When I think of "Mom Guilt" I think of the guilt a mother puts on her children.
"I only carried you for nine months, but it's okay to hurt me." "How could you do this? To me? Your mother?" I grew up watching sitcoms (and still do) so I learned through TV that Catholics and Jews are supposed to have some super level mom guilt. However, I believe this to be inaccurate because we can all do it well. And it seems that in today's age, it's far more prevalent. For as much as moms will guilt their children, I find that moms are more likely to guilt each other. It wasn't long ago that a mother tried to shame me for the dinner I had brought my children. We are in that season of life where there is dinner in the car more nights than dinner at the table. Personally, I hate it. I love sitting down for dinner. But if this is where we are, so be it. One night we were eating dinner at the dance studio before heading up the road for taekwondo and then back down the road for soccer. Back up the road to pick up from taekwondo to go back down the road to another soccer match. It was a lot. And I was teaching a class at the studio the kids were dancing at as well. So, I figured on these nights to fill them up during lunch time and bring smaller meals for dinner. We were trying to be very well rounded in our meal planning, so usually the kids had some good foods spread out throughout the day. Anyway, as we sat down to eat our dinner, a mother was picking up her student from my class. She then proceeded to walk around the table and inspect my children's dinners. And as serious as she could be, she asked me where their protein was. She couldn't believe that what was before my children was their dinner. How could I not pack their protein? This is where I struggle. I am a non-confrontational person. So that heart of me is saying, "Excuse me? Who gave you the right to talk to me like that?" But on the outside I'm saying, "Oh, well they had chicken breast at lunch. I pretty much reverse lunch and dinner these days." I acted appropriately. I spoke appropriately. But I was mad. Why? 1-Not her kids. 2-Not her business. 3-I'm a fitness professional. 4-Not her business. 5-I'm a good mom. 6- NOT HER BUSINESS!! This woman attempted to shame me for what I packed in the lunch boxes
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