A friend of mine, Glenn Rosenthal, sent me the attached article, which I thought was pretty intriguing given that I'd been wondering the same thing the article covers myself... Why don't my friends with kids seem to have almost any time? And then I read this - and discovered that perhaps my view of just how much time my friends with kids have, (particularly those who are stay-at-home moms), might be a bit stilted. Nevertheless, I still find myself wondering why I rarely, (if ever), hear from the vast majority of my friends with kids anymore.
I understand that having a child means undivided attention, errands and simple tasks taking far more time than they used to, getting up in the middle of the night...repeatedly, and basically dealing with a never-ending barrage of motherly (or fatherly) duties, but when I've gone months and months on end without hearing from someone, (who I've emailed, called, Facebooked, etc.), I can't help but wonder... are they really that slammed, and if so, why? I have a tough time believing that chores and kid duties would literally take up every second of my day if I weren't working, but clearly, I'm missing something, which is yet another reason I have to think that if John and I do have kids, one of us won't be working... 'cause I don't think I'm down with the nanny thing... but that's just me.
I also can't help but relate to the author of the letter the editor addresses in this piece. I just started a new full time job and can hardly keep up with errands, household chores and our puppies, let alone this blog, so for all of you working moms out there, I give you SERIOUS credit. Crazy amounts of serious, sincere credit.
