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[quote=Anonymous]While it was inappropriate, I think sometimes “we” need to see where this is coming from.

One of my dearest friends is my mother’s age, and through her eyes, I’ve started to see what women have had to go through. They were on the cusp of “women can have a career”, but I trust no one believed it. My friend wanted to be a teacher, but many teachers (In the UK) at the time were expected to be single women, and once they were married, and especially if they had children, it was kind of assumed they would no longer teach. She became a “tax lady” instead.

What I’m saying is that even if many of these women had career aspirations outside of raising a family, those opportunities weren’t really as available as we like to think.

Aside from that, it’s also only an opinion, and not necessarily a judgement. She may be expressing that how SHE would feel, which might feel like abandoning her children. I can’t imagine not working, but I have total respecT for my SAHP friends.[/quote]

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