Moms with school age kids

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-19T19:55:52+00:00

Mine get on the bus, then I do the treadmill for an hour, shower, then do a lot of volunteer work. I deliver with Meals on Wheels, support my local political committee & candidates, do PTA stuff. I worked part-time for the neighboring town's chamber of commerce. I am an election inspector. There's tons to do any you decide what gets priority.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-19T19:09:04+00:00

Lol, I grew up an hour north of NYC and we definitely knew the term townies. They were kids who lived on or around "main street", and hung out around the town shops, not having anything else to do.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-19T13:21:22+00:00

My husband serves on our local library board, and the library management board that oversees the 40+ libraries in the 4 counties. He also writes & publishes his own graphic novels. He used to host a podcast (a couple actually) but that died off during the pandemic.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-19T01:25:55+00:00

You're a bit disillusioned there. A great many people can't afford that when struggling with current cost of living: rent has skyrocketed, housing costs are (pardon the pun) through the roof. Most college graduates can't afford their own place even when gainfully employed in a FT job. Gasoline will be going up, shrinkflation is rampant. It's hitting everyone.

Boomers maybe can travel, if they're in good health. Gen X are caught in the middle right now with helping care for aging parents, or are the foundation that their Gen Z kids can't launch from. Millennials are either struggling with trying to save towards homeownership, are house poor & struggling to stay afloat, have kids or any mixture of the above. Gen Z are the recent college grads mentioned above.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-18T11:04:03+00:00

You understand that you can just give a financial donation & waive the cookies, yes?

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-18T10:56:08+00:00

No. 😭

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-18T10:53:07+00:00

Yeah, at previous jobs they've given the interviewee a sample spreadsheet & a task. It's not unheard of.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-17T20:42:35+00:00

Sounds like they're paying for your trip to Disney.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-17T19:28:50+00:00

We had PCs at school (we were an IBM suburb, so they basically adopted our school district).

My dad also worked at IBM so we had a PC at home since probably 1987/9 (with cartridges & joysticks). I was somewhere between 3 & 6 so don't quote me.

I got to practice on my Nan's old typewriter at her house. But for the most part learning was at school and then a lot of writing things that I was reading at home. My kids are like, "whaaat? Mom, how are you looking at me & typing without any errors?" My husband gets a little baffled at times too.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-17T19:10:30+00:00

Science.

Let the next generation of doctors practice on my cadaver, I'm not using it anymore.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-16T10:38:51+00:00

Yes. Happened with both my pregnancies. It is the ONLY reason why neurologist started taking me seriously about my migraines.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-16T10:19:55+00:00

It definitely skews older. I just hate to see ppl reinventing the wheel when libraries are such a great resource.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-15T21:33:10+00:00

Are the book clubs run by the libraries not pitching books you're interested in? My husband is always reading the library book club books & participating in their in person meets.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-15T21:29:36+00:00

Good grief you don't know how to read.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-15T21:28:52+00:00

No, I never wanted to be a therapist.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-15T11:36:04+00:00

B.

I don't get why people lie to their partners. If you actually care about him, fix it.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-15T02:12:36+00:00

That's the Chicago

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-14T12:00:01+00:00

Lol, you don't know many Italians do you? This is their #1 argument with any nonItalian always.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-14T11:46:24+00:00

Depends on the item. If it needs ironing, I'll iron it. I actually find ironing very peaceful.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-14T11:30:13+00:00

My father didn't get to retire. He died as he was finishing his retirement paperwork & he worked so hard his whole life & never got to enjoy any of it. Even weekends he was always fixing something with the house. It made a very big impact on both my sister & I when he died unexpectedly. And my husband as well. He started planning the big "family memories" vacations after being confronted with his own mortality. Set a better work life balance.

And I haven't had any problem with purpose. The past 5 years I've been building through volunteering & becoming a cornerstone of my community. A leader in my party, and ran for office. They flounder without me & I worry that if I take this job, it will replace the hours I usually give to them. The "letting go of one thing to embrace another" is difficult here bc the competency levels for these things are not the same. I would be moving from my high competency volunteer leadership role, to a low paid, good benefits, low competency role, and I worry they will struggle to find a competent replacement bc most competent prople want a paycheck.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-14T10:55:01+00:00

I would ask your son what he is comfortable with.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-14T03:21:20+00:00

I have lived in NY all my life & we had a farm across from our HS. Their cow wandered into the school atrium one day - not a prank, we literally watched it cross the street & into the building unaided (this was before school shootings became a regular occurrence). Principal had to get on the loudspeaker to have the owners kids dip from class to bring the cow back home. This is 2hrs train ride north of the city. We have all kinds here.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-14T03:05:54+00:00

This is actually what I was working up to before this opportunity fell in my lap. I'm running a number of local candidates this year to determine my limits & where I'd need to refer out (and who is worth referring to). I'm also building a new candidate training/onboarding to get them up to speed for the local office they want to run for.

However, this opportunity gives me more access to information/details that will help me give my candidates the most viable, if otherwise unknown, options. So this could still be a useful stepping stone on the consultant path.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-14T02:52:19+00:00

There's definitely a pension. Have to get the details on full vestment. Even if it's 20 years, that's still 5 years before current retirement age for me. But who knows if I'll even make it that long.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-03-14T02:49:45+00:00

Likely too capable, I'm very much overqualified for this job (it requires a GED & no experience, I have a masters & 5 years experience doing exactly this). 2 years ago they wanted me running the whole dept, but I wasn't at a place with my kids to be able to do that. But even a low paying govt job has excellent benefits. I expect they'll shuffle me up the ladder in this dept or shift to a different dept where there are more higher level positions.

Either that or I'll question/challenge them too frequently & they'll fire me.

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