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Meternity
by Meghann Foye
Don't expect to enjoy this book if you're a mother or a woman struggling to get pregnant. This book reflects Meghann Foye's real-life beliefs about motherhood and maternity. She genuinely believes that all women should get maternity leave if women who've recently given birth get to take it and she's under the delusion that this is several months of paid time off instead of time that is only paid as long as the new mother's remaining vacation time (some of which where likely used for those OB/GYN appointments "Liz" didn't go to). She's under the bad-drug-induced belief that maternity time is luxury time to reflect and relax, and that workplaces are just racing to give parents raises and promotions when the opposite is true, and parents are instead likely to be passed over for promotions and raises, if they're not fired altogether for reasons such as not being available enough. Like an absolute freaking idiot, she actually thinks that having a baby makes your schedule more flexible!! She seriously believes this stuff, and because of it, thinks that she should get several months of paid time off every few years.
And so she created a character who lives in the world as she stupidly believes it to be for parents, and has her fake a pregnancy to get those sweet, sweet perks that only parents get, like more flexible scheduling, somehow more paid time off, and so on. "Liz" accepts monetary perks and gifts people gave only because they believed her scam. In real life, not only would she be fired when her fraud is revealed, she'd be arrested. In the book, or course it all works out the way she ultimately wants it, instead of getting jail time and an order to pay restitution. I'm not kidding. She committed a crime, and yet Foye's fans think that that criminal is such an awesome person.
As a parent myself, with a 6-year-old, I'm still waiting for me-time instead of dealing with a kid standing outside the door while I pee. I'm still waiting for my life to become just so wonderfully flexible. I'm waiting for promotions and raises. Oh, wait, I lost my job.... In the real world, parenting is work. You leave work earlier than some others, and you not only miss the work that comes with raises, you go home to work more on parenting the children who'll be future tax-payers who will fund people like Meghann Foye. Foye needs to thank us parents for paying to raise the people who will support her while she selfishly sits there thinking we're the ones having it easy.
This is a book that really shouldn't have been published. It's a disgusting fantasy by someone who is a real-life sexist (apparently men don't need downtime) and an idiot who thinks she knows all there is about parenting when she doesn't.
Just to close, Foye actually thinks that leaving work early to go get drunk with a friend who was stood up on OkCupid is as valid of a reason to leave work (and of course get paid) as a parent who leaves to pick up a sick kid (which will only be paid if the parent has vacation or sick time left). She doesn't see the difference between a child legally under the care of parents, and an adult lush who wants to get drunk in the afternoon on a work day.
And so she created a character who lives in the world as she stupidly believes it to be for parents, and has her fake a pregnancy to get those sweet, sweet perks that only parents get, like more flexible scheduling, somehow more paid time off, and so on. "Liz" accepts monetary perks and gifts people gave only because they believed her scam. In real life, not only would she be fired when her fraud is revealed, she'd be arrested. In the book, or course it all works out the way she ultimately wants it, instead of getting jail time and an order to pay restitution. I'm not kidding. She committed a crime, and yet Foye's fans think that that criminal is such an awesome person.
As a parent myself, with a 6-year-old, I'm still waiting for me-time instead of dealing with a kid standing outside the door while I pee. I'm still waiting for my life to become just so wonderfully flexible. I'm waiting for promotions and raises. Oh, wait, I lost my job.... In the real world, parenting is work. You leave work earlier than some others, and you not only miss the work that comes with raises, you go home to work more on parenting the children who'll be future tax-payers who will fund people like Meghann Foye. Foye needs to thank us parents for paying to raise the people who will support her while she selfishly sits there thinking we're the ones having it easy.
This is a book that really shouldn't have been published. It's a disgusting fantasy by someone who is a real-life sexist (apparently men don't need downtime) and an idiot who thinks she knows all there is about parenting when she doesn't.
Just to close, Foye actually thinks that leaving work early to go get drunk with a friend who was stood up on OkCupid is as valid of a reason to leave work (and of course get paid) as a parent who leaves to pick up a sick kid (which will only be paid if the parent has vacation or sick time left). She doesn't see the difference between a child legally under the care of parents, and an adult lush who wants to get drunk in the afternoon on a work day.