What's the most pathetic thing parenting has done to you

[Anonymous]

I enjoy a certain protein bar every morning but they are expensive. My kids will waste them, want to taste them but spit them out or naw on the bar and ruin the coating but not actually eat it...total waste. So I've come to hiding in my master closet with my bar and coffee every morning for 10 min. I even look forward to it. Sometimes I realize for a second how pathetic it is but then remember how this is really the best solution! Anyone else have moments tha make you go "o wow this is a new low."?

[Anonymous]

It's not pathetic to want a few minutes to yourself to enjoy a little treat every day. I think you're just joking, but I don't want anyone to say, even jokingly, that this is pathetic. Good for you for finding some small way to take care of yourself!

[Anonymous]

Our sex life has totally changed. Having kids has given a whole new meaning to the term “quickie.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I enjoy a certain protein bar every morning but they are expensive. My kids will waste them, want to taste them but spit them out or naw on the bar and ruin the coating but not actually eat it...total waste. So I've come to hiding in my master closet with my bar and coffee every morning for 10 min. I even look forward to it. Sometimes I realize for a second how pathetic it is but then remember how this is really the best solution! Anyone else have moments tha make you go "o wow this is a new low."?

It's pathetic bc you don't have enough authority to tell your kids that they are not allowed to eat your protein bars.

[Anonymous]

Our entire house is asleep by 8PM, including me and DH. I just cannot keep my eyes open much later! Never thought I'd see the day when staying up until 8:30PM was "late".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our entire house is asleep by 8PM, including me and DH. I just cannot keep my eyes open much later! Never thought I'd see the day when staying up until 8:30PM was "late".

What time do you get up? I am currently working out 830 to 930 pm and trying to decide if I should change that to 515 to 615 am and go to bed by 830. For some reason even when I hit the pillow at 830 I can't really sleep till after 930 so I worry about clocking enough hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoy a certain protein bar every morning but they are expensive. My kids will waste them, want to taste them but spit them out or naw on the bar and ruin the coating but not actually eat it...total waste. So I've come to hiding in my master closet with my bar and coffee every morning for 10 min. I even look forward to it. Sometimes I realize for a second how pathetic it is but then remember how this is really the best solution! Anyone else have moments tha make you go "o wow this is a new low."?

It's pathetic bc you don't have enough authority to tell your kids that they are not allowed to eat your protein bars.

Seriously. Remind them that they waste the bars and offer them something else.

[Anonymous]

Oh, probably eating leftover Annie's mac & cheese after the kids wouldn't eat it, out of some primal "don't waste food!" impulse.

Also giving up on the back seat of the car ever looking decent/stain-free.

[Anonymous]

Using the bathroom while baby is in an Ergo carrier. Followed closely behind all the dozens of crazy places I've had to nurse and pump.

[Anonymous]

Having a kid sit on my lap while I poop

[Anonymous]

I like to think of myself as still cool / hip.

The other day a teen friend of a teenage neighbor came driving through blasting rap music. I was outside with my kids. The mom of the teen neighbor said to the friend: “lower your music! This is a family neighborhood!” and gestured at me.

[Anonymous]

OP’s story also reminded me of a mom friend. My mom friend has 4 kids, including two teens. We went to a concert and we all brought snacks to tailgate beforehand. We were all laughing because this friend brought hers in a bag that said all over it - THIS IS MOM’S. DO NOT EAT.

[Anonymous]

I'm fairly sure that the most pathetic thing parenting has done to me is it has gotten me to read DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, probably eating leftover Annie's mac & cheese after the kids wouldn't eat it, out of some primal "don't waste food!" impulse.

Also giving up on the back seat of the car ever looking decent/stain-free.

Ha! I actually hope that the kids don't eat the Annie's mac and cheese so I can eat it. I'm too proud to make it for myself so I make it for them and secretly hope they don't finish it.

[Anonymous]

I get up at 5:45 on Thursdays so that I can sneak downstairs and eat breakfast alone while I watch the previous night's episode of "The Real Housewives of New York." I usually hear the pitter-patter of little feet around 6:15, and I will hastily shove bagel in my face, hit pause, and act happy to see my 3yo!