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I Want To Be a Mom, And Do Nothing!

May 4, 2016 by meandmeg Leave a Comment

“I want to be a mom and do nothing!”

Don’t get all amped up, this is not my assertion. It’s my four-year-old’s.  Lately, besides saying she has a wiener, she also states quite assuredly that she wants to be a mom like me and “do nothing.”

At first, I thought, “What a little a-hole.” Here I am, running around like a mad woman, and she has the audacity to see that as nothing.  Come on.

Then I switched gears. Maybe I should take it as a compliment. Like, the reason she thinks that moms “do nothing” must be because I make it look so easy, right? …hmm, that one didn’t stick.

She must just be confused.

So she brought it up again last night and this was our conversation:

My daughter:  “Mom, I don’t want to be a NASCAR racer or doctor, they have to do a lot of stuff.”

Me: “Ok, you don’t have to.”

My daughter: “Yeah, I’m just gonna be a mom like you and do nothing.”

Me: “Um, moms actually do stuff.”

My daughter: “They do?”

Me: “Yes.”

My daughter: “Like what?”

In my mind, I thought – Well, I hope you see me as your servant, and I would love it if you blossomed into an ungrateful floozy!

Outwardly, I  replied: “We do laundry, clean toilets, teach manners, cook, answer questions, take you to school, make your lunches, do crafts.”

My daughter: “Oh, ok Mom” (unimpressed).

I wanted to say a whole lot more, but then I would start to sound like one of those really bitter stay-at-home moms, and she is only four.  I guess I should look at the silver lining here: at least my daughter hasn’t picked up on the fact that I’m losing my mind.

However, she also doesn’t seem to notice that I’m a budding author or all my other tremendous accomplishments.  Seriously, I can burrito wrap a poopy diaper with the best of them.

I asked her again this morning what she wanted to be when she got older, and today she said a lawyer.  I told her she would be good at it because they get to talk a lot.  She said: “Well, you talk a lot and you’re not lawyer.”

Cheers, cheers.

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About meandmeg

Leigh and Meg are sisters with six kids between them. They love laughing, and dont care if you laugh at them or with them. They started their blog, Me & Meg, because they are excellent bad mothers, and want to brag about it.
 
Additionally, Meg cant remember anything as shes always partying and Leigh, well she has a pea size brain and cant retain much. Meg drives a van which is totally dodgy, while Leigh drives an SUV - so much better. Needless to say when they go out they take Leigh's car. Furthermore, Leigh is very excited to be part of ModernMom.com. She thinks she is that much closer to meeting her DWTS favourite, Maks.
 
Cheers. 

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