Wouldn't it be nice, if we could take someone else's place, and take
the burden off of them for a while. If there were a way to swap minds
into different bodies, as a married couple the sexual implications would
be interesting to say the least.
But this is not what
my main topic today is to be about, what I had in mind was that my wife
in particular, has an interesting job where she has to work shift work,
and such was the case this Christmas. It pains me to see her run down
and tired, her work schedule slowly chipping away her good mood and
sanity.
Wouldn't it be nice if I could go to work for
her, she could stay home and relax, do some quilting, cuddle with her
puppies, and soak in the tub. It's obvious that the mind swapping
technology does not exist in this day and age, but what if there was
another more reasonable way?
My wife is a level 2
power engineer, and has all the schooling and training to operate a
sophisticated gas and power plant, if I had the same training as her,
wouldn't it be nice if we could share the same job. She could work a
week and I could work two, or a one and one, or I could work all year
and she could have a wonderful vacation.
She loves her
job, but like anybody who does the same thing day after day, it gets
monotonous, stressful, and boring. I would gladly go to work for her
until she decided to get back to it herself.
If there
was a system in place where this could happen for any relationship, even
children and adults, boyfriend and girlfriend, if you could go to work
in their stead especially if one of you wasn't working it would be nice
to share the same job.
It would even be better if you
could finally let the other person know what you do all day, instead of
coming home after a long day and telling someone about their crappy day,
they could go out and experience it themselves, and see first hand what
it's like to walk a mile in another person's shoes. By the same token,
the worker could stay home and see what it's like to raise children and
take care of the house.
This alone would create a
real appreciation for what the other person has to go through on a daily
basis, and I think it would form a stronger bond between couples.
That's my blog for the day.
Scott Goerz
