Comments on: Scrubbing The Sticky Floor http://www.thestickyfloor.com/2011/08/scrubbing-the-sticky-floor/ Thoughts on Evolving Equality & Relationships at Home Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pat Williams http://www.thestickyfloor.com/2011/08/scrubbing-the-sticky-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-4327 Pat Williams Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:34:44 +0000 http://www.thestickyfloor.com/?p=859#comment-4327 Cecilia - I don't know how you did it! I was essentially a single parent of two and was completely tapped out. I can't imagine how you did it with six... unless you waited until the oldest ones could help with the youngest! ;) If I felt that I could have gotten what I needed from the marriage, I'd still be married too. In some ways it was easier, but not all. Are your children grown now? (I read your JT dream, so I know your daughter is an adult. Loved the way you wove us through the story!) Cecilia – I don’t know how you did it! I was essentially a single parent of two and was completely tapped out. I can’t imagine how you did it with six… unless you waited until the oldest ones could help with the youngest! ;) If I felt that I could have gotten what I needed from the marriage, I’d still be married too. In some ways it was easier, but not all. Are your children grown now? (I read your JT dream, so I know your daughter is an adult. Loved the way you wove us through the story!)

]]> By: Cecilia http://www.thestickyfloor.com/2011/08/scrubbing-the-sticky-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-4326 Cecilia Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:10:31 +0000 http://www.thestickyfloor.com/?p=859#comment-4326 Seems like we've traveled a similar path. Only I had 6 children and a husband who traveled. Still married, still trying to figure it all out. Seems like we’ve traveled a similar path. Only I had 6 children and a husband who traveled. Still married, still trying to figure it all out.

]]> By: Pat Williams http://www.thestickyfloor.com/2011/08/scrubbing-the-sticky-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-3920 Pat Williams Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:26:14 +0000 http://www.thestickyfloor.com/?p=859#comment-3920 Bruce - thanks for your motivational comments. You are exactly right about the frame of reference... that's also where I was going with this. It's easier to justify the value of the position when you have the work in writing. I am so glad you invited me to Triberr and that I am learning more about you and your family. Bruce – thanks for your motivational comments. You are exactly right about the frame of reference… that’s also where I was going with this. It’s easier to justify the value of the position when you have the work in writing. I am so glad you invited me to Triberr and that I am learning more about you and your family.

]]> By: Fabulosokids Bruce http://www.thestickyfloor.com/2011/08/scrubbing-the-sticky-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-3914 Fabulosokids Bruce Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:35:11 +0000 http://www.thestickyfloor.com/?p=859#comment-3914 That's not such a crazy idea. When I had issues in my personal life a long while ago, I did pretty much what you're proposing--I modeled my personal life (which was a mess) on my business life, and it worked. What happens is that you are forced to change your frame of reference--when you start to measure things, you realize how ridiculous some of the choices you are making and some of the things you are assuming are. Once you can see things against a new scale, it's easy to change them. The idea has merit. Pursue it. That’s not such a crazy idea. When I had issues in my personal life a long while ago, I did pretty much what you’re proposing–I modeled my personal life (which was a mess) on my business life, and it worked. What happens is that you are forced to change your frame of reference–when you start to measure things, you realize how ridiculous some of the choices you are making and some of the things you are assuming are. Once you can see things against a new scale, it’s easy to change them.

The idea has merit. Pursue it.

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