Pen Name Jane
A Kick When You're Down: 'It's Time You Get a Job'
Resisting getting a job after five years of being a housewife.
“It’s time you get a job,” my husband said while we were sitting on the back porch, each drinking a beer and watching the kids play in the sprinkler. Even though I knew this conversation was a long time coming, the fact that he would pick the day that my father had heart surgery seemed like he was kicking me when I was down. I felt betrayed like he’d said he’d had an affair. I felt sick. My brain threw a temper tantrum. I have to get out of this, it thought: an illness, a new pregnancy, I can fake cancer, put myself in a mental institution, anything to not have to put my kids into daycare. I think I feel a lump. Oh God, my throat is closing. I can’t breeeeathe. I’m pretty sure that if you do anything as stupid as fake a terminal illness, …
In this Article:
Chris Sansbury
9:47 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
I'll always make time for Patch! more ›