I was arguable privileged enough to go to an all-girls boarding school.
Last night we had a reunion in Soho.
When I was at school I wasn't exactly the coolest chick in town, nor the most attractive, nor the most intelligent. The girls I spent a great deal of my life with for 7 years were all ambitious, they all wanted to be doctors, politicians, writers, business women.
That wasn't the group of women I met last night and it makes me so sad. I know everyone has the right to decide whether they go back to work or not, but it just feels like such a waste of such talent. The business world is crying out for young women like the ones I thought I was growing up with. So what happened to these shadows of former selves?
There were 15 of us out in total, most are mothers who've decided not to go back to work, the others are primary school teachers.
By the end of the night, people had really started to relax and the following was stated within my earshot:
"What's the point in having children if you're just going back to work"
"I can't understand people who want to work full time"
I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs
"I LOVE WORK, I AM ME AT WORK! MY SON IS HEALTHY HAPPY AND BALANCED"
Rant over
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2 comments:
I think that really, it's what ever suits that mummy/child combo. We are all different and we do change a lot when we have kids, sometimes priorities change about work and those that were ambitious aren't interested in it any more, sometimes work is much looked forward to.
I love my work too.
I know that if we won the lottery (yeah right!)I would still work in some kinda capacity because otherwise my kids would drive me mad.
I think we all have a right as Heather says to be what we want to be and what suits us. Being a working mother can cause some stress (mostly mine, white hair here!) but my kids are like your son well balalnced, healthy and happy!
BNMx
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