Don't be THAT girl...

[minDyG]

Don't be that girl who alienates her friends who happen to have children. To whom it has never occurred that even though her friends have a kid or two now, they still enjoy having a normal social life and would love to still hang out with you while leaving the kid(s) with a sitter...or their dad...even if it's not every single weekend anymore like it used to be.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by minDyG

Don't be that girl who alienates her friends who happen to have children. To whom it has never occurred that even though her friends have a kid or two now, they still enjoy having a normal social life and would love to still hang out with you while leaving the kid(s) with a sitter...or their dad...even if it's not every single weekend anymore like it used to be.

I couldn't agree more.

Some of us are not only able to have an adult conversation, we actually crave the opportunity to do so. I can go the whole evening and not even mention the kids, unless asked of course.

[AGDee]

I have noticed lately, when I see relatives I haven't seen in a while, they say "Hi! How are the kids?" instead of "How are you?" It's disconcerting and makes me feel like a non-person. While my kids creep up in conversations, I don't want to talk about them exclusively.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by AGDee

While my kids creep up in conversations, I don't want to talk about them exclusively.

That's what most people I know who have kids DON'T want. But there are some folks whose every third word in life is about their kids. I personally think that's lame.

Furthermore, DON'T be that girl:

*Who is married with kids, and for some reason feels like it's time to stop caring what you look like and start wearing "Mom" jeans, rocking a "Mom" haircut, and driving a minivan. Why?!

*Who is now married with kids and when out with her single friends says things like:

"I don't know how you girls can spend SO much money on your clothes (which aren't even remotely expensive), Bob would kill me if I spend $30 on ONE shirt!"

"I could never spend more than $8 to get my hair cut, we have PRIORITIES now."

[minDyG]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

rocking a "Mom" haircut

Will someone post a picture of a mom haircut? Cause I hear people talking about them all the time, but I don't really know what one looks like. I need to make sure I don't accidentally get one.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by minDyG

Will someone post a picture of a mom haircut? Cause I hear people talking about them all the time, but I don't really know what one looks like. I need to make sure I don't accidentally get one.

Short and "easy to manage." It's the look of giving up on trying to look good because you only have time for the kids.

Google search results:

http://www.totalmomhaircut.com/

http://community.babycenter.com/talk..._a_mom_haircut