Misery Loves Company

20Sep07

Dramatis Personae

Lillipilli: Ex overachieving-super-fucking-organised professional, separated, mother of 2 pre-schoolers, stalked for the last 5 years by a constant feeling of being a non-contributing member of society, with on-off tendency to be a bit glum. Quiet, but exhibits an uncontrolled ability to shock whenever opens mouth in public.

Best-friend 1: Overachieving full-time academic, slightly out of touch with the real world (oh sorry, academic explained that bit), prone to panic attacks, mother of 1 pre-schooler, obsessed with inability to to conceive for the past few years, now pregnant and very ill. Outspoken, with a tendency to confound. Slightly jealous of best-friend 2.

Best-friend 2: Overachieving, super-fucking-organised professional, mother of two pre-schoolers, combating severe PND for the past three years (now kicking it’s arse). Outspoken, with an ability to tell it like it is but not offend anyone. Thinks best-friend 1 is curmudgeonly.

The scene

Life


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9 Responses to “Misery Loves Company”  

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  1. 1 peach on September 21, 2007 said:

    characters rich for a delicious plot, or are you caught in the middle?

  2. 2 mad on September 21, 2007 said:

    I bet y’all are fun at parties!

  3. 3 mad on September 21, 2007 said:

    P.S. I like the new look.

  4. 4 Rich | Championable on September 21, 2007 said:

    And then… and then…?

    Oh. Guess I have to keep reading.

    :-)

  5. 5 Melancholy Trollop on September 21, 2007 said:

    I will take a moment and expound on the one specific topic you mentioned (out of all the rest). The feeling of being a noncontributing member of society…. I was a stay at home mom so when the kids were all grownup and gone I felt like I had no “title” no “job description”. When people meet me the first question is always, “What do you do?” We tend to define ourselves by our job title or the degree we earned. I have become content to just be ME. No title, no big deal. My answer when asked the perverbial question is “Nothing” which freaks people out everytime!!

  6. 6 lillipilli on September 21, 2007 said:

    Peach, no, i’m not in the middle, that would not be sustainable. And yes, it is delicious.

    Mad, but they are. Me, I’m fun, but at parties always manage to offend someone with a clanger (fuck people are over-sensitive). And thanks.

    Rich, yes, I’ll supply by drip-feed the continuing saga.

    MT, I fucking love that, “Nothing!” I’m going to use it the next chance I get.

    But seriously, I live in a city where nearly everyone is obsessed with affluence, or at least appearing affluent. Consequently, most couples are sustaining huge fucking mortgages on the house, the two European cars etc and they both need to work. I am one of very few full-time mothers I know, and that question, “What do you do?”, is often rapidly followed by, “Oh, well what did you do?” or “When will you go back to work?” when I answer, “I look after my kids full-time.”
    I also struggled for a quite a while with letting go of my career (and earning my own money) which was progressing very well at the time I left to have my boy.

    And rewarding as it is for both me and the kidlets, I have found being a full-time mother, socially isolating and mentally deadening. So, I’m heading back to work part-time late this year, and I’m really looking forward to it.

  7. 7 Paul on September 21, 2007 said:

    Lilli get a grip and chill. Take some deep breaths. OMMMMMMMMMMMMM

  8. 8 drodbar on September 21, 2007 said:

    I’ve always found underachievers far more interesting and agreeable company. There’s the self and there’s the world. Relating the two is a full-time occupation. Bugger career.

  9. 9 lillipilli on September 22, 2007 said:

    Paul, I have a grip thank you very much, but I’m with you on the deep breaths. Ommmmmmmmmm

    drodbar, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

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