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There are so many many more options than that. Why does having a career somehow doom me to be alone and unloved and eating cold chili out of a can? I have a car
by cocokitty 9y ago
There are so many many more options than that. Why does having a career somehow doom me to be alone and unloved and eating cold chili out of a can? I have a career and a husband and even friends and other family, too. We don't want our own children. We have pets and we dote on our nieces, and that's how we like it. My work is appreciated mainly by my coworkers and clients, so even if I were single it would still be appreciated. Neither of us is Julia Child but we both cook. It's really not that hard to learn to cook to a level where you can put a decent dinner on the table. So call that option C, I guess. Families with a stay-at-home dad option D, families where one or both parents work from home so they can be around for the kids options E, F, G. Taking off a couple years from work and then returning once the kids are at school option H. Having someone other than the parents be the primary caregiver, like a grandmother or a nanny or a day care. Arranging work schedules so that theres always a parent around when the kids are at home. Adopting children later in life (when retired or FIRE). These are not all perfect solutions but they are more realistic alternatives to homemaking than your option B.
Also if cooking and being emotionally supportive are part of the female role, does that mean that you wouldn't raise your sons to be capable of doing those things? Where are their wives getting their emotional support from, and what happens if the husband/wife unit is split up for a time because of work or family obligations? Is the husband just going to eat McDonalds and canned spam for three months because the wife is across the country caring for her dying mother? To me, cooking and being emotionally supportive are not "important skills for women", they are important skills for all adults, especially if they are at the point of settling down with a partner.