tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post6210953437442713882..comments2023-10-04T23:39:38.874+11:00Comments on posie blogs: social commentary Sunday . . . 'did you ever discuss who was going to raise your children??'posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-24769377560516819392011-07-04T19:29:46.443+10:002011-07-04T19:29:46.443+10:00Oh lovely lovely lovely and I'm so glad you ha...Oh lovely lovely lovely and I'm so glad you had easy peasy babies to raise - you surely do deserve it given all that moving and lack of husband to come home each night to help our or just whinge too. From the get go, hubby and i knew I'd be the stay-at-home mumma. We are opposed Childcare, but i respect those that choose to use it. We don't have any family close by either, so it&#Brenda @ 13 Acreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936530633161291153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-62004552759672070702011-07-04T18:36:29.207+10:002011-07-04T18:36:29.207+10:00Interesting topic....
My exhusband was also milit...Interesting topic....<br /><br />My exhusband was also military & they ruled our lives - he was too scared to ask for anything or look at changing his work. SO it was just assumed that I would stay home/work parttime - never discussed ever. And this was despite his military salary not being enough for us to survive on when he was also paying child support.<br /><br />From a financial point Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-20769785966809192252011-07-04T16:57:07.254+10:002011-07-04T16:57:07.254+10:00Yes, really.Yes, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-86260056476491768832011-07-04T16:15:00.487+10:002011-07-04T16:15:00.487+10:00Oh i was really unsure about this topic, thanks fo...Oh i was really unsure about this topic, thanks for the great insight into your lives & ideas. FYI i'm now allowed to watch Current Affair shows as i yell at the television.<br />No, not offended at all when the mummy at school said "invested in husband's career" as it's true really, he's the one providing for our future. Label me whatever you want, i know who &posie blogs Jennie McClellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422068499429667636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-90669332746746628212011-07-04T15:57:58.498+10:002011-07-04T15:57:58.498+10:00We had the chat before having kids, kinda. Not a l...We had the chat before having kids, kinda. Not a long one as we both agreed but I think he would have agreed with me had I wanted to go straight back to work anyway. I worked my butt off getting qualified and well positioned in my career (scientist) before having kids and in all honesty I've probably killed it by staying home and I think that probably prompts me every now and again I stop Mary-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313342691245886399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-1984314492646809282011-07-04T13:48:27.988+10:002011-07-04T13:48:27.988+10:00the subject never came up in our house, it was jus...the subject never came up in our house, it was just assumed that the more patient one would and for the first time in 12 years, three children and two degrees later I made the decision that I have had enough of juggling motherhood, and a professional career - and am officially unemployed ( aka SAHM) and LOVING it!!! Unfortunately made the move at the start of school holidays so haven't had treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632328350124047520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-59685514247120298012011-07-04T11:01:25.697+10:002011-07-04T11:01:25.697+10:00Very interesting subject and I do have a great dea...Very interesting subject and I do have a great deal of admiration for you to "hold the home fort" so to speak, as I don't know how I would cope with a hubby away for extended periods of time. We never had that discussion. Though I worked when we were first married, I never really enjoyed it or found it fulfilling. I could never decide on a career and I felt I was lacking in Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123593037593548003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-32362095975649495512011-07-04T10:54:23.342+10:002011-07-04T10:54:23.342+10:00We always said that we'd prefer one of us to s...We always said that we'd prefer one of us to stay home, which we couldn't do intially. Our son was nearly 3 by the time I stopped working and by then he'd been in daycare part time for 2 years. I do think that benefits their development tho.<br /><br />Question for you - were you offended when the lady at school said you were 'invested in husband's career'? <br /><br />IAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02512695703223497990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-48259824564661362332011-07-04T02:32:14.892+10:002011-07-04T02:32:14.892+10:00This is a great post! I love this commentary and t...This is a great post! I love this commentary and the observation how "lifestyles are made-up" is the kicker for me. Isn't it funny how people begin to compare themselves to others even if they are happy in their choices??<br />Why do we do THAT??!?! What works for one person doesn't always work for another, after all...<br /><br />I also like the quotes from the movie - I haven&The Creative Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650011991825745500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-85976164508652095332011-07-04T01:53:42.571+10:002011-07-04T01:53:42.571+10:00I always wanted to be a Mommy, I always joked I wa...I always wanted to be a Mommy, I always joked I wanted to pop them out like Rolo's, that was crazy talking.....I can hardly handle my three from the ages 6-16 I'm going through many stages right now. Yet I never feel like I sacrificed anything, thats what lunch out with the girls and cocktails is for every once in a while. I always wonder how much the career woman who didn't stay homepolkadotpeticoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14642636842463149894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-67256175771286584022011-07-03T23:48:51.643+10:002011-07-03T23:48:51.643+10:00What an interesting discussion point Posie. With u...What an interesting discussion point Posie. With us, hubby knew from the very outset he had a gal who wanted to be a Mama on his hands. He was happy with that... and still is! Although I do have to return to work for 2 days per week, I am still very much the one raising the boys. I like it that way, it is what I have always wanted. If I didn't NEED to go back to work, I wouldn't... and I All For Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151973819133926868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-9264783379299987512011-07-03T22:27:48.659+10:002011-07-03T22:27:48.659+10:00i've never had children, but i can relate to t...i've never had children, but i can relate to the happily-staying-home, enjoying-my-own-company these days since the corporation i worked for was sold. my 4-legged kids and i have wonderful days here together. i did the career. did very well. now am happy to be someone less stressed. <br /><br />God bless you and your beautiful kids!TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510099344729038541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-8078218160954910562011-07-03T21:56:37.796+10:002011-07-03T21:56:37.796+10:00I love a plan that evolves..fluid enough to encomp...I love a plan that evolves..fluid enough to encompass the events of life that just happen! Your cowboy curtain is wonderful.Naturally Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999271127735997770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-67589420698498955782011-07-03T21:33:02.627+10:002011-07-03T21:33:02.627+10:00Hi Posie
I stayed home with three children until 5...Hi Posie<br />I stayed home with three children until 5 years ago. They are all in their 20's now, the last only just! I like to think that they appreciated having me attend all the sportsdays, help supervise school camps, etc that I did along the way. I know that they ALL still ring Mum for advice or to have a moan when they feel sick (2 are interstate and the other is 3 hrs away). I did allAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360715750788737820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-51984567834343946802011-07-03T20:36:55.274+10:002011-07-03T20:36:55.274+10:00:) what a great post! My husband has joked that he...:) what a great post! My husband has joked that he wants me to go to work and he be a stay at home dad when we have kids, but with the career he has chosen it probably wont work that way. We will be moving around too but fortunately he wont be going away. I am really looking forward to being at home with some bubbas one day, I feel like it'll be less stressful most days then the job I do. <brLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357037310265771808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161774480140198164.post-25318259535917386632011-07-03T20:18:34.844+10:002011-07-03T20:18:34.844+10:00I've been considering this myself lately. I&#...I've been considering this myself lately. I'd been teaching for eight years when I stopped for maternity leave. We moved, so I didn't have a job to move right back into. Now I'm considering a regular job again and am torn - a few hours a day, so I'm available after school hours would great. But then in ten or so years, the kids will be grown, and I'll be 50. With no Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860019145284279541noreply@blogger.com