Dear almighty gods that be!!!!!!!

[jayene]

If I ever choose to spawn (still up for debate), if I choose to stay home with said progeny, if my Hypothetical husband EVER tells me that I don't parent perfectly when I am doing the majority of the parenting. That will be the end of that relationship. I've been watching House of tiny terrors and those parents need help but it does noone any good for the husband to come home after nine to ten hours away and say this is a mess and you suck as a parent. GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

Comments

[darkfaeofsorrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, husbands like that need to be beat with a brick. Over and over.

[bisquick-deh.livejournal.com]

I agree with you, but speaking as someone who regularly works 10-12 hour days, 5 days a week, when you come home, the most tiny of things can set you off, and just completely ruin what little time you have left before bed. Regularly I come home and have maybe two hours to unwind, eat dinner, and do everything else that a normal person does when they get home from work. I'm not the type to take out my frustration on my wife, but I can see how someone less grounded than myself could do that. (Not a shot against housewives, but...) Especially for a single income family. It's frustrating on all sides I think though.

(I hope that doesn't sound bad..don't hurt me if it does!)

[jayene.livejournal.com]

There is a difference between being frustrated occasionally and consistantly and deliberatly undermining any parental authority they have and flat out saying "You are a horrible parent because our children are not perfect." I would hope I am not idealistic enough to think a marriage wouldn't have fights especially when you have chilren as an added stressor.

[the-shampoo.livejournal.com]

Stay at home moms (of which I am one) can sometimes get a bad rap. I don't know why people think we just sit around eating donuts in our bathrobe all day whilst the kids are sitting in front of the TV. Well, actually, occasionally you have that day.... But seriously, just because I don't get paid, doesn't mean that I don't work hard. In fact, whist a regular job can be a 8 or 10 hours a day, 5 or 6 days a week....being a mother is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week job. Even when the kids are sleeping through the night, I'm on call for bad dreams, night fevers, and anything else that usually happens at 3AM. Its a thankless job I tell ya, but I appreciate your words of support.
But I should mention, even though its the hardest job I ever had, its also the coolest, funnest, most meaningful one too.