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Originally posted by valkyrie
Cooking for one person is just as much work as cooking for more than one person. If you make the same amount of food as you would for a family, you end up with too many leftovers. If you cook less, you end up having to cook every day just like people with kids probably do. I don't see the difference. You also have to clean your house all the time -- I can't believe anyone would think that single people don't have to clean their houses. I have cats, and believe me, I have to clean just as often, if not more often, than people with kids, otherwise I'd have cat litter crumbs and fur all over everything. There's just as much dust in my house as there is in the house of someone with kids. Believe me, I've been in the homes of people who don't clean, and it's not something that I find acceptable.
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AGREED! Work is work - whether its work at work, work at home, work at volunteering, etc. Not having kids doesn't = nothing to do, clean, etc.
FWIW - being a SAHM is a terribly hard job. Not that it doesn't have its rewards, but I definitely like to let people know that its not all it seems to be. It is a 24/7 job and hearing "mommy - mommy" all day, while endearing at times, gets on your nerves occasionally. Being with my chapter girls is SO refreshing to me because I get to spend time with adults (mostly
) and not having to provide every attention to detail for my son.
This is why we are done-with-one. I love Eli and I couldn't imagine another life for me right now, but one is plenty for us!
Now I have to deal with the buttheads who CONSTANTLY say to us "only one - you can't have an
only child" like its some kind of disease or something. Never mind the fact that Mr. AXO is an
only child and seems to have dealt with it just fine
