TO ALL THE "MEAN MOMS"!!

[mamaofmany6]

THE MEANEST MOM IN THE WORLD!

WHILE OTHER KIDS ATE CANDY FOR BREAKFAST, WE HAD TO HAVE CEREAL,EGGS AND TOAST. WHEN OTHERS HAD A PEPSI AND A TWINKIE FOR LUNCH, WE HAD TO EAT SANDWICHES AND DRINK JUICE. AND I BET YOU CAN GUESS OUR MOTHER FIXED US A DINNER THAT WAS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE OTHER KIDS HAD, TOO.

MY MOM INSISTED ON KNOWING WHERE WE WERE AT ALL TIMES. YOU WOULD THINK WE WERE CONVICTS IN A PRISON. SHE HAD TO KNOW WHO OUR FRIENDS WERE, AND WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH THEM . SHE INSISTED THAT IF WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO BE GONE FOR AN HOUR, WE WOULD BE GONE FOR AN HOUR OR LESS.

WE WERE ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT, BUT SHE HAD THE NERVE TO BREAK CHILD LABOR LAWS BY MAKING US WORK!  WE HAD TO WASH DISHES, MAKE THE BEDS, LEARN TO COOK, VACUM THE FLOOR, DO LAUNDRY, AND ALL SORTS OF CRUEL JOBS. I THINK SHE WOULD LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT THINKING OF MORE THINGS FOR US TO DO.

SHE ALWAYS INSISTED ON US TELLING THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. BY THE TIME WE WERE TEENAGERS, SHE COULD READ OUR MINDS.

THEN, LIFE GOT REALLY TOUGH! MY MOM WOULDNT LET OUR FRIENDS JUST HONK THE HORN WHEN THEY DROVE UP THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY GET OFF THE CAR AND COME UP TO THE DOOR SO SHE COULD MEET THEM!

WHILE EVERYONE ELSE COULD DATE WHEN THEY WERE 13 AND 14, WE HAD TO WAIT TIL WE WERE 16.

TO MAKE THINGS EVEN HARDER, SHE GAVE US A CURFEW. SO WHILE ALL MY FRIENDS WERE PARTING ALL NIGHT I HAD TO BE HOME BY 11. HOW EMBARASSING!  

BECAUSE OF OUR MOM WE MISSED OUT ON LOTS OF THINGS OTHER KIDS EXPERIENCED. NONE OF US HAVE EVER BEEN CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING, VANDALIZING OTHER'S PROPERTY, OR EVEN ARRESTED FOR A CRIME. AND IT WAS ALL HER FAULT.

NOW THAT WE HAVE LEFT HOME, WE ARE ALL GOD-FEARING, EDUCATED, HONEST ADULTS. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO BE "MEAN PARENTS" JUST LIKE MOM WAS. I THINK THAT IS WHATS WRONG WITH THE WORLD TODAY, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH "MEAN MOMS" ANYMORE.

 

 

  

 

 

[Cappy1979]

Nov. 23, 2009 at 10:36 PM

That was the best thing I read all day! Kudos for writing this down.

[CelticMom82]

Nov. 23, 2009 at 11:30 PM

That was awesome... I can only aspire to be that mean of a mom.

[cholita1978]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 10:08 AM

Nice Journal, I had a "mean mom" and a "mean grandmother" 

[Liythia]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 10:30 AM

Love it, Love it, Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eema.gray]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 10:48 AM

GASP

I guess I must be well on the way to becoming a mean mom.  My 2 year old has been doing chores since he was sixteen months.  Not that he was forced to; he *wanted* to take garbage outside and I took advantage.  :-D

[froGODaily]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 11:36 AM

I can relate to your post Thank you for posting it and bringing back memories.!!!  I am glad my mom (dad too) was like that, it made us into better people!  I try to be like that and I do sometimes and my kids tell me "your mean"....lol..i just brush it off  and continue to do what I was doing!!!  I also agree we need more "Mean Moms" in the world we live in today  ~ and maybe things wouldn't be as bad as they are with the kids of today!  God Bless and Have a "Happy Thanksgiving!"

[kmstockwell]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 11:50 AM

I also had a mean mom and a mean dad... and I am working hard for the same title with my kids!

[Acid]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 12:06 PM

I am a proud mean mom....

[maidn]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM

Mean Mom's unite !!!!

[LUVWJ]

Nov. 24, 2009 at 12:12 PM

I am a mean mom and proud!! I am constantly telling my nice mom sister that I am not my kid's buddy I am their MOM!! I wish more parents would remember this!!