to think that there is a larger than average number of perfect mothers with perfect children around on MN these days?

[emkana]

With children who will just admire the view in the car, and who will appreciate the delights of historic sites without the added attraction of a playground, and who can be taken along to dinner where they will join in with adult conversation...

That should read gloating and smuggery, I've had wine, another not perfect Mummy admission.

I aim to be perfect

why wouldnt you?

Huh, nightby, I feel for you, my kids school is full of them, I on the other hand, have no idea why I am so disorganised when all I do is try to get organised, why my dc always resemble vagabonds, and how the hell they manage healthy food all the time, and always have a cupboard full of orgainc treats, and birthday cards for every occasion, and never loose their temper, and manage to look like something of desperate housewives, while I look like the kids, and never do the ironing, I have a pile at least 4 foot tall.

I struggle with the fact that my children are so imperfect even though I am the perfect mother.

i aim to be happy and laugh a lot

well......I am a perfect mother....i just didn't get the children I ordered and so now drink lots of wine and dream of the mum I planned to be while pregnant with DD1!

of course, she rudely squashed all my said dreams by having the most massive hidious tantrum in the middle of 'toys r us', when she was 18mth, I was heavily pregnant with DD2, and therefore could not pick her up and so cried instead!!!!

hey ho......I can lie my pants offalter the truth here if needs be and I need a confidence boost!

I am old and wise enough to truly understand that your toddler having a tantrum doesnt stop you being a perfect mother to your own children

I am my childrens perfect mother for sure

anyone see the pictures of Gerri Halliwell daughter having a big ole paddy in arrivals (still better behaved than Naomi Campbell though) proof that you can be rich, glam and groomed but yer kiddy can still be the boss

It's always been like this, hasn't it?

I'm sure my enormous chip on my shoulder has come from MN.

My DH isn't rich enough, I am not popular/pert/gorgeous enough, I don't shop at Boden and my DC run me ragged most of the time. And they pick their noses.

I have no idea why I slink back here, only to feel even more deflated.

FYIAYD.....

my DD1 is now a stroppy 14yo, and often tells me I am sooooooooooooooooooo not perfect.....

hey ho, dreams are good tho

god really?

mumsnet makes you feel crap?

that is genuinely quite sad

what is boden then?never been, never seen their shops?

Me neither, scottishmummy!

Boden is for children who collect tadpoles in jars.

i don't aim to be perfect.

i aim to be who i am and that's about it.

Oh I am one of those gloaty mums then.
Not about ds. I am unable to gloat about him. He is a sweetie, but that has nothing to do with me.
I have a lovley dh and a job I love.
Does that really grate ?
If it does read back through some of my twaty posts, over the years, of times that I was struggling - with ds's beaviour, say.
That will make you feel better.

The perfect threads don;t make me feel crap; just itchy.

mumsnet makes me feel fabulous.

if only because I can laugh at some of the 'holier than thou' tones on here, get happily tipsy on good wine, natter away to my so called 'imaginary friends' (so called courtesy of DH), and then offer/give/receive advice that sometimes helps all the while grinning and awwwing insanely at all the niceness and generousness and lovelyness of most of the people here.......

In the mid 1980s, Libby Purves (radio broadcaster and journalist) brought out a book called How Not To Be a Perfect Mother which was such a big hit she wrote several more: How Not To Be the Perfect Family etc.
She came across in the book as a thoughtful and damn good mother, who thought things through and prioritised.

Last year her grown up son committed suicide.

my perfect is getting out the door in under 30min no tears from me/bubba/boyfriend

no time to read all thread but I too am perfect with perfect children who make perfect peter look like a psycho.

most perfect threads make me laugh because i know for the most part they are at least 80% bullshit.

only 80?

I don't understand why 'holier than thou' threads upset you.
Peacelilly:
Some posts giving "advice" are thinly disguised veils for gloeating and general smiggery especially when talking about dps "I don't know why you put up with it my dh/dp would never do ex reminds me of how LUCKY I am etc. etc." Some people just can't ressist the opportunity to shove their perfect life down your throat (Victoria Beckham syndrome)

I don't understand what gets your goat.