I don’t think I ever would have come across this story if you hadn’t posted it, thank you.
I wish the article would give more details about what the tweets actually said!
I don’t think I ever would have come across this story if you hadn’t posted it, thank you.
I wish the article would give more details about what the tweets actually said!
People generally assume stay at home parents only choose that if their spouses make a lot of money, that they are bored or unsatisfied with their life, and that it’s a job that is very hard and not much fun.
Obviously I don’t speak for SAHPs and maybe these things do apply to some, but my life is freakin awesome! We choose to live very simply and frugally on a single below average income and it is completely worth it every single day for us.
I have so much control over my own schedule, I can’t get enough of spending time with my kid and have so much fun with them, I have more time for my own interests, self care or friendships when my spouse can take over at times after work, we get fun family time all together almost every day because we don’t have to spend all evening cooking and cleaning (plus our schedule is more flexible), and this is the only job where everything I do all day long directly benefits myself and my loved ones (beyond financial support).
There is genuinely nothing in the world I would trade for this. But man do I get tired of the negative comments from nearly everyone who finds out what I do.
I know several people who feel this way!!
I’ve never been more called out
Personally I still use other websites to get news about niche topics sinse Lemmy is small, but I genuinely much prefer Lemmy for general memes news and whatever else pops up! I genuinely think the funny post are much better than on Reddit.
Me too; I prefer Lemmy now but I’ve gone to specific subs on Reddit when I didn’t know where else to find certain info and I’ve noticed a serious reduction in both quantity and quality of posts. I kept wondering if it was in my head but it’s so many different subs I think it must be the case. Good riddance!
This gets me every time!
Thank you, that sub was great for teaching me (someone who is not tech savvy) how to use Lemmy!! Now it’s my favorite place to scroll 😊
Oh no just me!! 😂 My siblings just didn’t want kids for over a decade and suddenly changed their minds 🤪 It does leave me with mixed feelings as the person replying said, they’re a little hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been through it
No matter what your problems are I assure you they aren’t insignificant or stupid ❤️
Sometimes it can help to talk about it even if solutions aren’t found! But that’s your choice either way obviously 💕
Mostly okay! I’ve been through a decade of infertility in the past and both of my (historically) happily childfree siblings announced they want kids now. I’ve experienced every emotion I can name about that but I’ve also had some good chats with other loved ones about it!
Seems a bit trivial compared to what some other people are going through but it took me by surprise.
I wanna get this so bad but I don’t and I want to be socially accepted by peers so I won’t ask for an explanation
I saw that joke coming when I wrote it but was too lazy to rephrase 🤣
Find my way places (even nearby places) without GPS!
Oat milk and nutritional yeast. And he barely shows interest in any other food we eat; not meat, not even wet cat food.
We’re flabbergasted!
This is the greatest thing I could have seen on the top of my page 😂 Keep spreading the word Lemmings!!
We’ve been making salads lately out of canned fish and canned beans to use them up! Usually just add some onion and dried parsley 😊
That’s so cool, thank you very much!! 😁