To think I actually have SIX jobs?

[pavlovapippa]

Find it very amusing when someone asks me 'so what do you do?' as I could be here all day listing everything... events, characters, nanny, model, dance, recruit..... Sleep.... Do it all again Lol

I should just say "portfolio career" or carry around my CV with me everywhere when asked!

Isn't that just being a mum?

It amazes me how us parents multitask in a quite spectacular manner every day!

Yes Taylor! The hardest but best job in the world

I know! I'm watching Neighbours and mumsnetting at the same time.

Or you could say you're a jack of all trades master of none

a job is something you are paid to do

it seems like you don't have a job. you look after your kid.

Working parents do all that too. You don't need to justify yourself for being a sahm. I would be one if I could afford it!

Well just for clarification before you start jumping to conclusions, I do in fact have a job. I run my own successful events company.

To be fair your OP does read like those facebook posts where so called "yummy mummys" list all the things they do on a daily basis as a means to justify why they don't work. Disclaimer - I would love to be a sahm if I could afford so this isnt a dig.

I'm with frikadela on this, it does sound like one of those FB posts.

I'd imagine most parents do similar things, whether they work or not.

Yep I'm also with frikadela

Course you do, Pippa.

I run my own successful events company.

So when someone asks, why don't you just tell them that?

Why do you have to carry round your CV? I think most adults know what parents do, since the majority of us do have children. And I doubt the childfree care.

Yes Katharina I could, but it entails so much more than just events and I also do a lot outside of the events world (such as the aforementioned modelling and nannying).

I had three weeks off after having my daughter and was back to running my business. Never had the luxury of being a sahm.

Working parents, sahm's, part time working parents, step-parents - we can empathise with each other without it becoming a competition.

I thought you did kids parties, is that what qualifies for 'events', in which case I will add event planning to my list of mom jobs... which every parent performs in one way or another, whether working or not.

you are a model and a nanny and have an 'event business'... okay.

Or...god forbid...have a light-hearted conversation about it?

As I've said time and time again, we started out primarily specialising in childrens parties but have since broadened our horizons.

Frikadela - its certainly got the stealth boast required for a facebook post

I daresay anyone who spends more than 5 minutes in your company will know everything you do whether they ask you or not, if your posts on MN are anything to go by.

Someone asking what do you do is not necessarily interested in hearing about everything you do. Just the main activity is fine, honest.

Wow, this degenerated quickly.

Oh it's YOU pippa. Where's ginagiraffe today?

Pmsl. You realise that is justvpokite conversation? And that no-one really cares or is that interested? Especially if you take the somewhat self-satisfied tone that you do on here. There are a huge number of hugely successful people on Mumsnet, but none quite as braggy tbh.