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Originally Posted by Flint
But I've always known that I only had myself to rely on, and that making some hard, consistent choices to delay gratification and stay on course was something I would have to stick with.
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I do not disagree with this
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So when I hear "lucky" used as a throw-away term to describe what is essentially my demographic (income-earning father supports a stay-at-home mother) I take offense. It isn't easy to do what we do. It's hard damn work. We may have been lucky as hell, maybe we have been, but if we hadn't added HARD WORK into the mix it wouldn't have amounted to a hill of beans. I say "we" because I believe that my wife works harder than I do.
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I get what you mean. And you get what I mean I think, because of my post above.
My beef is the opposite.
A viewpoint that denigrates toilet cleaners, dustbinmen, sandwich makers, lunchtime supervisors, barmaids and all those who work hard in multiple part time jobs. I worked full time and part time so I met them. They worked hours to suit bringing up their children. The jobs
we did were mindless. Other people were at night school.
We were trying to earn enough to raise families, run cars, pay mortgages and debts.
We never thought anyone why worked hard as lucky.
Although I envied those who'd made the right choice re partners.
But hey - I was never into the Amish
