On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:11:29 +0100, Katie Law wrote:
>And as for the term *full time mother* - do you think I am not? Do I
>stop being a mother when I arrive at the surgery? If I am called by the
>school, or one of the children, do I say "I can offer you an appointment
>at 10 o'clock tomorrow", or "I'll put it on my list of things to do" ?
Why do they call *you* Katie? Do they also call your husband?
I work full time in practice with my husband, so I do appreciate that sorting out child care is easier for us then for most people. We have organised our surgery hours so that we can cope with only one of us at the surgery if an emergency crops up - eg. ill child has to be fetched home from school. But, yes, they do have to wait till the end of surgery - the first one to finish sugery will pick them up.
Husband does the food shopping, most of the cooking, and most of the ironing ... ahhh bliss.
We pay someone to do the housework. (I haven't touched a vaccum cleaner for years)
Spending time with my children is important. Waiting on them hand and foot is not an option.
Staying at home sometimes seems like a soft option, but I know the reality would drive me mad. I think I am a better mother because I am happy and contented (mostly) with what I do.
My mother *wanted* to be a full time house parent - but in reality domestic chores drove her crazy (almost literally) and we were all much happier when she was working outside the home :-)
Ruth
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