...I'm the one with the husband, baby, and station wagon.My mom's best friend called me yesterday evening to ask if I could speak at her son's CAREER DAY in two weeks...
As she tried in earnest to convince me to participate and apologizing for the late notice, it occurred to me that my mom hasn't told her that I quit my job a month ago. I'm a bit surpirsed since I know they talk all the time... I guess my mom hasn't quite found the words to say "my daughter has an MBA and changes diapers all day..." hehe.
When I pointed out this minor detail, she stammered a bit before awkwardly reaching for other ways that I could "contribute". Being too sweet and polite to out right uninvite me, she quietly let me off the hook by saying, "it's okay to say no", then completely changed the subject. The rest of the time we talked about babies and grandparents...
I suppose I could go to validate my choice to be a SAHM as being a genuine career (limiting?) decision, but that would entail giving a crap about what other people think of my choices. I don't.
Plus, I realize that the point of career day is to inspire kids to go to college and major in things like zoology, pre-law, or something. Also, you have to HAVE a career before you can decide to leave it for a while... My 10- 15 minutes on the joys of being a SAHM would better serve a more "mature audience".
I think I will just do the noble thing and let her know we have other plans that day...
photo by We're So Tired
1 comment:
I still think you can talk about your talents. You still have them. It's not like they vanished or never existed!
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