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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m from generation X where we were told that we could have it all. Just having kids is half of the equation and therefore nothing to be smug about. Anyone can reproduce and it’s nothing to be proud of. Juggling 3 kids and an amazing career is another story.[/quote]

Interesting. I'm a millennial and having a good career was assumed. Kids and a husband though...much harder. Kids are a luxury good now. Having three is a status symbol. No one can afford them so only people who are well established have kids (at least the people I know). Having a career isn't that big of a deal. [/quote]

I’m not a millennial but I was an extremely confident 20 something year old. I absolutely thought stay at home moms were losers who could not cut in the real world. I also thought those moms who worked part time or not demanding jobs were unimpressive. Becoming a mother is the most humbling experience. My newborn required multiple surgeries. I hated going back to work after maternity leave. I missed many firsts for my first and second children - their first words, their first steps, their first playing and doing almost everything.

PP must not be a mother.

I love the life I have now. I’m able to stay home with my kids. Dh earns a high income so I don’t have to work. He is rich but he wasn’t rich when I met him in grad school. I feel lucky to have such an amazing family. Sure, giving birth to children might not be anything special. Anyone can do it. Raising and enriching children has been my hardest and most rewarding job I have ever had.[/quote]

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