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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people on this thread seem nice, but OP is so smug. Sorry I can't have a "fabulous summer" when I'm barely hanging onto my job, my husband's lost his, and I'm trying to take care of children while on constant Zoom calls.

I know. I'm letting down the team by not being "sunny" and "positive."[/quote]

I'm "smug" because I'm trying -- hard -- to find fun things to do for my kids? Making the best of things?

Point out exactly what is smug. Because I use the word fabulous? [/quote]

No you are smug because you are saying that you are going to make the best of things for your kids despite the pandemic without realizing that many people would be doing those exact same things if they didn't have to work full-time while taking care of kids, or didn't have spouses providing medical care or other essential services.  You see to not understand that other people have constraints on making their summer fabulous (no boat, no childcare, no access to a lake).  You are privileged to have these options, do not realize your privilege, seem to think that other people don't have your experiences because they don't want it enough or are scared of the pandemic, and you have started two separate threads bragging about all this.  All of that makes you smug. Got it pumpkin?[/quote]

We are all working too. But the housework and laundry can wait and we can carve out time for our kids. There are plenty of ways to be creative.

You can't even devote Saturday and Sunday to them? Sad.

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LOL, yes I agree it is sad that my husband has to work weekends at the hospital and I have to do work in order to keep my job.  Nowhere in my PP did I say that I was doing housework and laundry on the weekends instead of working or taking care of my kids.  My job is demanding enough that I cannot drive "only an hour" (so two hours round trip and then spend an hour or two with my kids at the beach etc.  Other people have more demanding jobs than you do; not sure why you don't seem to understand that.[/quote]

I mean, come on.   You can’t do an hour drive with your kids on a weekend?  That’s a little much. I’ve spent an hour in traffic getting to and from my workplace in DC which is maybe 5 miles from my home.  You are just making excuses.  That’s a lame excuse.  Just stay home and be miserable then and watch other people make easy day trips.   We have been taking advantage of the lighter traffic on the roads, too.  [/quote]

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