Work Sucks, Put On An Apron

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  @S-R-H · 2 years ago

  I was a stay-at-home mom with three kids all under the age of 10 when I got divorced. I left with nothing. He still owes back child support, and my youngest is now 23 years old. I started college immediately because my lawyer told me that if I depended on child support to make it, I would never make it. I hated hearing that, but that bit of advice saved me! I got my nursing degree 3-1/2 years after my divorce was final. Even with the better job, I had sole custody, and working 12-hour shifts with three kids is hard. When my youngest was getting ready to graduate from high school, I applied to law school and was accepted. At age 49, I became a licensed attorney.

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  @iluvpinkandgold · 2 years ago

  If not having children means you don't have a stake in the country ..... I shouldn't have to pay taxes.

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  @roxanebarbey1394 · 2 years ago

  Politicians implying that you need to be a parent to care about the future generations and fully ignoring childless teachers in public schools... Ha. I want to see them spend one day in our shoes.

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  @auntiemame7076 · 2 years ago

  I remember a study a while back that showed women negotiated lower work hours and flexibility and were dinged by their employers. Meanwhile men didn’t ask permission, they just left early when they needed and were praised as being good dads for leaving early to pick up their kids. Women are so screwed STILL by this system.

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  @elizabethmatchefts8509 · 2 years ago

  I grew up in a conservative Christian home. I heard and believed things from my Dad like &quot;Women aren&apos;t good leaders. They&apos;re too emotional and don&apos;t speak with a natural authority like a man.&quot; <br><br>Now, I am a young leader at a Technology company who is respected and competent in the workplace.

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  @jennaburns7229 · 2 years ago

  The thing is… not everyone should be a parent and society doesn’t talk about that enough. Being aware of oneself to the extent that one can acknowledge they are not equipped to forego their personal needs and shift the priority to a tiny being should be CELEBRATED and not criticized.

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  @daisy_elle_ · 2 years ago

  I&apos;d literally never agree to depend on a man with no income of my own. I&apos;ve seen so many bad cases in my life of that happening

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  @cosmicpolitan · 2 years ago (edited)

  Vance’s statement that childfree people have no stake in the future reveals more about him than us childfree people. Although I’m not a mother, I do PLENTY of mothering, from my neighbors kids, to my godchildren, to my nieces and nephews, not to mention the mentoring I do at work. I love them all and I deeply care about community and my extended human family. I want everyone’s families to be healthy and happy and to thrive. And yes I would happily pay extra taxes to make that happen.<br><br>In contrast, people like Vance only care about his immediate family, not other people’s welfare. You don’t matter to him.

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  @PatriciaJoy · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m a nanny and have no kids but it sure feels like I&apos;ve raised 6 children after all these years of nannying

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  @elinat2414 · 2 years ago

  To me its a terrifying notion to imagine a life where my financial security depends on whether my husband a) stays healthy and able to earn money b) finds me sexy, loveable and worthwhile. <br><br>In the modern economy, crossing your fingers and hoping the above works out is NOT a financial plan. <br><br>Im not saying women have to all become corporate girlbosses in order to be secure. But unless you are already independently wealthy, having a means to support yourself is a must. <br><br>Its all well and good to he a pretty 25 year old mum of little children. But i want to check back in with these tradwives at 55, when the kids are independent, and they are completely economicly helpless, as they approach their more vulnerable older years with a man as their only safety net.

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  @GrumpyPallasCat8015 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This tradwife trend is so weird to me. I&apos;m in my thirties and never have I met a girl who wanted to be a SAHM. None of my classmates did and it wasn&apos;t a big or anything deal for anyone. It was just implied and accepted that we were all in school to later get a job and have a career. Never heard a boy or man say otherwise either. And while I&apos;m glad that the work of SAHM is being discussed and truly valued for the first time since I remember, it&apos;s worrisome that young women can&apos;t seem to grasp WHY we were primed to seek a career in the first place: because our mothers and grandmothers lived that and didn&apos;t want that life for us. Because we heard stories of women in our lives who suffered abuse and couldn&apos;t get out because they had no resources. Because financial dependence is a very dangerous thing in this world - that always seemed common sense to me.<br><br>And I was born and raised in a working class environment. None of the women I knew were SAHMs, that was just never a reality for the vast majority of women. They all worked, they all earned a LOT less than their husbands, and all their money was spent on the household. and the family.<br><br>And lastly: I find it infuriating that for all the whining of these tradlife cosplayers about how they&apos;re so attacked by the feminists, it is the feminists and progressive movements that are fighting to make domestic and care work recognized and protected under the law.

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  @LJournals · 2 years ago

  When I was much younger, my mother told me that a good woman should both excel at her job and take good care of her husband and children. I replied, &quot;That sounds like a lot of work. Now I&apos;m happily childless and live with a beautiful cat.

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