This seems kinda whiny to be honest. It is a pleasure to be able to provide for myself and my family. Yes, I work. If you work hard you can have a career in work that you find fulfilling. We're not slaves.
I wanted to stay home and raise my kids.
I grew up in the generation raised by those that insisted that women were nobody without a job. I was told I had no choice but to earn money. I studied what would make the most money for every hour away from my kids. I wore high heels, nylons and padded shoulder pads. I hated every damn min I was at work.
I nursed each of my babies a year. Kept them in cloth diapers and attended every evenevtbthey had at school. I drove 1010 mikes each way to keep my kids out ofbcitynschools. When i got home i put in another eight hours because men hadn't been prepared by their parents for what a working wife meant to the household. I did my time and worked my ass off. I was a slave. Not of my husband or kids but of the feminists that hoodwinked my moms generation.
Now my body is broken and I can't do what I want in my retirement. I'll never agree with the leftist that push their latest con job on the American people
Concerning Women's Lib - Nelson Rockefeller told Aaron Russo "We did that." They wanted the tax money. It was a psy op. I was grateful that my sisters in law were able to stay home with the children even though it wasn't politically correct.
Providing for loved ones is good, yes, but to look past just how badly citizens are being taken advantage of right now -especially- is ridiculous.
The thing is the younger generations do not understand this because they are brought right into the thick of things. I've been at my job for a couple of decades. The pay has increased well, but the job itself has at least quadruple the work and responsibilities it had 20 yrs ago. (the pay hasn't quadrupled by any means, but company profits quadrupled and exec's bonuses as well). They're not willing to increase the labor force...just pile it on the ones already there.
There is labor involved and I see the ones getting out/retiring are in some ways crippled. Bad backs. knees, hips, hearts, etc... and retirement turns into nursing medical issues with much reduced enjoyment in life.
I loved the job when I started and saw it as a career to build on. Promise after promise came that its gonna get better. Instead work was just piled on and we were told to just get through this short time period and it will be worth it. Instead you are corralled into a job that pays well, but breaks your spirit.
There's food on the table and the good Lord has blessed our household so no deep regrets. Its just that it shouldn't be this way.
We paid our dues and worked based on promises. Then we were double crossed. I would be fine had there never been an implied contract but there was. "You pay into the system and you will have..." Fill in the blanks. We were lied to by those seeking power. We paid with our labor and now others will reap.
There was a point where a man only worked a handful of hours a week and the rest was spent on himself or his family and humanity still moved forward. Enjoy your slave life, I'm done working for other peoples gain and I refuse to let my children do it.
I personally like working and I have always worked at jobs I enjoyed. I have also considered starting my own business too.
The key is to balance work and time used. I have heard a lot of people call people that are savers losing due to inflation. However, I figure that every dollar saved even if it is devalued by inflation it is still more than zero. And that frees up more time for my personal pursuits, contentment and happiness.
Trading time for money, trading expertise for money or investing that money are all worthwhile pursuits as you grow older IMVHO.
This seems kinda whiny to be honest. It is a pleasure to be able to provide for myself and my family. Yes, I work. If you work hard you can have a career in work that you find fulfilling. We're not slaves.
I wanted to stay home and raise my kids. I grew up in the generation raised by those that insisted that women were nobody without a job. I was told I had no choice but to earn money. I studied what would make the most money for every hour away from my kids. I wore high heels, nylons and padded shoulder pads. I hated every damn min I was at work.
I nursed each of my babies a year. Kept them in cloth diapers and attended every evenevtbthey had at school. I drove 1010 mikes each way to keep my kids out ofbcitynschools. When i got home i put in another eight hours because men hadn't been prepared by their parents for what a working wife meant to the household. I did my time and worked my ass off. I was a slave. Not of my husband or kids but of the feminists that hoodwinked my moms generation.
Now my body is broken and I can't do what I want in my retirement. I'll never agree with the leftist that push their latest con job on the American people
Concerning Women's Lib - Nelson Rockefeller told Aaron Russo "We did that." They wanted the tax money. It was a psy op. I was grateful that my sisters in law were able to stay home with the children even though it wasn't politically correct.
The thing is the younger generations do not understand this because they are brought right into the thick of things. I've been at my job for a couple of decades. The pay has increased well, but the job itself has at least quadruple the work and responsibilities it had 20 yrs ago. (the pay hasn't quadrupled by any means, but company profits quadrupled and exec's bonuses as well). They're not willing to increase the labor force...just pile it on the ones already there.
There is labor involved and I see the ones getting out/retiring are in some ways crippled. Bad backs. knees, hips, hearts, etc... and retirement turns into nursing medical issues with much reduced enjoyment in life.
I loved the job when I started and saw it as a career to build on. Promise after promise came that its gonna get better. Instead work was just piled on and we were told to just get through this short time period and it will be worth it. Instead you are corralled into a job that pays well, but breaks your spirit.
There's food on the table and the good Lord has blessed our household so no deep regrets. Its just that it shouldn't be this way.
I'm sure all the other people of the world who walk across the border will be more than glad to take that job that you look down on.
Our hell is heaven to a whole lot of people who don't have the luxury or time to complain.
We paid our dues and worked based on promises. Then we were double crossed. I would be fine had there never been an implied contract but there was. "You pay into the system and you will have..." Fill in the blanks. We were lied to by those seeking power. We paid with our labor and now others will reap.
There was a point where a man only worked a handful of hours a week and the rest was spent on himself or his family and humanity still moved forward. Enjoy your slave life, I'm done working for other peoples gain and I refuse to let my children do it.
I personally like working and I have always worked at jobs I enjoyed. I have also considered starting my own business too.
The key is to balance work and time used. I have heard a lot of people call people that are savers losing due to inflation. However, I figure that every dollar saved even if it is devalued by inflation it is still more than zero. And that frees up more time for my personal pursuits, contentment and happiness.
Trading time for money, trading expertise for money or investing that money are all worthwhile pursuits as you grow older IMVHO.