kerowyn_16 ([info]kerowyn_16) wrote,
@ 2009-03-28 08:45:00
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Man, I feel a bit ambushed this morning. I showed up early for tax prep(I can never get the start time right for some reason) and the site manager decided now was a good time to talk with me about "what I'm doing with my life". Gah, seriously? She asked how I was finding tax prep, and I said it was great for volunteering but that I wouldn't want to do it professionally. Then she started asking me about my life goals, what I looking for in a job, what are my interests, let's find you a career... She acted worried and put off when I told her straight out that I wasn't looking for a job right now. Is it really so inconceivable that hubby and I are fine with one income and I can actually be happy without a career? And besides, what business is it of hers anyway? Bah - it's a sore point for me, I know, I just seem to run into that a lot, a conversation with someone new coming to an awkward halt because they can't quite grasp that I'm choosing not to work for money, that I'm not trying to "fix" the situation because it's not actually broken. That, or "Gee it must be nice to sit around and watch tv (or whatever) all day". Sigh. Okay, I feel better now.



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[info]sismith42
2009-03-28 05:11 pm UTC (link)
you need a new t-shirt: "I am feminist enough to accept that being a stay-at-home wife is a perfectly valid career choice" or similar ;-)

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[info]robini
2009-03-30 07:33 pm UTC (link)
Hmmm...

If the point of feminism is choice
Shouldn't you respect mine?

Or, if you're feeling more bitter

Yes. Go ahead and denigrate the work women have done for thousands of years
Otherwise, we'd have to get a man to do THAT for us, too. Wherever would we find one?

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[info]kerowyn_16
2009-04-01 06:37 am UTC (link)
Seriously! That first one would make a great t-shirt. At least I can be secure in the knowledge that Spam knows that I'm not just sitting around playing Fallout 3 while he's at work! (That was one of our pre-agreed conditions that meant I'd have to go back to work, anyway.)

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[info]kay_gmd
2009-03-31 03:35 pm UTC (link)
You could point them at "the Two Income Trap" it's a book about the problems of budgeting for 2 incomes.

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[info]kerowyn_16
2009-04-01 06:42 am UTC (link)
I haven't read that myself - it's on my library list now.

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