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From: grwalter@watnot.UUCP (Fred)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Who's watching the kids?
Message-ID: <11266@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 15:04:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: watnot.11266
Posted: Thu Jul 11 15:04:45 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 01:06:53 EDT
References: <395@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA> <537@hou2g.UUCP>
Reply-To: grwalter@watnot.UUCP (Fred)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <537@hou2g.UUCP> scott@hou2g.UUCP (N. Ersha) writes:
>I think the best solution would be for both partners
>to take turns (a year or two each, at least until the
>child gets into nursery school or something).  This
>would only work if each is capable of earning enough
>to support three; not necessarily the same amount, but
>it would probably have to be close.
>
>For this reason alone it would be nice to marry someone
>of my own economic "class" (NO FLAMES!) if given a choice.
>Not that anyone has a choice about such things--I don't expect
>to *select* the person I fall in love with.
>
>Granted it could be a pain in the ass at times, but there 
>must be a lot of rewards to raising the kid(s) also.  It'd
>be kind of neat to take a year or two off of "work"...
>
>Then with a terminal and net "connection" I would have the 
>time to be as prolific as some of the rest of you--uh oh, 
>maybe I shouldn't have given you any warning...
>
>			SJBerry

I have only one question : how many companies will allow you to take a year
off every other year for 5-6 years ? Wouldn't most say 'bye' and then find
somebody that would work full time ? (Look at it from their viewpoint -
they have this position to be filled and you obviously wouldn't be filling
it.)

Just curious,
Fred

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