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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just think people forget what other schedules are like sometimes.

My teacher friends are always saying how lucky I am to work at home and how easy it must be- which I agree with and say yes, I am very lucky ...then they ask what I am doing for summer break or anytime school is closed for longer periods (winter, spring, etc). Um Jan... I am working. My kid is in camp. I dont have any leave because we take leave for every random day school is closed or has a 3 hr dismissal.

It doesnt sound like a purposefully hurtful statement, more just unaware. [/quote]

THIS. I have a teacher mom friend who all year is going on and on about how "lucky" I am to be able to get my DD to a 4pm dance class because she "only" gets to leave at 4:30pm. But I literally drop DD off and then go to the library to get right back to work (which she knows), I'm not exactly hanging out and socializing. Then when she does show up at 4:30, she's absolutely not having to work and instead going on leisurely walks while she waits for her DD. She also will go on about how she gets into work at 7:45, which 5 minutes from her house. But that's normal if you leave at 4:30! Meanwhile I commute 30 minutes and am in the office at 6:45 (to be able to leave early to get DD to dance). It's it's exhausting, but I don't complain, because this is what I CHOSE. Some people just love to complain and she's one of them, who doesn't realize how good she has it.

Then summer comes and I mention that I can't get DD to a 3pm dance class and her attitude is basically "sucks to suck" and "omg I forget you don't have SUMMERS off" and it gets old real fast. I just say yep and walk away, because it's not worth it.[/quote]

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