She’s honestly really annoyed me with that post today. Yet another moan about how she feels she’s being guilted out for exercising when it isn’t that at all. It’s that she is so out of touch with the reality for so many mums and can’t see how lucky she is with all the help she’s got.
I’m due any day now and we will have no help whatsoever when it comes to childcare, not from either set of parents as they work and we’ve no siblings etc to help either. My husband will have some time off but then he’s back to work full time (at least 38 hours a week Fopp, not just a Thursday afternoon and some fannying about on a laptop during the week). Then I’ll be juggling the baby on my own, as well as a full time degree and part time job, with paid childcare when we need it which will be extremely difficult emotionally and financially to do.
Going to the gym, a personal trainer, the hairdressers, nights out together or with friends, Gucci (as if) or even Primark will be out of the question for a very long time. Every minute we have together will be precious and spent engaging with and making memories with our daughter. And you can be sure I won’t be wearing heels during any of it.
And to say she feels no guilt. Wow. My baby isn’t even here yet and already the mum guilt has begun about the times we’ll have to leave her but have no other choice to do. But like that post about narcissistic people said, guilt isn’t something people like her are capable of. She truly believes she is doing a great job as (twin!) mum and it’s only those boys who will suffer for it. With the amount of help she and Chris have the lack of development in those boys is honestly shameful.
I’m due any day now and we will have no help whatsoever when it comes to childcare, not from either set of parents as they work and we’ve no siblings etc to help either. My husband will have some time off but then he’s back to work full time (at least 38 hours a week Fopp, not just a Thursday afternoon and some fannying about on a laptop during the week). Then I’ll be juggling the baby on my own, as well as a full time degree and part time job, with paid childcare when we need it which will be extremely difficult emotionally and financially to do.
Going to the gym, a personal trainer, the hairdressers, nights out together or with friends, Gucci (as if) or even Primark will be out of the question for a very long time. Every minute we have together will be precious and spent engaging with and making memories with our daughter. And you can be sure I won’t be wearing heels during any of it.
And to say she feels no guilt. Wow. My baby isn’t even here yet and already the mum guilt has begun about the times we’ll have to leave her but have no other choice to do. But like that post about narcissistic people said, guilt isn’t something people like her are capable of. She truly believes she is doing a great job as (twin!) mum and it’s only those boys who will suffer for it. With the amount of help she and Chris have the lack of development in those boys is honestly shameful.