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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: koan who wrote (54980)	5/28/2009 4:51:17 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

I have asked a few. I try to avoid the one's who are on an obvious political trip. All the old women have a tale to tell. Most remark about the difficulty of the economic depression and WWII years as being the most difficult. Many are proud of having stuck it out in a long term marriage and are critical of following generations who they see as lacking the fortitude to make commitments and to stand on their word. Of course there are the popular horror stories of the oppressed housewife too. Most are pleased with the changes that have allowed for more opportunity but without exception their fondest memories are of home and family. When they get old and are able to look back, I would like to ask a few of the 14 million people in the U.S. who are single parents what it was like raising 21.6 million children while balancing jobs (or unemployment), housework, childcare, visitation schedules, and children's activities independently and without any time left over for themselves. Then there are the quarter million independent women per year in the US who are getting raped/assaulted. I think we are still aborting over a million babies per year in the US and that takes an emotional toll on some women. There are lots who opt not to have kids and who are climbing the corporate ladder independently... I guess that is the poster girl for liberation. I'd like to ask these women too about the struggles but it would probably be better to wait until they are old, lonely, and are really ready to deal with their feelings about it. Something tells me they might be bitter when they've discovered it's not as much fun as advertised. I haven't heard too many kids bragging about the lifestyle of growing up with their independant mom but that is a separate topic I suppose.