Having a slight wobble.
I have an interview for a job I really want this afternoon.
It means taking a big pay cut, at least to start with, and putting ds2 in ft childcare. Dh will have to do the teatime and probably bedtime bits of the day without me. Ds1 and dd will have to go to a cm early in the morning and after school.
I currently childmind. I work an average of 44 hours a week, sometimes 55, plus time for admin/paperwork and training. I have loved it but I want my life back. I want to have a career, with progression, and do grown up things. I want my house to be a home for us all instead of a workplace. I want my dc to not have to share all their belongings and space and come second to all the other children. I want to enjoy my time with my children instead of being all chlildcare-d out.
But it means I won't be there when they come home. I won't be here looking after ds2. I won't be able to be as flexible about taking them places in the holidays or coming to assemblies.
In my head I know I'm making the right choice for me, but am I being selfish? Will my family resent me for it eventually?
I've been at home for the last six years, and childminding for the last five. Big changes. Aibu?
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To give up my £££, fits round the dc job to work full time out of the house for much less money?
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AudreyParker · 01/05/2013 10:57
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