I was at my best friend's wedding on Saturday. we have known each other since we were 9. Her family is close to my family, we go way back, she asked me to be her matron of honour, all good.
For background, I am a SAHM to two little girls aged 4 and 2, and I used to have a "high-flying" job for a very well-known, trendy company and when most people hear what I used to do, they think, wow, how fab. As did I until I had children and realised that my fab, high-flying job was going to be very difficult (read nigh on impossible) for me to do with kids. NB I say "for me to do" because i know there are colleagues of mine who do the same job as me and have kids very successfully, but we all have our limitations, and I realised I was not going to be able to do both. I am now very happy, staying at home with my girls, doing craft and teaching them to cook and to swim etc. I am also just starting a new business, which is in its very early infancy, but which, fingers crossed, might take off.
So, cut to the wedding receoption. I was in a group of people chatting, when I heard the bride's uncle (who has known me since i was 9, too) asked the bride's mother, "so what does Greythorne do now?"
Her reply: "NOTHING" (almost shouted) followed by, looking at me: "and it's such a complete waste of her education! And when I think of how my generation fought for the liberation of women! It kills me."
I smiled and said nothing. But a little piece of me died inside when I hear women who cannot see a way to support other women's choices.
It has been preying on my mind ever since and my DH is bored with me rabbiting on about SAHMs and feminism being about choices etc.
So, tell me, AIBU to be hurt?