Moaning mn career mums.Yes you...

[Jenna2012]

Been reading various threads on mn with interest for several weeks now.why do u ladies feel do pessimistic about ur work life balance and compete with the ' oh poor me title'. If you want a better quality of life, surely u can downsize and have less financial Responsibilty and then look after ur dc yourself instead of paying others to look after them. I just don't get why you have kids unless you wanna love And look them yourself. This doesnt apply to single parents.is the financial gain worth it?

What if one's goal and desire is to be the under-forty all-in lady mud wrestling champion of the world?

Worral

I take it you just have the one child then Jenna?

Why is it a mother's role to care for the children rather than a father's?
Surely a parent is a parent is a parent?

For ur information. The state doesn't pay me anything apart from child benefit.

What if the woman has the greater earning potential?

How odd . A poster that is perfectly able to spell 'facilitator' but not 'your' .

Curious . I would respectfully suggest that with that attitude , one of the things you will be teaching your daughter , is mistaken superiority .

And I don't feel the need to justify my lifestyle to anyone . Let alone you .

Jenna - downsizing is not that easy. Firstly you have to sell your own house - very difficult in the current economic climate, and may well have to drop the price in order to sell. Then, if you manage to sell, and find somewhere to buy that isn't in a chain (so your sale doesn't fall through when another part falla apart - more likely in this economic climate), you still have to pay stamp duty, solicitors fees, estate agents fees and removals - all of which can add up to well over £10,000, depending on the size and value of the properties you are selling and buying.

The downsizing you so glibly advise is not a free exercise - it has substantial costs attached.

Evening all

"I just dont get why you have kids unless you wanna love and look after them yourself"

Yes because working renders you completely unable to love your child!

Kids are boring anyway op. Tell me, why would you want to stay at home with them? Especially when you can go to work and earn lots of money to buy gin and pay someone else to look after the little buggers.

And what about those pesky part-time career women?

Evening Olivia, you career mum you....

Aha...

Han solo.. Come on , r u saying makes and a female have Similair roles?? that's feminism gone too far. If for reasons of health my Dp couldn't work then he could take over, but until then I will continue. '

Ah shucks, I really did think that you were my SIL.

So why can single parents work but those with partners not? I note you say DP, so you're clearly not that traditional sweetheart are you?

Evening Olivia, how are you? Plenty of popcorn if you fancy it.....

For YOUR information, Jenna, you are making statements about UR situation and UR values and views.

Not mine.

Got it? It's not exactly hard.

Sounds like the argument the evangelical homeschoolers come out with.....

Hi Olivia! :)

that olivia one is everywhere these days. cant they find her something to do up there in MNtowers?

Plomino,I'm typing this in on my iPhone. Mistakes may occur.

My make and I have similar roles. Neglecting our children is an equal opportunities matter, we are both good at it.