Build your own wall........sm
Posted By: MsMT on 2007-02-13
In Reply to: I have an odd request. - l
I do understand how you feel. I have been an MT for over 25 years and my family STILL does not understand my job is full-time, long hours, and sometimes weekends. When my children were growing up, I gave them all my time and worked late at night while they slept to have the work turned in by the next day. I used a typewriter and delivered work in those days :) There will always be those who do think you have a charmed life since you stay at home. My children are grown and still they think I can just stop whatever I'm doing if they pop in in the middle of the day. They don't take what I do seriously...so neither do the other family members. Mom is just typing, no biggie. My mom calls any time of the day and says, I know I'm interrupting your typing, I probably knocked you off....whatever that means. And I think, well, if you think, you're disrupting me and knocking me off (line), then why are you calling? They know they can call anytime if there is a sick family member or emergency, etc., but that's not the case....she'll actually NOT call me to tell me about something important, just something like the neighbor is cutting down their tree or putting up a fence, or their dog won't quit snooping over in her yard.
You'll just have to build your own wall, ignore them and if they get offended, it will be their own problem....don't make it yours. You have to have a life too.
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