TravelingGal
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Thinking about Glitterata''s last post in another thread, I''m curious...since you''ve become a mom, how would you rate your DAY TO DAY happiness and satisfaction? If you were to be honest about it...
Now, it goes without saying that most, if not all of us would not give up our children. But would you really say your day to day happiness is better or worse than when you have them?
I''m especially interested in responses from moms of teens and older children.
My answer? Sometimes day to day, it is mundane. But my day to day satisfaction and happiness is actually higher than before I had Amelia. I really had to think about this to answer it. Before, I''d go out and have fun when I wanted, but there were a lot of boring days and blah days too. Amelia, at 10 months, just really lights up my day.
However, I''m definitely more TIRED from day to day and not nearly as relaxed. That is for sure. But that doesn''t impact my happiness and satisfaction as much as I thought it would.
I could totally see my possible day to day happiness going way down when she''s a teenager though....
Now, it goes without saying that most, if not all of us would not give up our children. But would you really say your day to day happiness is better or worse than when you have them?
I''m especially interested in responses from moms of teens and older children.
My answer? Sometimes day to day, it is mundane. But my day to day satisfaction and happiness is actually higher than before I had Amelia. I really had to think about this to answer it. Before, I''d go out and have fun when I wanted, but there were a lot of boring days and blah days too. Amelia, at 10 months, just really lights up my day.
However, I''m definitely more TIRED from day to day and not nearly as relaxed. That is for sure. But that doesn''t impact my happiness and satisfaction as much as I thought it would.
I could totally see my possible day to day happiness going way down when she''s a teenager though....
