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Did you ever see a mom somewhere, a mom you don’t know at all, like at the grocery store, and her kids are being total tools, and she’s not doing anything about it, and you’re sitting there going, What the fuck is wrong with that lady? Why doesn’t she do something???
And you start going over all the things that you would do if you were in that situation? Because you just cannot fathom why this mom’s kids are out of control? And you say to yourself, That mom right there is the problem with society these days.
You wonder why she isn’t punishing her kids or taking things away from them or yelling at them or at least doing something.
Because you know if you were in that situation, you would definitely do that.
You would never, ever allow your children to act like that and get away with it.
Yesterday, I was that mom.
Not the judgmental one.
The shitty one.
Luckily, I wasn’t at the store. I wasn’t in public at all, really.
It started at my parents’ house.
The kids were just being rude and disrespectful and annoying each other on purpose and annoying me and my parents on purpose.
It got worse and worse as the day went on.
And I didn’t do a whole lot about it.
I know all the things I should (or shouldn’t) have done.
I know I shouldn’t have let them stay at my parents’ house (where they get to watch TV and eat cookies and do all that stuff that your parents never let you do when you were a kid but for some reason they let your kids do all the time) as long as I did.
I know as soon as one kid crossed the line, I should have just packed everyone up and left.
I know I should have done a lot of stuff I didn’t do.
But I didn’t.
And you know why?
It’s not because I’m ignorant or lazy or stupid.
It’s because I’m fucking tired.
Yesterday, I was exhausted. And I just didn’t have it in me.
I did not have it in me to be a responsible mother yesterday.
Yesterday all I had in me was to keep the kids and myself alive.
And while I didn’t do it well, I did it.
The next time you see a mom who looks like she just doesn’t give a shit, you could be right. She might be the world’s shittiest mom.
But there’s also a possibility she might just be having the world’s shittiest day.
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Well said…
We’ve all been there and Thursday’s are the worst… Especially when training (workouts); the week and exhaustion just catches up to you.
And it’s not Friday yet ;-(
This soooo hit home! My parents and even a few non-mommy friends just don’t seem to get it! I’m a single mom working two jobs some days I just don’t have it in me to give a shit….they’re being brats/obnoxious I get it but I’m tired and I need a drink so lets move on with our lives
Dear Susie,
I admire you and one day I pray that I can be more like you….as a mom of seven kids also I feel like I’m failing miserably….these moments you talk of, these are reoccurring here, not every once in a while, I’m just so fucking tired as well and I try to get up each day and make it the best but that does not last long….
Sincerely, just defeated
Jill!!! Hang in there! Let me ask you a question — what do you do for work? Are you a stay at home mom? Do you work at home or outside the home?