Careers for all

I totally agree that it is just about a few years more that your kids need you. Till they are 5 or 6 then what they need is quality time with their mother, social pressure will always be there: mom-in-law saying that the kids are not taken care of when the mother is working etc. But be strong, face it, it's just for few years of double pressure. My sister and I were brought up by a home maker mom. We had a joint family, my grand parents were too dependent on my mom. There used to be a lot of guests coming to our place. It was like the centre of my extended family, mom used to be busy the whole day, sometimes even we (kids) were neglected due to so many factors. Slowly she lost track of all her friends because she never had the time to talk to them, then she left all her hobbies for a simple reason that she thought she needs more than 24hrs for her duties so where is the time for hobbies. Things went on like this for22yrs. I did my studies in my hometown with my parents, by the time my sister left for further studies, I got married. My dad is too busy in his profession. My grandparents died. Now only my mom is left, all alone in her home, doing nothing the whole day.... she was a lecturer in a degree college before marriage. None of them is there for her, for whom she left the job. When she was asked to stay back she did. She does not nag my dad for his long working hours, she does not ask me or my sis to come often though she keeps calling us sometimes, even 4-5 times a day, saying that she was getting bored and wanted to know if we had our breakfast/lunch/dinner/medicines etc properly... now also she does not regret her decision, not because she doesn't have that vacuum in her life but because she is a very strong woman, she could take it......NOT EVERY ONE CAN!. Don't end your life for the present pressure, think of the future.....only if you are at peace with yourself can you support anyone. We have the right to live content lives, we know what is wrong and right. Live life to the fullest, enjoy life!

-sonal

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Probably Sonal's mother must be feeling very much liberated being free from all her responsibilities. She can look forward to spending time with her grand children. Read lots of books or do things which she could not earlier .During every phase of life we have boredom seeping through our thick work schedule some moment or the other. So we can not say whether she is getting bored or no now.
Name : Lakshmi

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