May 2, 2005
GOD, NATURE, SPACE ALIENS, THE BIG SPOOK...ALL AGREE:
Moms report high job satisfaction in new study (Mary Jane Smetanka, May 3, 2005, Minneapolis Star Tribune)
In contrast to the popular image of mothers struggling to strike a balance between the demands of raising children, working and the tensions of daily life, a national study released today finds the vast majority of moms are satisfied with their lives as mothers.Nearly 81 percent of the women surveyed for the Motherhood Study said they were "very satisfied," and another 16 percent said they were "somewhat" satisfied.
Results were generally high regardless of income, race, education, age, marital status and employment.
One thing that History, Creationism, Intelligent Design and Darwinism all agree on and the facts comport with. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 2, 2005 4:29 PM
No, not job satisfaction. Life fulfillment. Big difference. The days are long, but the years fly by for stay-at home Moms. It's exactly the opposite for go-getting careers.
Posted by: Peter B at May 2, 2005 7:43 PMNow if we could only get this level of satisfaction with the men in our lives......
Posted by: Buttercup at May 2, 2005 7:44 PMButtercup;
Now you're just being unnatural. Just think of your husband's imperfections as being the pedestal on which your own glory shines better…
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at May 2, 2005 9:31 PMButtercup:
Time to fess up. You don't really want that. Kingsley Amis wrote a novel about several aging couples, one of whom wasn't married. For twenty years she dressed better than the wives and openly adored her partner, much to the envy of the married guys. Finally they married and she immediately relaxed and began complaining and joking about him. At last she was happy.
To appreciate the natural aysemetry here, just imagine the President making public quips about "Mrs. Excitement".
Posted by: Peter B at May 3, 2005 6:47 AMIn at least peripherally related news, several weeks ago a survey (sorry, no link) asked women who believed in the afterlife some questions about what they wanted there.
Only 10% wanted to see their husbands in the hereafter.
Having learned not to ask questions to which I might not want the answer, I did not show it to my wife.
AOG:
You have a promising future in the Spinmeistering industry.
Peter:
The last line in your post is particularly illuminating.
Posted by: Jeff Guinn at May 3, 2005 7:41 AMMr. B: We'd think the President unchivalrous if he did. But does the President ever make jokes at the expense of others? His humor works because he is the most powerful man on earth and yet he pokes fun at himself.
Even barbs he directs at others are usually prefaced by self deprecating remarks. Also, many a comic has made oodles poking fun at the "ball and chain." Rodney Dangerfield, Eddie Murphy, Ben Hill, easily come to mind.
Buttercup:
True, but their humour only really works because they play doofus' themselves and everyone knows the ball and chain has little choice.
Wouldn't you agree with me that if you met a woman who talked all the time about how wonderful her husband was (while he was still alive) you would suspect something was amiss?
Posted by: Peter B at May 3, 2005 2:39 PM