Parenthood. It's like a full-time job, especially if you stay at home with the kids. Except it really isn't. If you work full-time, you get paid. Parenthood isn't a paid position, at least not monetarily. And most full-time jobs are 40 hours per week. Not parenthood. How many hours are in a week? That's how many hours you're working. But you do get a break at night. Well, maybe. It depends on how well your child sleeps, if said child is sick, teething, injured, or any number of other things. We'll call night duty being on call. You might get called in, you might not. But there are date nights! Yes! Well, that's nothing like a "real" job either. You have to pay someone else to take your shift and you're still on call. As for the job description...well, it includes everything. Changing diapers, feeding, bathing, comforting, cleaning up, laundry, teaching them, well, everything. Also, there's no expense account. You pay for everything too. Really, parenthood is nothing like a job, it's a lifestyle. It's like a tattoo on your face: you have to be fully committed.
Note: This is all tongue-in-cheek, meant to entertain. It's the running monologue in my head while I change the umpteenth dirty diaper that has leaked this week. I dearly love my kids and would do anything for them but let's be honest, it's nothing like a job. ;)
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