Not that many people know about my blog. If people did, they wouldn't understand. My best friend for example would be upset that I didn't share my Trying Not to have kids mutterings with him. Particulary as he's doing a Phd in it. Yes, I think that's kinda ironic - he is doing a Phd studying lots of data on why women are having babies later. He could have just asked me.
So last week he got in the national news http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/22/ncareer122.xml - the sats are the ones he created, working for that professor that takes all the credit. He was so thrilled, national news, unfortunately a pub conversation about his work only leaves me pissed off.
Basic truth seems to me, you can't have a career and be a mother. Not my type of 8-6 5 days a week career. This evening I attended a company business update and dinner which didn't finish till 9. Very important, chuffed to be there in the select few. But how on earth can you do that when you have a 1 year old to get home to. And even if I did manage it, I can not see how it'd help me get into the front row.
? Do I want to be stuck forever in the back row, apologising for my presence, or up the front taking deserved credit. Or a mother. Or can you have your cake and eat it???
Childcare. Yeah right, how many mothers have you met that delegate their baby to 19year old misfit nursery workers from the age of 3 months? You like any off them? Think their babies will grow up to be well rounded or spolit brats? If there are any nice career mothers out there, maybe you'd like to convince me otherwise.