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In reply to the discussion: I Look Down on Young Women With Husbands and Kids and I'm Not Sorry [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)than family.
Okay, so being a doctor is more significant than being a mother.
Or is it?
What if one of that mother's children becomes a doctor? Or an engineer? Or a kindergarten teacher?
My mom has two sisters who never married, and both had careers. Were they more exceptional that she is? Mom has five kids, who have five careers. Doesn't FIVE beat a mere ONE any day of the week? Mom has nine grandkids who will likely have nine careers. Now the score, if we are keeping score, is 14 to 1.
I'd say mom wins, even by this bloggers twisted measuring stick.
And what about dad's career? Wasn't his family a big part of his reason for working, and for advancing? Wasn't mom there as a partner for dad, providing both support and services and encouragement? Ask him, and he'd tell you.
And as far as getting somebody to marry you. That's probably easier for women, but I know lots of men, myself included, who have not been able to manage it. It's not THAT easy.