[grammymoon]

I'm 54 yrs old, a child of the 60's and I NEVER bought it.
Although family circumstances made it necessary for us to have an additional income, I would never allow my job to be more important than the family I was working for.
I always had an income, but I worked it out. I worked 10-4, 4 days a week when they were school age (5 daughters) so that I was also able to be a good wife and mother, make terrific meals, be involved with their activities and friends, make our house a home and BE THERE!
My more liberated friends have had much more stress, pressure, guilt and general constant juggeling of their lives. Like spinning your wheels.
When the kids were grown, my husband and I started our own business and I still keep the same hours. .
I chose to marry and raise children, that was and is my primary job.

[WIladyconservative]

I chose to marry and raise children, that was and is my primary job.

Well said! Me, too. I once had a mom from my son's school ask me *Do you stay at home or do you DO something?* My husband restrained me from decking her . . .

[tiki]

Me too. I kept saying I'd get a job when the kids went to school, got out of grade school, jr hi, high school, and one thing or another I never did get a job. I do the all the financial side of our business and I still do a lot of physical work on it too but I was there to raise my kids and it shows in their lives.