I think they are but often end up sacrificing themselves for the 'good' of their jobs and families. No-one ever asks a man how he combines family and work, but they always ask a woman because she is the one who holds the family together. Women run their homes and families, not men. That's just the truth of the matter. And so many women work now, as well, that they do double and triple duty to keep it all together.
I know I am guilty of spending next to no time alone. I am probably without my children 3 hours every month which my friends say is unhealthy but what am I supposed to do - leave them home alone?
Good babysitters are hard to come by and they cost a lot of money. But I know it's up to me to simply say to my husband that I need a morning off some weekend, so I can go to the store alone (which is such a treat) or to go to a coffee shop and read for an hour. But for some reason I don't do it. I'm afraid the house will be a mess when I get home, thus causing another hour of clean up for me so it's not even worth it!
But it's me who can't walk away and just take a breather. Men do it all the time, I don't know why I can't.
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I think they are but often end up sacrificing themselves for the 'good' of their jobs and families. No-one ever asks a man how he combines family and work, but they always ask a woman because she is the one who holds the family together. Women run their homes and families, not men. That's just the truth of the matter. And so many women work now, as well, that they do double and triple duty to keep it all together.
I know I am guilty of spending next to no time alone. I am probably without my children 3 hours every month which my friends say is unhealthy but what am I supposed to do - leave them home alone?
Good babysitters are hard to come by and they cost a lot of money. But I know it's up to me to simply say to my husband that I need a morning off some weekend, so I can go to the store alone (which is such a treat) or to go to a coffee shop and read for an hour. But for some reason I don't do it. I'm afraid the house will be a mess when I get home, thus causing another hour of clean up for me so it's not even worth it!
But it's me who can't walk away and just take a breather. Men do it all the time, I don't know why I can't.
March 2, 2008 - 3:20pmThis Comment
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