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  • I'm upfront with my children about my job

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    Default Do you talk to/tell your children what you do for a living?

    Not making any judgements, just curious.

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    Default Re: Do you talk to/tell your children what you do for a living?

    I'm not a parent, but I have a co-worker who tells her kids she works at a special Olive Garden that they can't go to until they are grown ups.

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    Default Re: Do you talk to/tell your children what you do for a living?

    They are still pretty little. When they get bigger I assume she'll have to talk to them about it.

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    Default Re: Do you talk to/tell your children what you do for a living?

    What's w/all the random questions lately, just wondering..


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    Default Re: Do you talk to/tell your children what you do for a living?

    My ex is like the PTA mom & we would never tell our boys but I did have to remind her how she dressed when she was leaving the house. When we were together I would tell people she was a accountant, she likes to count other peoples money.

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    i didn't tell my son, but somebody else did grr. he is WAY too young to understand so i try and tell him that i waitress..when he gets a lot older and questions me i don't see the harm in telling him though.

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    Default Re: Do you talk to/tell your children what you do for a living?

    Quote Originally Posted by unbeleavable View Post
    When we were together I would tell people she was a accountant, she likes to count other peoples money.
    lmao.

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    I have a secret to share...they dont care. Like, even though my other / cover job is web design, I have yet ever, in 16 years, had my kid ask me to tell her about my work day, or work load, or clients or how business is going or anything else.

    I also do web and graphic design and told kiddo I did that, even showed her work Ive done and shed sometimes sit and watch me work...ever since she was 4 its what Ive done so its not like shes clueless, but even so, when she was younger, if it ever came up shed say I work on a computer and as far as she was concerned, that summed it up.

    The last thing any kid really cares about, whether you are a celebrity, a bank teller or in the adult industry is hearing about your job, your bills, your retirement fund, your stocks, all that is boring adult stuff.... Not to mention, there are kids whose parents are executives, head to work in a suit every day and they havnt the foggiest idea what their parents do for a living. They work, thats about all they could tell ya and its not out of secrecy, just hearing about a parents work isnt a highlight in the day of the average kid. And when they become teenagers, they care even less, if thats possible LoL

    Im really jsut saying that because it seems like every 2 weeks a discussion about "what to tell the kids!" comes up... Tell them youre in sales, you work on a computer, you do marketing, youre in customer service...whatever, its true for one, and for two, they arent looking for details...if they ask its probably out of curiosity from talkign with friends, but even then, they arent exactly sitting around disucssing "oh yeah? well my mom is a financial planner at Wells Fargo!" This is simply not happening.
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    Default Re: Do you talk to/tell your children what you do for a living?

    Quote Originally Posted by BlkSharpie View Post
    Im really jsut saying that because it seems like every 2 weeks a discussion about "what to tell the kids!" comes up...
    Sorry for the redundant question. I did a search on this forum and didn't get a hit for this question - - lots of "does your family know" and "what does your boyfriend/husband think", but not this. Interesting take, though.

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    No no, dont get me wrong, I my post wasnt about harping on you for asking, I was actually and honestly answering your question. My sense of time sucks, but have a fairly good memory and Ive been around here for awhile so my perception is warped So yeah, take that small part from my post with a grain of salt.

    But yeah, my take definitely is that kids are not nearly as interested in the lives or jobs of their parents as we'd like to think they are.

    As for all the topics about what to tell parents / friends / family / strangers / etc... I think in this day and age of FB and twitter, people feel compelled to share information about themselves / others feel the have a right to know what other people are doing. Im a private person and respect other peoples privacy, so all that doesnt compute to me.

    As for significant others...once someone is a part of your life / planning to share your life with someone and develop an intimate relationship, then secrets shoudlnt be a part of that. They should know.

    That pretty much sums up my answer through the years to all the different "how do I tell!!" posts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jasmine.Doll View Post
    I'm not a parent, but I have a co-worker who tells her kids she works at a special Olive Garden that they can't go to until they are grown ups.
    Always wondered why when people pick a brand for a post like this....its always olive garden.... lol

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    Default Re: Do you talk to/tell your children what you do for a living?

    My daughter thinks I work at a casino but eventually I will tell her.

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