I mean, seriously…

Would anybody tell a man that they understand that his job is mentally difficult, physically exhausting, and underpaid, and that yes, being on-call 24-7 is rough (never mind that he hasn’t expressed that he’s troubled by any of this), and that therefore--in order to get a break!--he should consider getting another job, any other job, even maybe a job at Burger King or something, so he has a few hours a day where he’s not at the first job?

No?

I didn’t think so.

1. No. I would never say that to a man, and I would *especially* never say that to a full-time mom. It’s the most noble and important job of any of them. (No offense to Jay.)

   Posted by sarahk  on  10/21  at  08:57 PM  from 

2. I feel at least some of your pain, and I only watch my daughter (one child, instead of three) full-time on weekends and even then I have help from my wife.

   After particularly tough weekends, I actually look FORWARD to going back to the crucible of my job.  I know that sounds bad, but sometimes, after a no-nap-taking tantrum-filled weekend, I’m like, “yeah, the people in the newsroom refuse to do their entire job and hide behind their boss and stand by my desk and have long conversations that distract me and expect that I can do everything web-related in no time at all, and they espouse their political views loudly and annoyingly, and they don’t answer their cellphones so I hear the ENTIRE RINGTONE play, but at least they’re not throwing a temper tantrum because they’re overtired.”

   *sigh*

   But then my daughter smiles at me and everything else goes away.

   Eh.  What can you do.

   Posted by Josh  on  10/22  at  08:59 AM  from  Georgia
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