The Corporate World Does Not Respect Mothers
from Nightbitch
Written by Marielle Heller
Two mothers bond over the exhausting realities of stay-at-home parenthood and the loss of their professional identities. Jen reveals her past as a high-powered lawyer while the Mother confesses her secret fantasies of escaping her domestic life.
MOTHER: Thank you for letting us come along. This is so beautiful.
JEN: Yeah. Sometimes you just gotta sweat to feel alive.
MOTHER: So what did you do before you had your kids?
JEN: I was a corporate lawyer.
MOTHER: Really?
JEN: Yeah. Worked 80 hour weeks. I made more money than my husband - I like
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