There are many things in this life I find annoying - slow drivers, inefficiency, and uncomfortable bras are just a few. But lately something that has shot to the top of the list are the people who must update their Facebook status every four seconds with what they are doing. In particular the stay-at-home-moms who seem to chronicle every move their child makes. "Oh Little Johnny ate 2 bites of scrambled eggs and had a sip of Juice." "Oh, Little Suzy just had a 52 minute nap." Gee thanks. I'm so glad I get to read about every little poop your poopsie takes.
OK, I know this sounds bitter, but I have good reason. I am a working mom. Now before you stay-at-home-moms get all "I work too!!" on me let me just say I understand. I know just how hard moms work. Remember I'm a mom too. I just get to serve another master during the daylight hours. And to add to it, I have to leave my babies to do it. I get the joy of leaving sometimes crying babies to go off and earn a paycheck.
To be fair, those who know me would say I have it pretty good. My office is at home and I can tweak my hours somewhat around my kids. But that does not negate the fact I'm not the only one raising my children. That is a pain that no amount of money could ever alleviate. Then, to top it off by people who have nothing better to do that status update or worse those who couldn't care less about their kids makes me crazy.
Who are these people who can up and leave their kids to go on vacation?? I can actually say I know someone who left their 10 week old baby to go on a booze filled convention weekend. You would have had to pry my baby out of my cold dead hands before I did that...again I know judgemental, but maybe some people need a wake up call. Perhaps we've allowed our priorities to go askew...tending to smart phones and not sweet babies.
Oh well, guess it's time for summer and all the moms who complain their kids are driving them nuts!! Can't wait!
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