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1. Bash head on cube wall. 2. Repeat.
Talk about wanting to die. A coworker just moments ago told me she's quitting to stay home with the baby she had about 6 months ago. I'm disappointed because she and I were just about to start an interesting project together, but it seems like something she wants to do so I'm happy for her.
Until the very last thing she said to me. I said something like "I'm happy you get to do this" and she said that she was too, and that working wasn't working out for her, and "it just never felt right."
She said it to me. She knows I have 3 kids who go to morning daycare every day. While I go to work. Like a selfish bitch.
To her credit, and she really is a nice person, she blushed after she said it. And the conversation kind of ended there.
But still, I'm sitting here at my stupid cubicle and I want to cry.
Don't let her make you cry… go visit Kevin Charnas today (and yesterday). He will make you laugh at his sheer boldness.
Good grief…she really said that!?
I woulda chucked my stapler at her.
Yeah, well I'm feeling much better now. Kind of felt like someone punched me in the stomach at the time, though. And I have to say again that she's a very nice person and didn't mean to slam me. Oh hell, I guess I'm still mad. But I'll get over it!
It's the "don't think before you speak" syndrome. I have it too :(.
I've been there, too. No matter how much I know what I'm doing works for me and my family, I can't help but feel guilty when I'm asked if I'm a stay-at-home-mom and I tell them I'm not. Guilt and anger. Anger at feeling judged by someone for something that's beyond my control. Ugh.
Open mouth, insert foot.
You do what works for your family and your kids thrive because of it. Don't let her make you feel bad.
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