Mother’s Day 2009

Warm greetings and wishes to all the Mothers on this day

[Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May]

At work, during a coffee break chat with my colleague, as usual, we discussed about the “All work and no personal life” part of our career.

I mentioned about my situation of leaving home when my kid is still sleeping and reaching home at odd hours when he is already asleep or about to sleep. I told her that the only time we meet each other will be during the weekends. My friends used to call me as my kid’s “weekend uncle” because as per his perception, I will be someone who visits the home only during the weekends and play with him :(

While this situation was pathetic, as a father, my colleague has much more difficult situation. Her work profile demands frequent travel and she was expected to get onboard a flight in a very short notice without leaving any option left to her. She has a one year old baby and has to entirely depend on the elder’s support to take care of the baby and the family.

While I agree that her situation [spending quality time with family and children] is much worse compared to mine, i felt that it is all about her decision to go to work and at any point of time, as a mother, she can always stay back at home and leave the financial responsibility with her husband. But to a father, is there any such an option available? at least not in our current social setup. I even feel that nobody even look at this as an issue.

Any comments?

…bright