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To think I actually have SIX jobs?

161 replies

pavlovapippa · 16/03/2016 16:09

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!

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TaylorSwiftMakesMyShitItch · 16/03/2016 16:14

Isn't that just being a mum? Wink

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

pavlovapippa · 16/03/2016 16:16

Yes Taylor! The hardest but best job in the world

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SunshineOutdoors · 16/03/2016 16:18

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

ElsaAintAsColdAsMe · 16/03/2016 16:26

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

araiba · 16/03/2016 16:34

a job is something you are paid to do

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

Fratelli · 16/03/2016 16:36

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!

pavlovapippa · 16/03/2016 16:39

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

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frikadela01 · 16/03/2016 16:44

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.

PerpendicularVincent · 16/03/2016 16:46

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.

Fratelli · 16/03/2016 16:47

Yep I'm also with frikadela

UterusUterusGhali · 16/03/2016 16:48
Grin

Course you do, Pippa.

KatharinaRosalie · 16/03/2016 16:51

I run my own successful events company.

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

whattheseithakasmean · 16/03/2016 16:53

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.

pavlovapippa · 16/03/2016 17:01

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).

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TaylorSwiftMakesMyShitItch · 16/03/2016 17:01

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.

BabyDubsEverywhere · 16/03/2016 17:02

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.

BabyDubsEverywhere · 16/03/2016 17:04

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

TaylorSwiftMakesMyShitItch · 16/03/2016 17:04

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

pavlovapippa · 16/03/2016 17:06

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

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giantpurplepeopleeater · 16/03/2016 17:07

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

ElsaAintAsColdAsMe · 16/03/2016 17:09

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.

KatharinaRosalie · 16/03/2016 17:09

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

GooseberryRoolz · 16/03/2016 17:11

Wow, this degenerated quickly.

GooseberryRoolz · 16/03/2016 17:12

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

witsender · 16/03/2016 17:12

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.