Agreed. I once had a moment when Lucy was tiny and I, with sister-in-law & mother-in-law was making a Sunday roast at my house, husband & brother-in-law were putting up a shed & the kids were playing in the garden, when I thought, 'I'm having a tradlife moment & it's quite nice.'https://twitter.com/Intrinsic29/status/998928669518135296 …
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The problem was that if you have to keep doing it, it stops being nice. It gets repetitive & dull and requires far too much sociability. For me, anyway. But I hope if this lady gets her dream, she finds it is all that she hopes it will be.
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I did do the domestic goddess thing when I first moved into my house & enjoyed it. Painted flowers all over my kitchen and redecorated everywhere & kept everything all shiny & nice. Did lots of cooking. But it passed. Writing is the only thing I've consistently wanted to do ever
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Yeah, and a lot of people never find that life that keeps them somewhat consistently happy and content. It's sad to see people attacked for maybe being lucky enough to find it.
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Yes, it's because it has been moralised by social conservatives. Women are supposed to want this when I suspect that few people are genuinely fulfilled purely by domestic stuff just as few are fulfilled purely by vocational stuff. Often its just better than work options.
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Yeah, it's also often really difficult to make dramatic life changes, especially when a lot of people depend on you for stability.
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Yes, of course. Many people stay in jobs they hate for this very reason & this is even harder to change if family reliant on the income. I don't think people should stay in domestic roles tho coz family used to it. As kids get older, they can help out.
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When I went to Portland, that was the longest I'd ever been away from my daughter and she said that by the end, she was feeling sick with missing me. :( I'll still go away again but I'll find ways for us to Skype & watch things together at night & I'll get Gauri to be there more
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