I have invited you to share this tender-hearted moment in our low-ceilinged, window-less hovel so that, in true class-action tradition, we may thank He Who Made Us for also creating leftists to star in our lighter moments.
It is no coincidence that laughter, loopy liberals and leftists, not to mention listless lightweights, all begin with the same letter.
You know how envy is the mother’s milk of left-wing non-mothers.
Perhaps you have heard of the liberal Irish girl Meghann Foye, who is too short for her weight or too heavy for her height.
Ms. Foye, 38 years old, never has had children and does not necessarily want any. As a loyal lib, though, Meg Baby basks – or is it frets? in a bathtub filled with envy.
Not that she hungers to be called Mommy. She is starved for social equality.
Meg Baby has penned a to-be missed first novel, “Meternity.”
Meg Baby, non-mom, spoke to the New York Post about her yawning yearning to be not just another lusting left-winger.
Said M.B. about her en-vee:
“I was 31 years old in 2009, and I loved my career. As an editor at a popular magazine, I got to work on big stories, attend cool events, and meet famous celebs all the time.
“And yet, after 10 years of working in a job where I was always on deadline, I couldn’t help but feel envious when parents on staff left the office at 6 p.m. to tend to their children, while it was assumed co-workers without kids would stay behind to pick up the slack.
“‘You know, I need a maternity leave!’ I told one of my pregnant friends. She laughed, and we spent the afternoon plotting my escape from my 10-hour days, fake baby bump and all.
“Of course, that didn’t happen. But the more I thought about it, the more I came to believe in the value of a ‘meternity’ leave — which is, to me, a sabbatical-like break that allows women and, to a lesser degree, men to shift their focus to the part of their lives that doesn’t revolve around their jobs.
“While both men and women would benefit from a ‘meternity’ leave after a decade or so in the workforce, the concept is one that would be especially advantageous for women. Burnout syndrome is well-documented in both sexes, but recent research suggests that women may experience it at greater rates; researchers postulate that it’s because women (moms and non-moms alike) feel overloaded by the roles they have to take on at work and at home.
“Bottom line: Women are bad at putting ourselves first. But when you have a child, you learn how to self-advocate to put the needs of your family first. A well-crafted ‘meternity’ can give you the same skills — and taking one shouldn’t disqualify you from taking maternity leave later.
“I may not have been changing diapers, but I grappled with self-doubt.”
What do you think, dear reader? Does Meg Baby pose a valid proposition?