>Jean said,
>I'd be much happier having to stay home all day cooking, gardening,
>dozing and breastfeeding than working in a crummy mill or dark
>factory all day, coming home exhausted to my kids at dinnertime.
> I doubt I'm speaking only for myself though I do know that many women
>of today won't admit they feel the same.
"Dozing"? Hmmm. I presume that's in the half hour between breastfeeding
sessions, when someone else is cleaning, doing the laundry, taking care
of the plumber, preparing the meals, changing diapers and bathing the
baby, paying the bills, doing the gardening, changing the kitty litter,
grocery
shopping, spending time with a husband, etc? Dozing? I don't remember
even having a full night's sleep, much less a nap, until I was divorced, and
my children's father took them both overnight. Actually, I'd rather have
had the
children than the sleep...
NOW I have naps - but the children are 22 and 25. :)
On the other hand, the factories must have been hell. And I
think much work is still hell - where "The Boss" largely controls
our lives in too many ways, from how much sleep we get to
where we can afford to live and when we can vacation, etc.
We put our work schedule into our calendars first, and the
rest of our lives have to be squished in around that.
Julienne
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