Madeleine
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Along the topic of being interviewed by guests...
If you do answer personal questions how honest are you?
One of the big questions we answer everyday is why are we doing this? Did we always want to do this? Was it a lifelong dream job?
Ok, for me cleaning and cooking are the absolute bottom of any list of jobs I might want. But I can't say that!
So, our honest answer is we lost our jobs and decided to try something completely different.
Should I be lying and saying yes, I've always wanted to do this!!!
Would that make the guests feel better and get me better reviews?
The honest answer pops out of my mouth before I think!
Next up is how hard it must be with our kids so far away. Seriously? Our kids are way independent and like the distance so they can live their own lives. But the guest who is asking this thinks we're awful parents because we don't pine for our kids and call them everyday and visit every week.
So do I lie and say it's terrible and we Skype all the time? And when we retire we're just going to travel all the time visiting them?
I always say how nice it is for them that they babysit their grandkids everyday (never happening here!) And live in each other's pockets (definitely not us!)
To honest for my own good. And terrible at sidetracking the conversation. But, in 10 years I have shut up about a lot of stuff I used to talk about!
If you do answer personal questions how honest are you?
One of the big questions we answer everyday is why are we doing this? Did we always want to do this? Was it a lifelong dream job?
Ok, for me cleaning and cooking are the absolute bottom of any list of jobs I might want. But I can't say that!
So, our honest answer is we lost our jobs and decided to try something completely different.
Should I be lying and saying yes, I've always wanted to do this!!!
Would that make the guests feel better and get me better reviews?
The honest answer pops out of my mouth before I think!
Next up is how hard it must be with our kids so far away. Seriously? Our kids are way independent and like the distance so they can live their own lives. But the guest who is asking this thinks we're awful parents because we don't pine for our kids and call them everyday and visit every week.
So do I lie and say it's terrible and we Skype all the time? And when we retire we're just going to travel all the time visiting them?
I always say how nice it is for them that they babysit their grandkids everyday (never happening here!) And live in each other's pockets (definitely not us!)
To honest for my own good. And terrible at sidetracking the conversation. But, in 10 years I have shut up about a lot of stuff I used to talk about!