{"id":12345,"date":"2018-10-10T22:55:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T22:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordoftheprincess.dreamhosters.com\/?p=12345"},"modified":"2018-10-10T23:03:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T23:03:00","slug":"the-pride-of-being-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordoftheprincess.dreamhosters.com\/?p=12345","title":{"rendered":"The Pride of Being a Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a friend who is a housewife and in the last couple of months, she has been saying things like, \u201cI don’t want to stay home, be bored and become boring. It’s not interesting – it\u2019s degrading\u201d. Yesterday, I met a woman who said to me with pride, \u201cMy grandmother taught me that I have to earn money myself and not rely on anyone\u201d. I took <\/span>anyone<\/span><\/i> to mean <\/span>men<\/b>, especially from what she was saying. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

I have been thinking a lot about that commonly heard dismissive position held by some women that being a stay-at-home wife and having a family means nothing, or worse yet, that it is some sort of sad punishment for women.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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I started to ponder the difference between a woman who has a family and a woman who doesn’t have a family and works – professional in some areas, earns money, has a boyfriend (or boyfriends), doesn’t have any responsibilities other than herself, and who simply lives her life the way she wants.\u00a0I was in that position for years. Actually, I have been in both positions and remember how it was and can compare. Once I started to compare those two women that were both me for a number of years, I became embarrassed and frankly surprised at my own conclusions on the topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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So let me start by asking you to choose a person and do a checklist of that person (look around you or maybe even look in the mirror). She is single, she has been for years. That woman is most likely pretty successful at work, very professional, makes decent or even very good money, enough to satisfy her needs and desires. She spends a lot of time at work, goes out with coworkers for lunch or dinner, probably gets asked her professional advice once in a while, is highly knowledgeable in her profession and raises her skills more by attending some sort of training courses. All of it makes her highly socially active and a valuable professional.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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This is a woman that comes home with money and sees either nobody or maybe a for-now boyfriend. When her doors are closed at night and she is alone, that is the time when all of her insecurities and demons come out. What I mean by demons is that she suffers from <\/span>loneliness<\/span><\/i>. She is unsure of the future – which is so huge for a woman.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have heard a lot of women say, \u201coh, good I don’t have to do (this or that)\u201d, however, they do become happier when there is somebody they serve unconditionally and out of love, like their pets – maybe that’s why they have animals. But only a few recognize the happiness it brings or are willing to admit it.<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to jump to a more interesting part of our conversation. I’m pretty sure that you, as well as I, haven’t thought about it much, so let\u2019s start.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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