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Aibu to find Competitive busyness so annoying

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Mommymoments · 18/03/2023 13:25

Among my mum friends I have a few who always have to list everything they did that week & with who? It's nearly like a badge of popularity.. How do you respond? I asked a friend if she'd like to do something with the kids & she responded "I've enough on at the moment"...

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Hebehouse · 18/03/2023 14:21

Mommymoments · 18/03/2023 14:15

It just seems that all this "busyness" is viewed as being a) a great parent b) super successful or C) very popular with so many friends.
Personally I think it's exhausting...

Cross posted, sorry. I agree!

Mommymoments · 18/03/2023 14:22

The only thing worse than this competitive busyness is the competitive tiredness 😅

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RampantIvy · 18/03/2023 14:27

However, I don't agree that they are all that busy at all. It's a bit like all the conversations on here about "life admin" - something that takes me 5 minutes to do is a day's job for some people (and not because they are ND, because they let it take that long).

I agree, Hence my earlier point of my idea of busyness might be different to someone else's.

Mommymoments · 18/03/2023 14:49

@RampantIvy me too. I'm a sahm & sometimes I feel like it's a dig at me..

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