should i only be a wife n mother n always give up my wishes?
By icegermany
@icegermany (2524)
India
August 27, 2008 4:34am CST
hi, me n my husband just started going to gymnastic we also take our son with us
he keeps playing n we use to do our excercises n just keep an eye on him to see that he doesnt hurt himself , but as u parents how much we care for our children n then too they hurt themselves somehow. yesterday what happened is as usual we were excercising n my son went near the dumbles n the weight fell on his toe n his toe started bleeding n hence my husband was upset n he was just telling me that we need to go to gym separately n one has to look after the child orelse we need to leave it.
i have always just given up my career for the sake of my wedding, being an engineer i didnt go to job, n there r small small things which comes between like how i mentioned the above one.
do u all thing i m doing wrong or what do u think about this , reply me ur comments?
thanks.
3 responses
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
27 Aug 08
I don't know how old your child is but if you are not happy being at home then you should go back to work. If you want to work out with your husband then find someone to watch your child while you do that. You do not have to give up the things that you want to do for your family, not when there are usually ways to work it out so everyone is happy. You have to figure out what you want to do and then I'm sure you will be able to figure out how to do it.
@icegermany (2524)
• India
27 Aug 08
ya i agre that , but u know i stay in germany n all my relatives , friends n my parents r in india. once i m back to india i will not be having so many problems to think about my child as i can leave him with my mom but here i cant do that as i have no one here.
but sometimes i really think there a so many steps in life where u have to compromise n just go on with whats happening.
have u anytime thought like this?
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
27 Aug 08
I agree with you. I had to compromise for many years while my children were growing up because my ex wanted me to stay at home and raise them. As soon as the youngest started school I went back to school to finish college and I went back to work. Just remember that you shouldn't be the only one compromising. 

@icegermany (2524)
• India
27 Aug 08
yes i know that, i m just not complaining on my husband n even he knows that i m not satisfied staying at home so he always does whatever i like n he cares for me
but then to i have a feeling in my heart that i studied so much n worked hard n also my parents worked hard on me n hence i m doing nothing for them , i really have this feeling due to which i always feel guilty.
n when there r times to compromise i really feel bad.
@2minicoopers (239)
• United States
30 Aug 08
Well, can you find another Gym to attend maybe one that has a child care? Our gym has a child care and they love it!
It is very hard being a mom full-time but overtime for me it has started to settle with me and I've gradually started to love it and can't imagine any other way. My first few years of staying at home were terriable I was lonely and wanted to feel valued and feel like I've accomplished something and felt I wasnt getting that at home. But now I'm going into my 3rd year as a stay at home mom and seeing that I am starting to see my accomplishments in my children, everytime they make a good choice, or everytime they go potty, or anything, I feel that I"ve accomplished something in them, and little by little those feelings of wanting to go back to work have gotten less and less.
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@icegermany (2524)
• India
30 Aug 08
there are 2 gyms nearby to my house and i prefer those coz me and my husband go together and after his office he will have less time and hence i need to prefer this two and both of it dont have a childcare if it was there i migh have been really have and tensionfree.
But its good to hear from you that now you are a bit relaxing and really taking care of childrens is so difficult. their food, their bathing, their potty everything should be done by us and it so difficult but cant help it as they are our childrens and we need to do.
my son is just 2yrs old may be after 2 more yrs i will have less work concerned to him but everytime i think the responsibility of a child increases as the grow.
as they grow they take care of theirselef but the extra care from us increases to make them educated, to make them disciplined, and so on.
i think being parents our responsibility never ends.
what do you think about this?
@2minicoopers (239)
• United States
3 Sep 08
I agree, sometimes I feel I never stop going! I have a 2yr old and a 1yr old, I'm constantly running after. But I've found that it's important to my insanity to get them in playgroups so I can get more adult interaction. Helps them to go to bed easier at night too!
@jadegoat (89)
• United States
27 Aug 08
Dealing with ever-changing life is very hard on us women. I am a stay at home mom with two little ones and it has taken my husband and I over 5 years of our marriage to get it back on track. It will never be what it was when we got married because we chose the change by having kids. Not expecting quite so much change we butted heads for years. You have to work on what makes you happy. I found for a while I lost myself, when I found me again and just demanded I am me things started getting better. Your husband is right about one thing you should either go to the gym separate or have someone watch your child while the two of you go to the gym. Your son could have really been hurt had the dumbbell hit him on the head. The road of sorrow is paved with good intentions. Safety for your child first. Then look into your needs.
@icegermany (2524)
• India
27 Aug 08
yes i think i need to agree with u n even i realise that i need to first care for my child n then i need to think of other needs. but this kind of things come in life frequently n i dont know till all this finishes up i might become an old lady n later need to only sit at home i feel. might be listening to me u might feel little bit strange but u know sometimes it really becomes too much.



