There's nothing more miserable than having a partner who doesn't support you
or simply doesn't care about what you love ..
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> From: Mezzoid@a... [SMTP:]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 2:00 PM
> To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] career + children
>
> In a message dated 05/09/2000 12:54:16 PM Central Daylight Time,
> RRicciardi@S... writes:
>
> << Personally, not having children but I do have a partner, it is hard
> enough to have to be gone singing and having to "find time" to devote to
> your
> relationship. >>
>
> My marriage broke up because of it. It seemed that every time we set a
> deadline (or rather, he set one for me) for having children, something
> came
> up: "If by the time you're 28, you're still singing chorus," (I got 3
> roles
> in Milwaukee just in time for that birthday); "If by the time you're 32
> you
> haven't sung a big role with a small company or a small role with a big
> company," (I was hired to sing a comprimario with WashOp and a principal
> role
> with Summer Opera Theater). And we weren't spending time together because
> I
> was never home in the evening, couldn't go to his company functions, away
> on
> the weekends, working in the summers ... and it all fell apart.
>
> BUT I'm happier now. My SO understands and encourages what I do. He gets
>
> annoyed about having to plan things in advance because he's a spontaneous
> kind of guy and my schedule doesn't allow for spontaneity - for example, I
>
> asked him this a.m. if we were going to his parents for Thanksgiving
> because
> I was asked to sing a wedding that weekend; he doesn't want to plan that
> far
> in advance. Well, I have to. But in general, I'm glad I've made the
> decisions I have.
>
>
>
> Christine Thomas
> Mezzo-Soprano
> Wauwatosa, WI
>
> "I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"
>
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