Unpopular thoughts as I grow older…
I am so sad that the smartest girls in my High School who went to elite colleges, that with my 80 percentile rank ass couldn’t get into, are either stay-at-home moms or are severely under-employed.
Again I will acknowledge that my suburban town was skewed to the evangelical religious right, but these girls had hopes and dreams. I’m just out here like….what happened?
I don’t have a problem with stay at home moms. They are elite level executive functioners. I worry about their identities, their work load, their dreams, their relationships, and their social circles. Like at some point the kids won’t need your daily supervision. What will you do then?
They will have this potential 20+ year gap. No additional training or education. No work experience. If their husband/partner were to lose their job, become unable to work, or die, they and their family ARE screwed.
One of them invited a bunch of us to brunch for a 30 year reunion thing…and like shit I’m the only single-no kids person involved . I noped out so fast. My bff was invited too, she didn’t get why I didn’t want to go.
AHEM
I’m unable to small talk without getting socially drained after 5 minutes.
I can only fake interest in other people’s kids for so long.
It was most likely a dry brunch so no social lubricants would have helped.
I will have little to no conversational input unless they want to hear about my job and dog. I just want to remain prone on my couch and not question my life choices, is that too much to ask?
