So any of you who have ever moved around for your work, will have heard the expression
"Trailing spouse"
Technically it means, the spouse who gives up their career and status and follows the spouse to the new location, without planned employment.
I have always taken offense to this expression, as it feels derogatory.
Quite simply, many people who move around the world for work, NEED, the support of their so called trailing spouse, to keep all the balls in the air.
The list includes, taking care of the schooling, the governmental administration , the upkeep of the house, the morale in the family and often the exercusions and general country discovery. Not to mention the social life, the food shopping and and and and......
Get my point?
These high flying executives could not do what they do with out their T R A I L I N G spouse T R A I L I N G right behind them.
So today I have a call for action. Let's rebrand this team of people and turn them into what they are!
Downright MAGICAL.
So this day hence forth, please join the rally, to give these magnificient and generous human beings, the title they deserve, namely Magical Spouse!
Let's start referring to these people as magical spouses and correcting those misguided people around us, who wrongly call them trailing spouses.
Here endeth my sermon of the day and now I get off my soapbox!
thank you Carolyn - made my day!
ReplyDeleteVery interseting post-and I know a topic that has so much conterversory around it. I have heard many comments of the trailing spouse -especially when it is the man vs the woman who "follows". People see it and it occurs to them in differnt ways. Just like the stay at home vs working mom debate does.
ReplyDeleteI can tell you have a lot of passion around this topic. Curious to see what it sparks in you-there is alot of emotion and feelings there. A jacuzzi talk one day? or sooner?
xoxo LK