Is a line a heard today at a birthday party for my eldest (5). Most of the mums don’t work or work part time and were waxing lyrically how selfish it is for mums of more than 1 to be working FT. Lines such as ‘you only get the time once’ ‘you miss so much’ ‘ a career can wait’ ‘mums like that are a bit selfish, especially with more than one’
i pointed out I work FT out of necessity, but it’s probably more priorities (we have relatively high expenses). Mums got a bit sheepish then.
is this a commonly held belief; I honestly felt so judged.
i can’t work out if it was actual pure judgement for working mums or maybe justifying a choice/ decision not to work professionally speaking?
i don’t know I’d never go around judging a mum for not working or going part time. You do you. Is this a commonly held belief?
deep down do you think it’s selfish of mums of young kids to work, esp when you don’t ’have to’?