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[quote=Anonymous]My 75 year old mother never worked; neither did her sister or mother or grandmother. The first working woman was my older sister. Seriously.

I definitely feel I benefitted by having an at-home mom and at-home grandmother (who lived nearby). But my mother never got any "feedback" on her interpersonal skills in the way one does in a work environment. Volunteering does not do the same thing, because a volunteer can always quit. An employee learns to work through things and sand off the rough edges of her personality (or won't last long.)

My mom is ultimately oriented toward herself. She volunteers and spends some time with grandkids (not very much). But mainly her life is built around herself and my dad. Currently, she puts her energy into her health anxiety.

I do wonder if she and I would have had an easier time when I was in my twenties and starting to work, if she had also been working (in her fifties). We might have had more in common then. I don't know exactly what she did for those decades, as my last sibling left home when she was 46.

Oh well. Just speculation. She got to live her life the way she wanted which is what matters most. [/quote]

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