Comments on: Mothers are Lame http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/ Parenting, politics, pondering and panicking about it all. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:52:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kels http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Kels Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:29:59 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1024 This has me laughing! So true :) This has me laughing! So true :)

]]> By: ilinap http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 ilinap Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:12:48 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1023 Know what's really boring? People who talk about work all the time. Work that doesn't entail watching your kids learn new things and say fantastically surprising things. I'll take boring any day. Know what’s really boring? People who talk about work all the time. Work that doesn’t entail watching your kids learn new things and say fantastically surprising things. I’ll take boring any day.

]]> By: Deb http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Deb Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:39:55 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1022 I used to just sub out words. So my kids could be "kingpins" and my house was "The Commissioner" and wiping ass was "making a bust" and the park was "da street." So my day could be just one bust of kingpins after another, and then I couldn't wait for a chance to break away from a meeting with the Commissioner because I felt so trapped and needed some action on the street. Not that I had anyone to listen to me when I talked like this. If I had only had a blog! I used to just sub out words. So my kids could be “kingpins” and my house was “The Commissioner” and wiping ass was “making a bust” and the park was “da street.” So my day could be just one bust of kingpins after another, and then I couldn’t wait for a chance to break away from a meeting with the Commissioner because I felt so trapped and needed some action on the street.

Not that I had anyone to listen to me when I talked like this.

If I had only had a blog!

]]> By: Miss Britt http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Miss Britt Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:53:26 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1021 "And expecting some kind of award, or oohing and ahhing for this achievement, just won’t get you anywhere. Don’t be bitter. It’s your gig now. There is not a lot of positive feedback and there are no bonuses for extra time put in. The reality is folks don’t really want to hear about every single detail and I’m afraid that makes it pretty damn isolating. Sorry. I know we deserve red carpets and gold trophies - but that’s just the way it is." Makes me like you ALMOST as much as the bumper stickers on your car. :-) “And expecting some kind of award, or oohing and ahhing for this achievement, just won’t get you anywhere. Don’t be bitter. It’s your gig now. There is not a lot of positive feedback and there are no bonuses for extra time put in. The reality is folks don’t really want to hear about every single detail and I’m afraid that makes it pretty damn isolating. Sorry. I know we deserve red carpets and gold trophies – but that’s just the way it is.”

Makes me like you ALMOST as much as the bumper stickers on your car. :-)

]]> By: Mary@Everyday Baby Steps http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Mary@Everyday Baby Steps Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:07:14 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1020 I had a really exciting day, thank you very much. Got dressed, did my hair, AND put makeup on. Got the baby fed and ready, backed the car out of the driveway to head to the oh so glamorous Walmart Super Center, then got the damn van stuck in the icy, slushy, snow. Damn. Know what you're saying! I had a really exciting day, thank you very much. Got dressed, did my hair, AND put makeup on. Got the baby fed and ready, backed the car out of the driveway to head to the oh so glamorous Walmart Super Center, then got the damn van stuck in the icy, slushy, snow. Damn. Know what you’re saying!

]]> By: Your Hot SIL (not Meryl, you doofus) http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Your Hot SIL (not Meryl, you doofus) Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:38:39 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1018 Oh, well. It's not like anyone else's job sounds that interesting when you break it down: "Well, first I had some bad coffee, and took the long way around the cube pen because I was avoiding my boss. Then, I filed my TPS reports in ten minutes and spent then next fifty minutes reading MorningsideMom's blog and playing Minesweeper to make an even hour to bill the client. So, what did YOU do today." Makes "Watched Cinderella III while filing six months of utility bills" sound FASCINATING. And, that's how I spent MY day. Oh, well. It’s not like anyone else’s job sounds that interesting when you break it down:

“Well, first I had some bad coffee, and took the long way around the cube pen because I was avoiding my boss. Then, I filed my TPS reports in ten minutes and spent then next fifty minutes reading MorningsideMom’s blog and playing Minesweeper to make an even hour to bill the client. So, what did YOU do today.”

Makes “Watched Cinderella III while filing six months of utility bills” sound FASCINATING. And, that’s how I spent MY day.

]]> By: starrlife http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 starrlife Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:26:45 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1019 That made me laugh out loud! Too true! That made me laugh out loud! Too true!

]]> By: tcmom http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 tcmom Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:04:48 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1017 Or instead of "Hes Just Not That Into You" it would be "They're Just Not That Into Your Kids". Or instead of “Hes Just Not That Into You” it would be “They’re Just Not That Into Your Kids”.

]]> By: Becky http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Becky Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:21:35 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1016 Ah, yes. Your book should be called The Ennui of Motherhood. :) Ah, yes. Your book should be called The Ennui of Motherhood. :)

]]> By: Maria http://www.morningsidemom.com/2009/02/05/mothers-are-lame/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Maria Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:20:50 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=1320#comment-1015 Hee, good plan. Hee, good plan.

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