Letting go of being superwoman!
I have been hesitating writing this for a while, but here goes! When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, of course I was stunned by being delivered the news by the doctor at Breast Screen, ...
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You’re welcome @Keeping_positive1 😊. I like to share in the hope other women will realise they’re not alone in feeling like this, and that there’s also no shame in it.
I agree that being a single parent is much harder, and the child definitely becomes attached to you more. I don’t care too much about gvmt requirements, as much as I can help it, as I don’t agree with a lot of their rules. It seems like the people who put them in place have neither had children nor ever been sick. And yes, women get blamed for going back to work and neglecting their children, then also get called lazy and dole bludgers for being stay at home mums. We can’t win, so I say do what you as an individual deem is best, and just ignore all the judgement. Motherhood does need to be valued a lot more.
If a woman chooses not to have children, then that needs to be respected as well. The judging and blaming needs to stop there too. Some women can’t have children, and are made to feel even worse than they already do when constantly asked why they have none. As a race, we’re very nosy and judgemental. We seriously need to stop that. If a woman wants to stay home while her husband works, then that’s their choice. It shouldn’t bother others. But we don’t live in an ideal world...🙁