The other day I was with a friend of mine who is a stay-at-home mom. We came across one of her long lost high school friends and once the high pitched SQUEEEEEE “It’s been so long” statements subsided the inevitable question popped up, “So what do you do nowadays?” A question almost synonymous with “What’s your name?”
That’s when I realize we have a problem … well, a couple of problems.
Problem 1: We’ve become so obsessed with work that it’s replaced our identity to the point that “What do you do?” basically means “Who are you?” in today’s culture.
Problem 2: This one became apparent when I saw my friend kinda shift around and say semi-shamefacedly “I’m just staying at home with the kids.” To which her friend responded with, “Man, well that must be tough with how lonely it is and everything!”
