[ SECRET POST #2395 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2395 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[The Most Popular Girls in School]


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03.
[Welcome to Night Vale]


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04.
[Gerard Way and Frank Iero]


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05.
[Mastumoto Jun]


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06.
[Macdonald Hall]


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07.
[Downton Abbey]


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08.
[Generator Rex]


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09.
[Neil Oliver]


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[Star Trek]


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11.
[Star Trek: TNG]


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[The Vampire Diaries]













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Comments

Re: be honest

[(Anonymous)]

LOL. Both of my parents are professionals and worked full time. My mother is a psychiatrist and worked hard to get where she was, and worked hard when she was there. But she never spared time for us (neither did my dad) and our house was always clean (sure, us kids had to help with the chores - but fuck the parents out there who don't have their kids help out around the house). Cooked meals, went to our activities, went on vacations...

But the most valuable thing my mom did for me was have a job. She was the sort of person I could really look up to, as a girl myself. She did everything.

I'm sorry, but I honestly don't feel I'd look up to my mom as much if she were unemployed. I'm not the OP and hey, I really think families can make their own choices and if they can afford single-salary, or if there's a pressing need for one parent to stay home - for example, small children in need of daycare, disabled children, taking care of elderly parents, whatever - that's awesome. But no, I don't have to admire your decision to not work and stay home all day, "cleaning", when your kids are in school all day. Do what you want, but I'm not going to look up to you.

Re: be honest

[(Anonymous)]

^having an SAHM just showed me that I do not want to ever ever be an SAHM. It just seemed like the worst kind of life.

Re: be honest

[diet_poison]

Fuck that shit. My mom was a SAHM for most of my childhood. You're basically implying that she's less of a person or less worthy of admiration than a woman who chose to work full-time.

Fortunately I am able to understand that not everyone has to be like my parents. It's almost like if your mom weren't a full-time working woman, you wouldn't be able to understand that full-time work is a valid option for women. As for me, I don't know what I want to do yet, though I'm pretty sure I want a career of some sort...I might prioritize family time when my (as-of-yet nonexistent) kids are very young, but I think I will work more than my mom did. That doesn't mean I can't look up to her, though; she's a wonderful woman who taught me a lot and has outstanding character.

Re: be honest

[(Anonymous)]

It's funny that you are the person equating career choices with personhood here. No one said your mother was less of a person. They just said her career choice wasn't that great. You're the one who's being unable to separate the two.

My mother was mostly an SAHM (she got a very part-time job after a while, only two short shifts a week). I don't think she's less of a person than me but I do think her life was unnecessarily limited and miserable and that the financial inequality contributed to an awful marriage.

Re: be honest

[diet_poison]

but I honestly don't feel I'd look up to my mom as much if she were unemployed.

Nope, that wasn't me.

but I do think her life was unnecessarily limited and miserable

I'm truly sorry if she was miserable. That said, your mom =/= all SAHMs.