Born to Breed

[ynafets]

Yesterday, I was finally able to put into words that feeling I get when I think about juggling family with career: I feel pressured to be ambitious, career-wise, because I feel I will be looked down upon if all I really want out of life is to be a wife and mother. To be clear, I'm not completely unambitious either - I would never be satisfied

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[anonymous]

Could it be the problem lies within an inability to resolve these two "fates". I would very much like to start a family in the future, but at the same time I would love to travel the world and somehow I can't see both of those happening at the same time.

I suppose it would be different between males and females, considering males aren't known to get pregnant...but the idea is similar in a way.

[anonymous]

Also

Not sure if you've noticed, but calgaryplanet's been shut down

[ynafets]

Wow, that was unexpected. (Well, not really...it was on its last leg anyway...) But it does bring back memories.

PS. would you mind signing off when you comment so I know who you are? :D

[anonymous]

But isn't anonimity one of the beauties of the internet? Look at the 4chan "Anonymous" entity....

I kid. This is Thomas :P

Ardis says:

[anonymous]

I remember when i was little, my dad told me <> he was joking of course. and i joked along with him. when i got a little older, i began to look for career paths. my dad wanted me to go into law for some time, i thought about becoming a pharmacist, and then finally a teacher. but during these years, i also got to observe and really see all the work my mom did in the house. i realized that had it not been for my parents, i wouldn't be the same person that i am today. It made me really excited to think that one day, i could raise my children to love God and to love others as well. i was in high school when i decided that i would become a teacher but what i really wanted to be is a stay at home mom. it's rewarding on a whole new level. to me at least