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the motherhood code of ethics There seems to be an unspoken code of ethics when it comes to motherhood. I felt this when I was single and then got married as well. What is expected of you changes almost overnight. What society deems as okay, what your spouse is okay with, how your child sees you may all be very different from the way you once lived when you were single. 1.) THOU SHALT NOT WATCH ANYTHING PORNOGRAPHIC I watched porn when I was single and had no problem admitting or writing about it. Now, no matter how much I want it to turn me on, it no longer does. But if it did, I wouldn't dare mention it here for fear of condemnation.
Also, the mere mention of the word "PORN" in this blog, which is now categorized as a "Mommy Blog". (I never thought I'd see the day!) could possibly get me shunned by some of the more conservative mommy bloggers. 2.) THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT THAT MOTHERHOOD SOMETIMES REALLY SUCKS
Yesterday, my blog was rejected, "declined" was the word I think that ENTRECARD used, by another MOMMY BLOGGER who lives in Cheshire Connecticut and passes her time by throwing tea parties, baking cranberry orange tea bread, maintaining several different websites, being a merchant affiliate, and running her own Ebay store. WOW, impressive. I guess you have a lot of time on your hands once the children are grow up and have their own lives. I might have liked her if she hadn't been so quick to judge me. Why did she reject my request to have my blog advertised on her site? Apparently the use of the word "fucking" in my last entry turned her off. Yup, I did it, I broke one of the code of motherhood ethics, "Thou shall not swear". Godamnit....we can't all be so sickly sweet and productive now can we? 4.) THOU SHALT NOT WEAR TIGHT FITTING CLOTHING I have a friend who has two young children and still manages to make herself up and put something stylish on each day. Even if she doesn't leave the house she does it, she says, because it makes her feel good. She has told me that she gets a lot of glares from other mothers. She works part-time at a pediatrician's office, so you can imagine the number of mothers she gets this from. I can just hear them now.... "When does she find the time, I can barely brush my teeth in the morning." "Obviously she's spending too much time in the mirror and not enough time with her kids!" "She looks trashy to me." "It's not safe to wear your nails that long she could poke her children's eyes out. And did you see that god awful polish?" "The jeans are too tight." "I don't know who she thinks she's impressing." Jealousy. That's all it is. Plain and simple jealousy. I'll admit it, I'm a tad jealous of my friend too, but not because she manages to find the time to make herself presentable, I'm jealous because I don't look nearly as good in a pair of tight jeans! 5.) THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT THAT YOU REALLY NEED A BREAK FROM YOUR KIDS Come on admit it, you really need a vacation from motherhood. You know it, I know it, but we're all afraid to admit it because somehow we're afraid it will mean that we're not 100% committed to our children.
sduckie - 2008-04-08 13:25:47 |
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