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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stupid.  I leaned out for what I thought was a flexible job.  7 years later, I'm still trying to get pregnant, and I'm self-imposed "Mommy tracked".[/quote]

Isn't this all about perspective though? It is only stupid if you value the ladder more than the flexibility, whether you have kids or not. I agree that you might not like it and that you feel it was a mistake, no one can tell you how to live. But to say it is universally stupid? I'm not so sure.

I know plenty of people who valued work/life balance long before kids and marriage. I have a good friend who is still single and no kids at 45 but she has always put an emphasis on work/life balance and she's both professionally successful and happy in her personal life. I've looked to her as a role model even though I am 34 and actually do have kids, but I still learn a lot about balance from her. Could she be even higher professionally? Probably. But some value that balance to be able to take time off, not work until super late, etc. more.[/quote]

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