Comments on: We’re All Mothers Now http://melissablogs.com/2009/06/15/were-all-mothers-now/ Information Pollination Thu, 24 May 2012 17:52:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J David http://melissablogs.com/2009/06/15/were-all-mothers-now/comment-page-1/#comment-15208 J David Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:27:26 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=13908#comment-15208 ...and mothers who choose to be busy, "choose" being the operative word, with a quintillion other things besides motherhood, so they'll feel "fulfilled" then whine about it incessantly, and hammer their husbands for not enabling the behavior more vigorously when they get home from working all day, are just practicing another form of voluntary self-martyrdom and deserve only contempt, not pity or sympathy. …and mothers who choose to be busy, “choose” being the operative word, with a quintillion other things besides motherhood, so they’ll feel “fulfilled” then whine about it incessantly, and hammer their husbands for not enabling the behavior more vigorously when they get home from working all day, are just practicing another form of voluntary self-martyrdom and deserve only contempt, not pity or sympathy.

]]> By: J David http://melissablogs.com/2009/06/15/were-all-mothers-now/comment-page-1/#comment-15207 J David Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:21:58 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=13908#comment-15207 Another one of my "101 Reasons I'm Not Married (Yet)" is the never-ending self-pity and martyrdom of mothers - who couldn't wait to become such - and now find their martyrdom useful, with lots of popular support. Having the daytime soap serial interrupted by a crying baby is not the definition of "hardship"... Another one of my “101 Reasons I’m Not Married (Yet)” is the never-ending self-pity and martyrdom of mothers – who couldn’t wait to become such – and now find their martyrdom useful, with lots of popular support. Having the daytime soap serial interrupted by a crying baby is not the definition of “hardship”…

]]> By: Dr. Melissa Clouthier http://melissablogs.com/2009/06/15/were-all-mothers-now/comment-page-1/#comment-15170 Dr. Melissa Clouthier Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:34:53 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=13908#comment-15170 Mat, Fret not! I'm being silly. Of course, we're not all mothers now. If it sounds like pap, it's 'cuz it is. Melissa Mat,

Fret not! I’m being silly. Of course, we’re not all mothers now. If it sounds like pap, it’s ‘cuz it is.

Melissa

]]> By: Mat http://melissablogs.com/2009/06/15/were-all-mothers-now/comment-page-1/#comment-15168 Mat Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:30:34 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=13908#comment-15168 Melissa, We're not all mothers now. I rarely use my tracfone for precisely the reasons mentioned in the article. The use of cellphones, indeed with motherhood, is a matter of choice. Besides, that "we're all mothers now" comment gives me the creeps. It sounds an awful lot like Hillary's "it takes a village" nonsense (which it doesn't; it takes two responsible parents, which seem to be in short supply these days). Melissa,

We’re not all mothers now. I rarely use my tracfone for precisely the reasons mentioned in the article. The use of cellphones, indeed with motherhood, is a matter of choice. Besides, that “we’re all mothers now” comment gives me the creeps. It sounds an awful lot like Hillary’s “it takes a village” nonsense (which it doesn’t; it takes two responsible parents, which seem to be in short supply these days).

]]> By: Smartphone: From Gadget to Necessity? http://melissablogs.com/2009/06/15/were-all-mothers-now/comment-page-1/#comment-15167 Smartphone: From Gadget to Necessity? Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:51 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=13908#comment-15167 [...] Melissa Clouthier observes, Moms are never off the clock. And there’s always a kid interrupting, bugging, and [...] [...] Melissa Clouthier observes, Moms are never off the clock. And there’s always a kid interrupting, bugging, and [...]

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