On being a mawkish bore

Well, well, well! My last post has certainly ruffled a few feathers! How bizarre that posting something so essentially feminine and warm and fuzzy should get people quite so excitable. I can feel myself working up to a rant here, so bear with me...... Why is it that us women - and working mums especially - are expected to be all trouser-wearing and matter-of-fact about our very real emotional lives? I debated posting that email piece by an American mother on Tuesday for a while, then decided to go ahead despite the cheesiness, because I found great chunks of it to ring unbearably true, but also because I could never have written it myself, being well-schooled in the art of reining in all emotional expression. It's just not cool, is it? But hey, nice to have stirred up a debate! And do not fear, tomorrow I will return to my usual glacial self....