Writer's Block: If stains could talk
Sep. 11th, 2009 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Well, I guess this kind of depends. Is this my "before" self: pre-mommyhood, when I was still a practicing lawyer? Or, is this my "now" self: a mommy and, thus, having gone all gooshy and nice inside?
If it was my "lawyer self", then, definitely, I would NOT tell them. I know this makes me sound like a terrible person -- and I probably was a terrible person when I was practicing law. I kind of had to be in order to survive. But I would look at it as their penance for annoying me, and I probably wouldn't even feel guilty about it. Besides, there would be a high likelihood that they would do the same to me. I'm not kidding myself about this; lawyers are not the nicest people around.
If we're talking my current, "mommy" self ... it's a little harder to answer. There would be a part of me that, still, would NOT want to tell them. But there would be a part of me that felt sorry for them (something I would never have done when I was working), as well as a part of me that felt I should tell them because it's the "right" thing to do and would set a good example for my child unit. In all probability, I would tell them. But I would split the difference by not being happy over doing so. Yeah, it's weird, but you do what you have to to remain (sorta) sane. o_O
Well, I guess this kind of depends. Is this my "before" self: pre-mommyhood, when I was still a practicing lawyer? Or, is this my "now" self: a mommy and, thus, having gone all gooshy and nice inside?
If it was my "lawyer self", then, definitely, I would NOT tell them. I know this makes me sound like a terrible person -- and I probably was a terrible person when I was practicing law. I kind of had to be in order to survive. But I would look at it as their penance for annoying me, and I probably wouldn't even feel guilty about it. Besides, there would be a high likelihood that they would do the same to me. I'm not kidding myself about this; lawyers are not the nicest people around.
If we're talking my current, "mommy" self ... it's a little harder to answer. There would be a part of me that, still, would NOT want to tell them. But there would be a part of me that felt sorry for them (something I would never have done when I was working), as well as a part of me that felt I should tell them because it's the "right" thing to do and would set a good example for my child unit. In all probability, I would tell them. But I would split the difference by not being happy over doing so. Yeah, it's weird, but you do what you have to to remain (sorta) sane. o_O