[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

For everyone bashing restaurant workers...face it, in today's economy, they probably have way more secure jobs than some white collar workers. People in advertising agencies are losing jobs because companies are cutting it. However, people are STILL eating at McDonald's, not to mention far more expensive restaurants.

As far as "you'd have to be a complete intellectual lump to stay in that job" - what about all the guys who worked on the assembly lines for umpteen years? They didn't just do the same job, they did the SAME SET OF MOTIONS for 8+ hours a day. I sincerely doubt that every man in that position needed multiple hints to spell "cat" or the like. The job was secure, the benefits rocked - they didn't quit because they weren't being intellectually stimulated.

Re AOIIAngel's hubby, a true homemaker as opposed to housewife/husband IS a full time job. You're maintaining the home, raising the children, doing things that normally the family might have to hire someone to do. That being said, when AOIIAngel gets home, the laundry should be done, dinner should be on the table, and the house should be clean.

Having been in an office job that became incredibly mentally and emotionally deadening, I want no part of the corporate world right now, because the people above me (the "successes") didn't seem much happier. I want to do my job, come home, and forget about it. If someone wants to think I'm stupid or lazy for that reason, I really don't give a shit.

Exactly, and that is not what I'd get. Truthfully, a lot of housewives don't do this either. Yes, being a stay at home wife and mother is a full time job, but not everyone who is a stay at home wife (or husband) takes that job seriously. My husband knows full well that he'd sit around all day (like he does on the weekends when I'm on call), and I'd come home to a dirty house and no dinner. I don't ask that he makes as much as me, but dammit...he's gonna work. It keeps him occupied (like daycare for my husband) and he makes enough to cover his own educational loans. That's not too much to ask.