How do you think people with a family juggle their lives best?
March 30th 2008 05:43
I've had a busy day, Andrew is up at the farm and I've been preparing for dinner to-night, he'll be here soon, but I'm just about ready. It's no good starting to cook until he arrives. I'm doing a nice stir fry, followed by chocolate meringue pie, which took me ages to do, but it's finished and we'll have it with ice cream, I also cooked a few meals to do me through the week but as I have said, on previous occasions, I really do not know how mothers with families cope if they have a full time job, but so many do.
It must be really exhausting to cope with the daily hassles of work, where one can't truly be yourself and then come home to a crying baby or hungry children or fractious teenagers.
I just could not imagine myself being able to cope with any of those situations at all and their weekends must be awful.
There's the cooking, the cleaning, the washing and ironing, the visiting of parents etc and children's activities and to leave a small baby for others to look after must be heartbreaking.
Of course, not being of a domestic nature, I think staying at home could be quite trying and very boring after a while, and there seems to be no escaping that awful fatigue that many mothers experience.
I just wonder what your circumstances are and if this is not a problem for you, is it for any other people that you know of.
And of course, many staying at home would find they do not have much money to finance interesting activities and no real communication often with the working world.
At this stage I can only speculate what it would be like for me, being short of money is NOT something I would ever expect to experience, in fact I think I would be quite comfortable.
But do let me know how you feel about these things and what parts of your life you've had to compromise with to satisfy another. I know many don't care any more whether they have children or not, but I think the majority of people want them.
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We all muddle through it, some perhaps are better at it than others, but with humor and patience we can all survive the journey Krystal. But that chocolate pie with ice cream will help smooth out the rough spots, especially if in gratitude, other family members clean up the kitchen.
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I'd love to have you and your husband over to dinner one night,Tracy, I'm sure you'll be understanding if you find that I'm not very efficient in the home. Bring Fergal, we'll find somewhere to put him out of cat's harm.
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I think you must have been through a lot and now have ungrateful children if I can read between the lines, that's not uncommon now, I believe, but it is a worry. You sound like a tower of strength, that must be good for a wife, Raven.
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