downerbeautiful
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Fflow, Nicodemus79:
Ack! I didn't expect to have you two to go and write novellas for me. On that note, I do follow, to a degree, the "Anything you can do, I can do better" mentality. I dress up (a lot) for a job that really doesn't require me to. I happen to like how feeling 'pretty' makes me feel, and all the attention it gets me is quite flattering too. This leaves people treating me as if I am incapable of working. "Oh, I can do that, you look too nice." things like that... when, really, I can climb a ladder and help load a 1/2 barrel keg into a car... I feel like people discount me because I look feminine.
My mother was a home-maker and a substitute teacher when I was younger and she stayed that way all through high school. She hasn't gone to get a full time job. In part, she likes the flexibility of being part time and on her own schedule, and she and my father don't need all the 'extra-income' (higher tax bracket) that she would pull in. I find work fulfilling, but, under the extremely odd and slim chance that I would marry (and have children *shudders*) I think I would opt to be a home-maker and, maybe, have a part-time job on the side. I don't see anything wrong with choosing to be the 'old time-y stereotype' of a house wife and mother, so long as it is my choice. I don't believe that makes me less of a woman.
Fflow, one of my bosses is in a similar situation. He has what he so affectionately calls a 'sugar mama.' He obviously has a full time job but she'll have the main source of income. He watches their daughter and is more of the 'caretaker' (they split the load). I don't think this makes him less of a man, he just has a 'different' role in his household.
Fflow, the picture actually reminds me of me... back when I colored my hair red. For a brief second (before I read your post) I thought "
Now when did I post that picture?"
wideeyedgrin: We had one uniform all year long... We modified it by, in the winter, wearing two undershirts, our polo, a sweater, and a fleece vest. In an effort to protect our legs, we donned tights, leg warmers, thick socks, and runners pants. It's bloody frigid in a 125 year old building.
[That swimsuit was from the 50s (I think I paid $1 for every year it had been around)... I tried to be 'vintage' but I'm not the greatest...]
Alright~ just give me a few hours [11-ish (CST) this evening...] I have all the photos but I will just bide my time
Have a good day! I'm off to work now.
downerbeautiful said:
Ack! I didn't expect to have you two to go and write novellas for me. On that note, I do follow, to a degree, the "Anything you can do, I can do better" mentality. I dress up (a lot) for a job that really doesn't require me to. I happen to like how feeling 'pretty' makes me feel, and all the attention it gets me is quite flattering too. This leaves people treating me as if I am incapable of working. "Oh, I can do that, you look too nice." things like that... when, really, I can climb a ladder and help load a 1/2 barrel keg into a car... I feel like people discount me because I look feminine.
My mother was a home-maker and a substitute teacher when I was younger and she stayed that way all through high school. She hasn't gone to get a full time job. In part, she likes the flexibility of being part time and on her own schedule, and she and my father don't need all the 'extra-income' (higher tax bracket) that she would pull in. I find work fulfilling, but, under the extremely odd and slim chance that I would marry (and have children *shudders*) I think I would opt to be a home-maker and, maybe, have a part-time job on the side. I don't see anything wrong with choosing to be the 'old time-y stereotype' of a house wife and mother, so long as it is my choice. I don't believe that makes me less of a woman.
Fflow, one of my bosses is in a similar situation. He has what he so affectionately calls a 'sugar mama.' He obviously has a full time job but she'll have the main source of income. He watches their daughter and is more of the 'caretaker' (they split the load). I don't think this makes him less of a man, he just has a 'different' role in his household.
Fflow, the picture actually reminds me of me... back when I colored my hair red. For a brief second (before I read your post) I thought "
Now when did I post that picture?" wideeyedgrin: We had one uniform all year long... We modified it by, in the winter, wearing two undershirts, our polo, a sweater, and a fleece vest. In an effort to protect our legs, we donned tights, leg warmers, thick socks, and runners pants. It's bloody frigid in a 125 year old building.
[That swimsuit was from the 50s (I think I paid $1 for every year it had been around)... I tried to be 'vintage' but I'm not the greatest...]
Alright~ just give me a few hours [11-ish (CST) this evening...] I have all the photos but I will just bide my time
Have a good day! I'm off to work now.
