Stay Home Mom
Seeing the world from a full time mother’s view is shocking. There are burdens, burdens and MORE burdens. Feminists scorn and criticise about your failure of proving that man and women are equal; Confucian thinking in-laws and relatives dismiss your returning or entering the workforce as a pipe-dream.
No one seems to understand that being a full time Mom is exhausting work; when compared to working, being a full time mother is perceived to be an easy job. And when they complain, even as so subtly, they get a earful from their husbands from not being the sole breadwinner and etc.
There are the children’s tantrums, their sometimes unruly behaviour, cooking, cleaning and full-time, literally means FULL TIME, 24/7, 365 days a year. No rest, little play, and thrown into that lousy package is little thanks as well.
The worst thing is? Not every full time mom optioned for this ‘job’ with no pay in the first place.
Working Mother
I never really wanted a housewife for a Mom, so I’m happy to say that my mother has a great career in the insurance inustry. For me, I don’t like to judge my mother’s “greatness” on how much time we spend together. Okay, so there are those moments when we are both are completely crappy and have those tornado arguments, when I completely go BOOM! and feel so unconnected with my Mom.
The thing is, is it her fault?