There’s NO harder job, than being a FULL-TIME mother here that’s for sure!!! Translated…
My good friend, Alice in order to take care of her young, she’d quit her job as a manager for a foreign trade company, changed from being an able-bodied working woman, to being a full-time mother, she’d adjusted her mindset for about six months, then, finally, slowly, she’d adapted, but, a trip to the beauty salon had, sparked a WAR between her and her husband.
As she’d come home happy, after the dye, as her husband saw her new hair color, he’d not given her any word of commends, instead, he’d said, with displeasure, “You’re not working, who are you dyeing your hair for? You should’ve saved the money, for the expenses of the household that’s more logical.”, Alice was PISSED off, she’d shouted back to her husband, “Of course, it’s for myself! And besides, if I’d turned into a yellow-faced HAG, would you still want to look at me?”
Alice is someone who works very hard, to make herself better, when she had chosen, to quit her job and stay at home with the kids, she’d made up her mind, to make her children excellent in everything they did. When she showed me the schedules she’d made up for her children, I was, dumbfounded, this, isn’t really rearing a child, more like, rearing a genius who can do anything! The child is only five, not only did he need to take piano lessons, violin lessons, take up rollerblading, and swimming, he must also write calligraphy, learn English, art classes, dance, and building blocks (and stop doubting, because there IS such a class that teaches kids how to play with blocks!).
And this had also, become, the primary cause of friction between Alice and her husband, not only did it cost a lot of money, for the kids to take up the artistic talents, the children and the adults are both tired out; Alice’s husband believed, that forcing the child to take up something he’s not interested would be a waste of time, and, Alice believed, that she must pour in all the money she possibly can, to make her child become more educated, and all of the fees, are necessary investments.
Every time when the fees for the talent classes are due, although Alice’s husband would start to nag, but he’d still paid the fees without a doubt; and when Alice would swipe the credit card, to buy herself a name brand bag, or some attire, her husband would get into it with her. And, Alice had decided, to stop being a full-time mom, she found, that if she keeps on going like this, her relationship with her child, and her husband will only get worse.
And now, she and her husband had hired a professional nanny, and, Alice returned back to work, and, some of the talent courses that her child didn’t show any interests in got canceled too, and slowly, their household’s atmosphere got better.
Alice told me, actually, being a housewife is hard work, but, a lot of people couldn’t understand the fatigue of a full-time mom’s taking care of the children, as well as handling the household chores, and the full-time moms may even get looked down, because they don’t bring in a paycheck, that, is why she’d rather return to the workforce, that way, she’s earning her own wages, and she doesn’t need to get affected by her husband’s views.
I think, all full-time mothers are having it hard, and, only through the understanding from one’s own husband, the family will function better!
So, this, is the observation, of someone’s life, and the woman IS right, because when we women stay at home, others from the outside would feel, that hey, you’re NOT making the money, and, you’re spending too much on food, water, and your own purses and clothes, and, that, is why the housewives are still, underappreciated, and that, is just, NOT right, but this woman found a solution that works for her: returning to work, that way, she is economically independent, making HER own money, which means, that when she wanted to spend her own earnings, her husband has NOTHING to say about it!
Life, the Obstacle Course 