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[quote=Anonymous]lol there’s no way I’m going to read through all of these pages of drivel but seeing this thread reminded me of a story.

Years ago the four of us (two best friend couples) were on a plane to Mexico for vacation and filling out the custom forms.  We saw that my wife’s best friend wrote “housewife” as her occupation and we all had a good laugh about it.  We might have been a little tipsy, but for whatever reason it cracked us all up.

My wife then put “mother” on hers, and she laughed too.  But she also made clear that she means it.  Being a mother and going all in about it was the decision she made, and she’s always owned it.  It’s also the “occupation” she has always put down on her tax return.

Fast forward now, and she’s been each of our grandkids full time nanny while their parents all worked until the grandkids are old enough for preschool.  In all of her years helping out like this (to more than one of our daughters) she has never lifted a finger to do any of the “house work.”  She doesn’t cook (other than for the kids obviously), clean, do laundry, make the beds etc etc etc.  Our kids laugh about this and also truly understand her reasoning.

Everyone should just own who they are and not give a rat’s ass what others think. [/quote]

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