tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post3118453011881968141..comments2023-10-24T04:07:58.604-07:00Comments on Ministry Of Mum: BoredClairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-89780267771720891582012-05-15T08:56:14.191-07:002012-05-15T08:56:14.191-07:00I am currently on maternity leave and the groundho...I am currently on maternity leave and the groundhog has already set in. Much as I love the little darlings, I can't imagine not going back to work. I only wish your job spec applied to mine :DSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15850262130065938901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-84373213014462861662012-05-15T04:23:35.660-07:002012-05-15T04:23:35.660-07:00Oh dear, you are living my nightmare life right no...Oh dear, you are living my nightmare life right now. I somehow thought that giving up a six figure salaried job to launch a website (where I work alone, for myself and which I let people use for free) wouldn't have a devastating effect on my self-esteem or the family budget. I still want to take the kids to school but I DON'T want to be a sodding cleaner. I still want to go to the gym mid-morning, but I WANT to go to the Caribbean. For now, it's a pile of ironing and a caravan in Cornwall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-10140827329315392542012-05-13T08:24:31.771-07:002012-05-13T08:24:31.771-07:00Maybe we need to become celebs?
Or maybe notMaybe we need to become celebs?<br />Or maybe notClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-46876600177286035662012-05-13T08:23:58.054-07:002012-05-13T08:23:58.054-07:00EXACTLY!EXACTLY!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-55005787504879161512012-05-13T08:22:59.082-07:002012-05-13T08:22:59.082-07:00MARRY MEMARRY MEClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-6374555925813324542012-05-13T08:20:36.963-07:002012-05-13T08:20:36.963-07:00I had my own business for five years. A shop. But ...I had my own business for five years. A shop. But it just wasnt gonna work with having number three. Feeding and emotions and childcareClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-78057350490691614392012-05-13T08:19:23.444-07:002012-05-13T08:19:23.444-07:00I know. I'm glad I've realised that. Thank...I know. I'm glad I've realised that. Thanks for getting it!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-5357766348241020702012-05-13T08:18:37.361-07:002012-05-13T08:18:37.361-07:00Plus I'm a bloody PRINCESSPlus I'm a bloody PRINCESSClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-50313084111146258672012-05-13T07:59:59.469-07:002012-05-13T07:59:59.469-07:00I had my own shop for a while but I still had to d...I had my own shop for a while but I still had to do lots of kid stuff. Although he did have them on Saturdays and paid for the childcareClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-74451907181952842062012-05-13T07:57:56.030-07:002012-05-13T07:57:56.030-07:00Jack it in and come hang out with me!Jack it in and come hang out with me!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-74263166025910179362012-05-13T07:57:23.631-07:002012-05-13T07:57:23.631-07:00It's not that bad. I get to go on holiday and ...It's not that bad. I get to go on holiday and have the occasional new outfit. Plus I've learnt his card details off by heart ;-)Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-25348370588113031622012-05-13T07:56:00.711-07:002012-05-13T07:56:00.711-07:00If I find that job, I'm not sharing ;-)
Thanks...If I find that job, I'm not sharing ;-)<br />Thanks for your comment. I so get where you're coming from XClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-86854041208306431752012-05-13T07:54:42.781-07:002012-05-13T07:54:42.781-07:00Alison, let's start a toddler group and make c...Alison, let's start a toddler group and make cash by selling GINClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-51038807208223470752012-05-13T07:52:48.541-07:002012-05-13T07:52:48.541-07:00Rubbish!
I worked out that if I worked 3 days then...Rubbish!<br />I worked out that if I worked 3 days then it would cost about £1000 a month in childcareClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-71872996710282909062012-05-13T07:37:45.640-07:002012-05-13T07:37:45.640-07:00Ha good answer! I'm glad you could identify be...Ha good answer! I'm glad you could identify because it makes me feel that, well, it's not just ME xClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-34752052936423740982012-05-13T07:36:42.774-07:002012-05-13T07:36:42.774-07:00I'm going to spend a day doing feck all just t...I'm going to spend a day doing feck all just to prove what I do actually do ;-)Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-31170838690923363712012-05-13T07:34:36.421-07:002012-05-13T07:34:36.421-07:00Ah Lucy. I always enjoy reading your comments. We ...Ah Lucy. I always enjoy reading your comments. We need to team up and be bad together xClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-45402677867030842932012-05-13T07:33:17.571-07:002012-05-13T07:33:17.571-07:00We can be! You're not too far away!We can be! You're not too far away!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519575630036673663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-41213281047929605072012-05-12T12:57:53.516-07:002012-05-12T12:57:53.516-07:00Work and children are not compatable - fact.Work and children are not compatable - fact.the 1970s diethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657242520631105635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-14483635866604908762012-05-12T12:04:57.045-07:002012-05-12T12:04:57.045-07:00Brilliant post Claire. We can indeed have it all. ...Brilliant post Claire. We can indeed have it all. Just not at the same time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790725880329761329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-80566416511038882172012-05-12T08:49:28.206-07:002012-05-12T08:49:28.206-07:00Nooooo don't do it! Stay at home and drink te...Nooooo don't do it! Stay at home and drink tea and do more blogging....work is so overrated! I sympathise with you over a husband who thinks that staying at home blogging and tweeting isn't really enough....I have to sneak on to my PC and quickly flick screens when he walks in! Why am I doing it in secret I ask?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610843552921892203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-13518347621106595682012-05-12T03:57:10.667-07:002012-05-12T03:57:10.667-07:00Working and having children is so fricking hard. Y...Working and having children is so fricking hard. You make arrangements that just about work then they get sick/have an inset day/you have to work slightly longer one day and then it's fricking impossible.<br /><br />I'm convinced the only way to do it well is to work for yourself. You're intelligent, resourceful and as a parent you endlessly problem solve so why not have some thoughts in that direction?<br /><br />And really the Talk can't be ended by the special love? Woah!mummylawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03331204653106400534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-25221104776706590162012-05-12T03:42:36.967-07:002012-05-12T03:42:36.967-07:00If you can get plane fare, you can stay with me fo...If you can get plane fare, you can stay with me for free, and I won't give you the talk unless of course there is drink involved.<br /><br />I completely understand where you are coming from, especially since I had to stop working six years ago. The only thing that has saved me from going stark raving mad is blogging and twitter. I miss work, I miss the adult conversation. I drive my husband nuts by chatting him up the minute he enters the door after working a twelve hour shift. <br /><br />I'm sorry I have no answers for you, but you are not alone, there are a lot of us like you.AlwaysARedheadhttp://catherineburden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-72759958698045758442012-05-12T02:20:57.156-07:002012-05-12T02:20:57.156-07:00You are not alone, that's for sure.
It is vir...You are not alone, that's for sure.<br />It is virtually impossible to have children and a 'proper' job, even when they are older. It is about time that society began to realise that being a full time mum is a proper job and there is nothing wrong with doing it. Sometimes I think it would be better to go back to the fifties and sixties when life was simpler. Who was it who first suggested that women could have it all? They were wrong.<br />I had a good education and a career in a bank. My first marriage ended and I gave up my career and moved abroad for a short spell (a book will eventually be written!) <br />After meeting my second husband and having children I worked weekends, getting up at 4.40 in the morning working from 6am to 2pm. Of course when I came home I was expected to be mum and housewife again. This went on for 10years!<br />Anyway, I am now a fully qualified English language teacher and work for myself. I had to give up a well paid job teaching in a college because my son has a medical condition which means he is often off school.<br />To cut a long story short, your husband needs to understand he got the clean end of the stick and yours is somewhat shi@@y and I'm sure he wouldn't wish to swap places.<br />Take care and keep tweeting!<br /><br />JakixJaki Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519082956873746979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665674616465398480.post-44125220483562742462012-05-12T01:53:39.382-07:002012-05-12T01:53:39.382-07:00Omg "The Talk", we're not the only o...Omg "The Talk", we're not the only ones! Good luck in your search but don't go full time. I did and wish I hadn't, can't change now though.BarkyMaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620728689246503935noreply@blogger.com