10 Things a Working Mom Does When Nobody’s Looking
December 11th, 2009, posted by Aimee, Tags: Juggling & Struggling,SAHM Sisters,WoMoLists
1 – Tallies up in her head the number of hours her nanny spends with the kids vs. the number of hours she spends with them
2 - Gives her kid decidedly non-organic goldfish crackers just to get through an entire Target run sans temper tantrum
3 - Sneaks in a scan of PerezHilton, TMZ or Facebook (or all three) on lunch break
4 - Slaps on deodorant and spritzes dry shampoo to stretch that shower/blow-out for a third day in a row just to snag an extra half-hour past the snooze button
5 - Not only allows her kid to watch far more than the prescribed 20 minutes per day of TV, but actually actively seeks new shows and movies that can serve as “instant-sitter” for the next conference call
6 – Checks out the size of the stay-at-home mom’s butts when she goes to pick her son up from preschool – to reassure herself that even though they may have more time to work out, but she probably still has a better ass
7 - Hides her fingernails during a new business meeting since it’s been months since she had time for a manicure
8 -Stocks up on Amy’s Organic frozen dinners because even boxed Mac & Cheese takes too long to make
9 - Spends a fortune buying bakery cookies or cupcakes for her kids’ school event and then tries to pass them off as homemade
10 - Drives her drowsy child around in the car for an hour just to induce a nap (and she can check email).
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HA!! I am beginning to smell a Best Seller!
I like your blog….but…the assumption that stay at home Moms have lots of time for themselves is such a fantasy. When one has 2 or 3 little ones (pre school age), a spouse that travels frequently, and are without help (in the form of a sitter or family), a simple shower for the day is quite a luxury. I will take the butt size comment with a grain of salt.
No one doubts that being a SAHM is exhausting. I frankly, couldn’t do it. But, those hours when kids are in school are free time (to squeeze in a workout perhaps) that a working mom doesn’t get.
I am sorry, but staying at home would be a delight.. try doing all of that in addition to working 50-60 hours a week (being the primary breadwinner). You come home and start dinner around… oh, six or so… and bath time.. Who has time to clean the house?! I love this blog. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Ha ha. Love this idea you guys. Just what I needed: a quick laugh and some people who understand. Thank you! Loved the butt comment. I used to say I had BMS, for busy momma syndrome. Will definitely be back. But this WOMO has gotta jet because my five minute coffee break is over. Someone’s gotta make the nana money around here, lol. Watch out, here comes supermom……….
This site is fantastic!
Hi there…
I was a “stay-at-home” mom for 10 years until last year when I took a part-time job as a teacher’s aide at my kids’ school (no, not in their grade). I started going back to school 4 years ago because the HR Manager position I left to become a mom was nothing I wanted to return to once I felt I was ready to not be there for my kids as much. I went back to school to become a Graphic Designer so it could be something I could do at home and would be much more fulfilling than the HR grind.
Anyway, I share all this because the whole time I was a “stay-at-home mom” I was never at home. I was busy teaching my kids about the world around them, playdates (this word to this day still makes me gag a little—never liked them), volunteering and being there for my kids.
I encountered, over and over again, women who said, “Oh, I WISH I could do that…” implying they could never because they wouldn’t have the patience for it, or because they didn’t have a husband-bread-winner to allow them the luxury. Throughout my time as a full-time parent, as I prefer to call it, I have always wondered why we won’t value motherhood the way we used to? It’s as if those of us who choose to be present parents to our children have betrayed those who fought for feminist rights. But I think we have our priorities screwed up in our country…there are a lot of lost little kids who wish their moms were there for them like their moms were there for their mothers. Unfortunately, I was a child of a single-mom who never had time for me because she was working—I vowed to never do that to my children….