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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone probably told her she could have it all and that's what she's trying to do. Wonder who that could have been?[/quote]

You cut to the core of it, I suppose. Did we instill these values in her. Or did outside pressures; the culture of the colleges she attended, the friend groups and work colleagues, her generation. I don’t know. I just miss my granddaughter and it makes me sad that I only get to see my granddaughter and daughter a few times a year. And my daughter’s marriage is eroding. And all for what exactly? So a handful of other rootless careerists can be envious of the things on her and her husband’s LinkedIn? I just don’t get it and I don’t get why so many other young people are chasing this “ideal”. [/quote]

My mother thought this about my sister's marriage and convinced me that they were making bad decisions about work, childcare, were miserable etc. I thought their marriage would be lucky to last to their child's graduation from high school. It was only until I moved closer and got to see what their daily life really was like to see this was all my mother's warped perception. She didn't like their choices because she wasn't allowed to be involved in their lives to the extent she wanted to be.

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