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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]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I have a friend who is retiring this year from teaching pre school in Texas. She will be moving back home in a couple of months to live with me and help me with the kids while I work. Already bought the plane ticket for a good price, and she's giving away her stuff. She's 52 and her body can't take all that running and jumping all day anymore, and the pay sucks for a preschool teacher in Texas. She's like my second mother and she's good with kids loved staying at home with her children before her divorce.
She works full time and can't afford to live without accepting housing assistance, but everytime she makes an extra dollar they raise her rent. She said if I'll work she'll mind the kids for me, since she needs surgery on her foot but can't afford to take the time off if she wants a place to live and to eat everyday.
It's like this society makes it doubly hard on a woman on purpose. She raised her kids, worked when she was able, and gets no respect for all the hard work and dedication. All she gets is sore feet and no Obamacare. The last thing we women need is for another woman who never lived our lives to stand In judgement over us. We get enough of that from men already.