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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Translation:

--I have a couple of degrees from very fancy schools and remind people of that fact as often as I can.
--I achieved things in my job and reminded people of that, too.
--I'm one of those DC people who ranks everyone based on where they work and their schools rather than their qualities as a person and sadly I judge myself on that basis as well.
--When I married I slid from fast track to mommy track to stay at home and for the first time nobody told me about how brilliant and accomplished I am and I didn't have a fancy title and I didn't get to boss my assistant around or strut in uncomfortable pumps. 
--Now I am uncomfortable with the fact that my chosen profession (parenting) can be done by decent, sensible people who don't have fancy degrees or who are (GASP) not even educated at all, like nannies and the high school classmates I said would work for me someday.  Since I don't value qualities or accomplishments that don't have a designer label or a price tag on them, I am pretty bummed. 
--I have two coping mechanisms.  (1) treat my kids and homemaking like it requires a PhD, with homemade organic foods and the latest research on every minor thing and strong opinions about no-gift birthday parties and which prep school is best; and (2) denigrating people whose paid jobs don't require the sparkly education I had (and that I insist I'm using in my toddler-wrangling). 
--I'm not self-aware enough to understand the above, nor the fact that my kids' teachers all hate me.

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