Comments on: part-time mummy

By: vit

vit — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:33:40 +0000

hmmmmm…. w.e.e.k.e.n.d. o.f.f.
I can’t even imagine it. Mine haven’t had a night without me ever.

I see the world going by out there and I can’t even get a baby sitter to go out with friends for an evening… see a concert, a film, an exhibition… everything I do on my own has to fit it in the hours they are at nursery school/creche or they come with me.

make the most of it, petite… you are lucky… and of course, a happier mummy is a better mummy (and by the sounds of it, a euphorically in love mummy too)

By: mary

mary — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:41:23 +0000

oh how normal you are!!
i would have been very disapointed if you had said otherwise!
remember those “messenger” mothers!! scary
if i spent 24/7 with my two they would have been taken away by the social services along time ago!!!
Have fun
Mary

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 00:52:00 +0000

Sometimes I wish I was a part-time parent. Whenever I do have a night with him away (that I usually have to pay for) I suffer for it the next day.

Enjoy!

By: Flavia

Flavia — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 04:43:15 +0000

Go for it and be happy! This won’t make you a bad mum, like you said, it might make you a better one, with more time and attention to give your daughter. Live every minute like it’s your last!!!

By: banu

banu — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:07:43 +0000

how sincere you are petite.. i love it..feel like i am to talk to a close friend.

anyway mr.frog’s attendance is quite understandable: human nature..u need to push up things to make it happen+ you need to believe “first” that everything is possible(then u will see that u organise just better)

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 08:24:38 +0000

I would like to add a Hear Hear to what Steph said:

“I wonder if the people who chastise you have any memory left of their own childhood. I do, and I remember how sad and unhappy I was when my parents were together… I’m a firm believer that when there is love and respect, a separated family can be much better for a child than one that stays together unhappily.”

Absolutely! When I was a child, I could see plainly how unhappy my parents’ marriage was. I actually remember telling my mother – when I was eight years old, yet – that she should get a divorce! But sadly, she didn’t actually get a separation until I was 16. How I wish we hadn’t all suffered together for an extra 8 years of misery.

You and Mr Frog being on friendly terms, and your ability to experience joy in life once more, are all Really Good Things for Tadpole. I am happy for you.

By: Lucy-Jane in Rennes

Lucy-Jane in Rennes — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 08:21:51 +0000

menage a trois – less cleaning.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 05:40:48 +0000

I look forward to my one night off a fortnight… but so far I’ve only found the energy to collapse in front of the telly to enjoy a nights totally uninterrupted viewing!

By: jin-ah

jin-ah — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:48:15 +0000

As someone about your age still debating whether I even want to become a mother or not (right now, the take is “if it happens, it happens” but doing nothing to make it so), it’s good to hear honest viewpoints about parenthood. Thank you.

By: Fella

Fella — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:06:06 +0000

Could be!……They could come in very useful if my next holiday is a cruise along the Manchester Ship Canal. Perhaps you might come with me? We could meet up behind the gasworks and take the long way round? But you would have to promise not to be TOO pedantic!