Just a silly thread... I've read on many threads that a good number of us feel like we are a far from perfect mum, and that all the other mums at the school gate seem so together and calm and serene and clearly not women who lose the plot from time to time and shout and nag at their children, then promptly collapse and pour a large glass of wine when they are finally asleep. Oh to be one of the calm mums! But statistically, some of us MNers are the mums at the gate - so maybe all those yummy mummies and cool and collected alpha mums are more 'human' and less intimidating than we might think?
So which mum at the gate are you? I suppose I am sometimes 'together' mum, in my skinny jeans and boots and make up, with delightful smiling baby in a buggy. However, I am also occasional 'haggard scruffy' mum, with bags under my eyes (thanks for the lack of sleep, dd2), no make-up, unwashed hair and a raincoat over scruffy jeans. I don't think I'm fooling anyone on those days. How do you come across? And what is the reality? Thanks for reading 