[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Underachievers Anonymous

[Mary Jennings]

Ooh, one of my favourite topics!  Stay-at-home Moms unite! ;)

Fellow watch-TV-all-day-and-bonbon-eater Cindy said:

>Wait!  Can I add my favorite:
>
>"But . . . but aren't you *bored* being at home all day!?!
>
>and its ugly stepsister:
>
>"But . . . but what do you *do* all day?!?!

To this I want to add those people who drop friends who are new parents 
because all that baby talk is *so* boring.  When I was once told this, I 
reminded this girl that hearing about her brain-dead job and her sexual 
exploits tended to put me in a trance as well.  That shut her up quickly.  I 
also never heard from her again...can't think why...

As for those who ask what we do all day, I can only assume that (a) they 
still live with mum-mum; (b) they have a maid (either paid or mum-mum); or 
(c) their places of residences should be condemned.  There's also the minor 
detail of being fully responsible for the pre-schooling of active little 
minds and bodies, but that's not important now, is it?
Such a waste of my uni degree.  Yes, indeedy.

Another pet peeve (sorry, I'm on a roll now) are people who assume that 
volunteer jobs are a complete waste of time.  There's no telling these 
people that these jobs can be as satisfying as paid jobs; even more so in 
many cases.  I remember a study done in Canada about ten years ago which 
stated that the average volunteer job, if it were to become a paid position, 
would net the worker $11.50Cdn.  Such is the level of skill and expertise 
many volunteer jobs require, produce, or both.  I've never earned that much 
in a *paid* position, but I've been volunteering since I was 17 and have 
done allsorts.  Sadly several potential employers also don't view volunteer 
experience as being equal to paid experience, though that is slowly 
changing.  Sure, I'd love to be paid for what I do, but it won't happen in 
the real world.  So for now I'll keep on doing my work for free, thereby 
helping others and saving my own sanity by having a few child-free moments.

Hang on, my volunteer jobs involve looking after *other* people's children.  
Do I detect a hint of insanity here?

Mary Ann
(Rainbow unit helper, classroom assistant, PTA member, pre-school committee 
member, and mum to 3 kids whose names I always mix up)

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