These are people you'd expect to be well aware of how much there is to read & learn & think about how little time one life offers to do it.
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I know many ppl who feel bored if they're not constantly kept busy with mundane jobs but none of them are interested in knowledge & ideas.
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I usually find ppl who say women can't be fulfilled without full focus on children don't have a lot of intellectual curiosity themselves.
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But when they're men who clearly do, its hard to come to any conclusion than that they don't realise women do too. Fortunately, they're few.
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And, by 'intellectual curiosity' I don't mean formal learning in an academic setting but just being interested in learning about things.
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My two best friends are thoroughly enjoying having time to explore interesting things now their kids are teens & occupied with peers mostly.
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One has discovered a deep interest in forensic psychology & the other devours anything she can find on surgical advances.
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Whilst my neighbour felt bored & purposeless when her youngest reached this stage but found expression for her practical nurturing nature.
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In getting a job helping elderly ppl in their own home & adopting some puppies. Recognizing individuality is rather important.
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I think the luckiest ppl are those who are happiest when reading & thinking & who live in circumstances which enable them to do this a lot.
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The happiness of busyness-loving extroverts is always reliant on other people's cooperation & so is vulnerable.
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This was brought home to me by caring for elderly ppl in their own home. Disabled, stuck-at-home extroverts can be very, very sad & lonely.
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Introverts can still enjoy life very much. Used to settle one lady, Edie in her chair with books, TV remote, puzzles, snacks & radio.
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And she would be so happy with her plan for a full day of solitary activities. Quick chat with me & then she'd want me to go. Be like Edie.
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I know I would be upset if I end up not having any. But I understand that others may not & that there are ppl who aren't 'parent material'
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There's also always other things to do & the lovely thing abt kids getting self-sufficient is getting to do them again.
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Work and have fun. Like men who don't have much to do with kids. It's not a hard question to answer unless one really doesn't want to know.
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Maybe they're looking at the human race and noting that the vast majority of historically significant individuals have been males.
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And then they make the mistake of generalising that to "men constructed the world in which we live & females have populated it".
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Oh good grief! What a serious failure of imagination!
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