphe can hit any family anytime, any day- it only takes a car accidnet, a cancer, a freak accident or disease.

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^ 'decent_Felow', it's spelled F E L L O W, where did you get 'Felow'?

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thts the special kinda fellow ... termed as FELOW ... :)

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Actually when i hav registered ths nick i was in university ... where (we)students r termed as fellows like (Phd felow ' Ms felow .. or bachelors felow ) ... as i hav heard ths word alot ....so i go for ths nice n familar word with alittle bit of variation as decent felow .. thts the story bhind my nick ..:

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No I do not feel like quiting. I feel the need to go out and do something. I cannot sit idle.

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Sometimes i feel like doing that and I am not even a mom!

So you think stay-at-home parents are sitting at home idle? :ASA:

:bummer:
No , but since my wife is stay at home mom and she likes to take care of everything at home , I would be sitting idle , if I do not go to work. :

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*I was a stay-at-home mom for 5 years and have been a working mom for the past year. Even though, love my job, I always feel like quitting and staying at home again. Leaving the children behind every morning is really tough. *

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I'm not a mom yet, but I have contemplated this A LOT as well. If you and your hubs really don't care/need the extra money and you want to stay home with your kids, why not just go for it?

I would love to be able to stay at home when I eventually have kids, but I know in my situation it will never be possible sigh.

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It's only natural to stay with the kids..... ;)

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I do sometimes I feel like slapping everyone at work and quitting but I don't.

Then I got home and I feel slapping everyone at home and quitting but I don't

sigh

Hehehe. This gave me a good laugh, but sometimes it's totally the truth!

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LOL njgal.

I don't think I can ever not work without going into depression. Unless I am travelling for a couple months.

or a divorce..

its only natural to want to give them the best too

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I was miserable when I decided to quit my job for housework and hubby.

The main reason for quitting was because of newborn kids, however, I think if I did not have to worry about house work and baby hubz, then I sure would have been able to handle 2 kids and job just FINE!

Depends on what the "best" is, a good education, living in a safe and decent neighborhood in a good home, these things do matter, and parents should want to give their children that...and strive for what's in their means...

it's when you define wha the "best" is that goes from being a normal parental need to being merely materialistic.