Life is hectic - to make it less so. put a strict boundary between work and family. once home - means home. no office work. To ease stress - follow Caucasians. They do not entertain inconsiderate clients who think they are king call up when it is lunch or knock off time to ask you to wait for them.
If it is 15 minutes before closing for last client - strictly adhere to it. You can wait for flies for three hours then 15 mins before closing or lunch time - half a dozen rush in. So don't stress yourself. Health more important. Pull down your shutters. do not over exert your self - then babies will come naturally.
stay-at-home moms: yes, your life is a hectic one, on-call 24/7. cook, driver, tutor, maid, etc. i understand all these.
working moms are even worse. they have their regular 8 to 5 job and then when they reach home in the evening, they have to do all the stuff that stay-at-home moms do during the day. yes, there are some stuff that working moms can outsource to in-laws and maid but there are a lot of stuff that the mom would still have to do personally (counselling, nursing, mediating, tutoring, being a playmate, etc). working moms have to squeeze more into their 24-hour day than a stay-at-home mom.
at the end of the day, i'm think every mom would like to be a stay-at-home mom but in reality, not every mom can afford to do that. Let's have empathy for all moms, be supportive of each other and not try to thrash each other up.
This is an argument in futility. One is free to choose his/her lifestyle and be happy with it. Every option has its pros and cons and it is pointless to argue about it.
August 07, 2008 Thursday, 01:26 AM
