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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks.

I think I just worry because I didn't work for so long, and the women they know who do work (aunts, friends, neighbors) all appear to have this great balance - I worry they have a unrealistically rosy picture of motherhood, that's all. Like, can doctors even take a few years off to SAH, or is that impossible? (Just an example)[/quote]
I've told kids, DS and DD, that working and having kids is *HARD*, and that is why you need a spouse who is helpful at home.  I don't sugarcoat how hard it's been for me to work and have a family.  We moved to a lcol area, and I quit for 1.5 years to reduce the stress in our lives. My kids are in HS/college, and I've shared with them why we moved to where we are.

They have older cousins n their 20s/30s, and they see how the the older cousins are putting career first in their 20s, and also looking for stable, helpful partners. One is about to be married; the other feels too young 25 but is dating; the last one isn't financially stable, and they know it, so they are not looking for anything serious right now.[/quote]

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