June 2007 - What ingredients are mothers made of ? God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean!

[NattyThomasandEllen]

ah sparkly new thread.. i spotted this on my friends face book and had to share it:

WHY GOD MADE MOMS
Answers are given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?

1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?

1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of ?

1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?

1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your mom?

1. My Mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?

1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your mom marry your dad?

1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on. Ha ha ha ha!!!

Who's the boss at your house?

1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What's the difference between moms & dads?

1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your mom do in her spare time?

1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?

1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?

1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did t and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

just thought it was funny!

hey kaniluja!
I have a flirt thing at work. He knows I am married with a bub. we just flirt over msn.... All day. it doesn't mean anything but it's nice to feel 'desirable'.

I was surprised to kill the convo with the mere mention of a rabbit tbh, especially given it wasn't that long ago that much more intimate details than that were shared! I thought since SATC we were all a bit pro-rabbit but maybe I am just coarse!!

Ahh well!

I am going to Ann Summers at the weekend to have a feel of them and see which one I like but I think it's between the platinum original and the wave. The thruster looks a bit much like a weapon of mass destruction to me.

what does SATC mean?

Right, card written to advertise both surplus pushchairs. It's bad enough my house looking like a nursery without it turning into a branch of mothercare!

I thought the rabbit talk was funny. I'm sure there's been far worse convos on this thread. I'm too tired to care (poor neglected DH)

I have year 3 at lunchtime and feel like shit! I have skived off my film group too.

lol at thought of thruster this early in the morning

way to go on the sleeping sg we have no problem with going to sleep just problems staying asleep so was up x3 in the night must really do something about it

ria did you see my question re the plate was it you and fairy who were discussing them

SATC - sex and the city

sorry andie, my reply must have been in the post baggins deleted. It was holly and fairy I think.

Time to go...back later

ta ria

must go housework beckons ooh I lead such an exciting life

Tell me about the exciting life andi.....yawn!

Fury yep, know that feeling of need to feel desirable have had similar flirt thing, unfortunately not anymore, the only other men I see are dads at the school gates And rabbit talk doesn't offend me at all. I don't have one, have had something similar that I bought a long time ago. It has its uses at time I find.

I have a similar thing, I call him Dusty. I want one that I might actually use.
Can you belive it was actually DH that bought me the voucher lol!

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........ idid the convo didn't i? anyway....

no no no come back!

where's the wabbit?

morning to all.......just.

I met my doula this morning; she is indeed a lovely lady and is making me wonder about trying for a home birth....am I nuts?

DD slept through again last night...well till just after 6, but for the second night running woke up with the most fetid nappy imaginable. The poo must have been in there half the night by the smell of it. Thank heavens DH is home cos I really don't think I could have changed it without throwing up.

Glad DS is better this morning fury; are all his teeth intact?

hi Daisy!

yes he looks pretty good this morning, it has healed amazingly overnight thank goodness. I just do wish he'd stop trying to kill himself.

I don't think you are nuts for aiming for a home birth at all!

He sounds like one of life's great adventurers fury, and thankfully mouths heal really quickly.

DH not keen on the idea of a homebirth; prolly cos he knows he'll have to do the clearing up

bugger, I'm being kicked off the pooter again. He's been home since last Thursday and is seriously compromising my MN time.....

...and the houose has never looked so tidy

he's off on a couple of print runs tomorrow though so I might not see him till sunday!

Theres no clearing up to do Daisy. Perhaps a few towels to wash, but his job is primarily brewing up

AIBU to be knarked that when i told a friend I was dead chuffed my DCs got their 5 metre swim badge, 3 mins later she tells me her DC got his 10 m badge, didn't bother with the 5 as "They can still flounder around and get away with it".

Thanks. Thanks for pissing on my parade and undermining my childrens achievements which I am SO proud off. Again.

Foxy - why do you call her a friend if she says shit like that more than once?!

foxy am so on your behalf I hate this kind of competitive parenting my ds1 had a real struggle with swimming for a while and one of the other mums kept saying oh has he not moved up a group yet blah blah blah beetches the lot of them

Aw Foxy - I say WELL done to the little foxes for getting the 5m badge! And I reckon those other DCs won't thank their mum for skipping it in later life. I skipped over one of the piano grades for some reason, and now I wish I hadn't - it just looks WRONG to have one missing. Much better to have the complete set IMO! (Not that I would have the complete set of piano grades anyway, O'Levels and stuff got in the way and I gave up the lessons )

fury glad ds is better this morning

am allergic to housework have a headache

Thanks guys.

Don't know Fury, I've been reviewing the situation for a while now.

If I'm honest, I'm very conscious of the fine line between telling the facts and coming across as smug/boastful (I'm not sure there is a difference when passing on the information to other mums to be honest). I am proud, and so I do tell my friends. But doesn't it go back to what we were talking about the other night? Do I make other mums feel inadequate because I have gorgeous, beautiful children who are good at what they do, and want to do it?

I'm not saying I'm any better, or they are better than their children, but you know how conscious we get about things?

Maybe I make her feel bad?

Is it better not to say anything?

foxy I have a couple of really close mum friends one at our school one not with them I share ds1 achievements because we each know the strengths and weaknesses of each others dcs and it isn't competitive they are happy for me and vice versa if she makes you feel bad about sharing then I would review it there are other friends I have where I just make non committal comments as I know they are clocking everything from my jeans to dc1s numeracy group

Foxy maybe you are right, maybe she is just saying facts. It's so hard to say. Maybe she is just proud of her LO and didn't think it was a hurtful comment to yours. So I can see your point of view.

I am actually also one of those people that never means to hurt anyone but I do seem very good at it. Maybe she is like me?
So perhaps give her the benefit of the doubt - and if she says anything in the future that you know for SURE is a pointed remark, then maybe mention that you have competitive parenting perhaps?

I also wonder how much of it is 'competitive' and how much is just talk, chitchat. I think Bumper put it far more eloquently.

have = hate