Eight weeks after the birth, I decided it was time to take a step away from bottles and nappies, and back towards the real world. I braved the rush hour to meet with three of my colleagues after work. We had arranged to meet at 5:30, and I figured we would have a glass of wine, then perhaps head to dinner for food, drinks, and cheer. I would hear all the office gossip and news about how people had shifted positions in the dynamic organisation for which I work.
I had forgotten it was Monday, that it is somehow more difficult to spend money when one has a steady income, and that, in a big bank. very little can change over 2 months. My colleagues weren't in the mood to drink or spend (which I, still weak physically and financially, decidedly was) and I quickly learned that there was very little new gossip. No one had quit or gotten fired, there had been no accidental "reply alls," and although I had begun over the past few days to look forward to returning, I was vividly reminded of how repetitive a 9-to-5 job can be.
While it was fantastic to catch up with these women on their personal and professional lives on an individual level, it's clear that while parenthood can be repetitive by nature, the financial world - despite the air of excitement that surrounds the suited and booted rush hour crowds - can be just as much so.
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