tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post2245008538189160119..comments2023-10-15T10:55:42.537-05:00Comments on This That and the Other Thing: Women's Week: How Do You Define Success?RAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-76016019567715400452010-02-16T08:21:11.558-06:002010-02-16T08:21:11.558-06:00Sandi, thanks for your comments. Everyone has a d...Sandi, thanks for your comments. Everyone has a different style, and one think I do try to do is show how a book interacts with my life. What does it make me think of, how does it make me feel, does it move me to change, help my relationships, amuse me, make me cry? <br /><br />I'm glad you liked the Cougar Club. As I said in my review, its not a bad book; it is a book whose characters I did not like. Why didn't I like them? Because their focus and priority in life is so different from mine--and they seemed miserable but ready to repeat the same mistakes.RAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-9087018586367323092010-02-16T01:22:04.830-06:002010-02-16T01:22:04.830-06:00I'm not sure we're reading the same book -...I'm not sure we're reading the same book - THE COUGAR CLUB by Susan McBride, right? What I read in your blog was not a review of this charming book but a defensive review of your life. I'm all for interjecting personal matters into blogs but not when they run over the subject in the process.<br /><br />I have not finished The Cougar Club yet, so I don't feel qualified to review this book yet, and I'm sure not going to write a diatri be about myself. I think I'll finish before I comment further on this engaging story.Sandie Herronhttp://hherronfamily.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-88559422069936673192010-02-15T11:47:40.154-06:002010-02-15T11:47:40.154-06:00I consider myself successful. I have a job I enjoy...I consider myself successful. I have a job I enjoy, that I am very good at, and make enough to support our family since DH lost his job a few years ago. I've deliberately not attempted to move up at work just yet because I don't want to sacrifice family time at this point. My boss and I have had serious conversations about this, since he plans for me to take over when he retires in a few years - and I'm not 100% sure that I'll be ready. I could *do* the job, just not sure I want to.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04306275747304783618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-12393463805205711382010-02-15T10:24:03.264-06:002010-02-15T10:24:03.264-06:00I'm not sure what defines success but I am hap...I'm not sure what defines success but I am happy. I have been married for over 21 yrs, have 5 wonderful children... I too don't wear Prada, drive a luxury car or go on spa vacations but then I really wouldn't want to even if I could (well maybe I'd like a fancy car when I don't have the kids with me). I am comfortable with who I am.... I don't have a job that society views as successful... oh wait since I have no paycheck I have no job at all... but I am doing what I always wanted to do with my life - I am a wife and motherReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08739029410584701609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13263155.post-27527406371888652392010-02-15T10:15:58.535-06:002010-02-15T10:15:58.535-06:00Thanks for this interesting and in depth look at t...Thanks for this interesting and in depth look at this book as well as the subject matter. I agree with your entire outlook. Even though I am older than you, I do feel the same way and I see what changes have occurred over the past few decades and they are not for the better. They are not improvements at all. These young women of today are all miserable and do not understand values, principles and the importance of family. Instead they rely upon artificial values which are fleeting. I hope that I am not too harsh but this is what is happening in our society, except for a very few.travelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06191803578622949052noreply@blogger.com