Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 12:20     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Went to a birthday party this weekend for a classmates of my DD. They had a character come by as a surprise ("the princess and the frog" princess, the name is escaping me right now) and there was one mom there who made it known her DD had NO idea who that was because she is not exposed to Disney, media, or licensed products. It was such an odd thing to boast about and I found it really rude. She went up to her DD and said "this is just a fun dress up person who have a silly time with." It was so over the top and I couldnt get it out of my mind. Anyone run into a mom whos a little too proud of herself for some random parenting decision? Please share about similar crazies out there!


You should check out this site, www.dcurbanmom.com, lots of self-righteous parents.


hahaha
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 12:20     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ok call me smug or whatever but I am hoping to be able to keep my now 7 mos old boy away from commercialized characters as much as possible. (Although I think the male characters aren't as bad as the girls -- the female characters have impossible body shapes and beauty.) I suppose Dora is different...not sure bc my last encounter with baby world was pre-Dora

but disney characters, female superheroes, all pinched waists and ridiculous beauty. eff that.

not sure yet what to replace it with, however!



Umm, your child is only 7 MONTHS old!! Come back and talk to us when he's seven YEARS old!!!!


LOL! Seriously, good luck with that!!!
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 12:17     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:Ok call me smug or whatever but I am hoping to be able to keep my now 7 mos old boy away from commercialized characters as much as possible. (Although I think the male characters aren't as bad as the girls -- the female characters have impossible body shapes and beauty.) I suppose Dora is different...not sure bc my last encounter with baby world was pre-Dora

but disney characters, female superheroes, all pinched waists and ridiculous beauty. eff that.

not sure yet what to replace it with, however!



Umm, your child is only 7 MONTHS old!! Come back and talk to us when he's seven YEARS old!!!!
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 12:14     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Ok call me smug or whatever but I am hoping to be able to keep my now 7 mos old boy away from commercialized characters as much as possible. (Although I think the male characters aren't as bad as the girls -- the female characters have impossible body shapes and beauty.) I suppose Dora is different...not sure bc my last encounter with baby world was pre-Dora

but disney characters, female superheroes, all pinched waists and ridiculous beauty. eff that.

not sure yet what to replace it with, however!
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:30     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Went to a birthday party this weekend for a classmates of my DD. They had a character come by as a surprise ("the princess and the frog" princess, the name is escaping me right now) and there was one mom there who made it known her DD had NO idea who that was because she is not exposed to Disney, media, or licensed products. It was such an odd thing to boast about and I found it really rude. She went up to her DD and said "this is just a fun dress up person who have a silly time with." It was so over the top and I couldnt get it out of my mind. Anyone run into a mom whos a little too proud of herself for some random parenting decision? Please share about similar crazies out there!


I know this mom! Or I know a mom just like it.

There is no way...NO WAY to not know who Dora is, but we went to a party and this mom was like, "Oh look at the little girl with brown hair and her little blue monkey friend"

Seriously? On what world does your 3 year old NOT know Dora? At least after the 3289031821908 birthday parties we've been to?


My mom-- whom I love dearly! but this is a fault!-- is like this. She is SO proud of having no knowledge of pop culture. She will see, say, a photograph of Jennifer Aniston, and need to say, "Is that someone famous?"

It was hard growing up like that, I gotta say.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:27     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
OP, was her daughter acting scared or pointedly confused? Maybe the mom was feeling a little awkward, so overcompensated by making sure everybody knew why her daughter was acting weird.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:24     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Went to a birthday party this weekend for a classmates of my DD. They had a character come by as a surprise ("the princess and the frog" princess, the name is escaping me right now) and there was one mom there who made it known her DD had NO idea who that was because she is not exposed to Disney, media, or licensed products. It was such an odd thing to boast about and I found it really rude. She went up to her DD and said "this is just a fun dress up person who have a silly time with." It was so over the top and I couldnt get it out of my mind. Anyone run into a mom whos a little too proud of herself for some random parenting decision? Please share about similar crazies out there!


I know this mom! Or I know a mom just like it.

There is no way...NO WAY to not know who Dora is, but we went to a party and this mom was like, "Oh look at the little girl with brown hair and her little blue monkey friend"

Seriously? On what world does your 3 year old NOT know Dora? At least after the 3289031821908 birthday parties we've been to?


OP here! I totally agree, this was a 6th birthday party and I really found it hard to believe that by 5 your kid has never seen any Disney products/shows/entertainment of ANY sort? Well Im sure my DD is rattling off all various sorts of Disney propaganda to your snowflake at the lunch table!
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:24     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Went to a birthday party this weekend for a classmates of my DD. They had a character come by as a surprise ("the princess and the frog" princess, the name is escaping me right now) and there was one mom there who made it known her DD had NO idea who that was because she is not exposed to Disney, media, or licensed products. It was such an odd thing to boast about and I found it really rude. She went up to her DD and said "this is just a fun dress up person who have a silly time with." It was so over the top and I couldnt get it out of my mind. Anyone run into a mom whos a little too proud of herself for some random parenting decision? Please share about similar crazies out there!


You should check out this site, www.dcurbanmom.com, lots of self-righteous parents.


Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:24     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
All the time. We also had a reverse type of mom recently.

Our DS had a BD party couple of months ago. He is into the solar system, so we asked folks at the Little Gym to do a space theme. One of the moms acted totally clueless and was constantly asking why my DS wasn't doing a Thomas/Sponge Bob/Dora party. She assumed he had no idea who these characters are. He does, it just he is over his Thomas phase and has been so for quite a while. He's 5 Go figure.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:21     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:Went to a birthday party this weekend for a classmates of my DD. They had a character come by as a surprise ("the princess and the frog" princess, the name is escaping me right now) and there was one mom there who made it known her DD had NO idea who that was because she is not exposed to Disney, media, or licensed products. It was such an odd thing to boast about and I found it really rude. She went up to her DD and said "this is just a fun dress up person who have a silly time with." It was so over the top and I couldnt get it out of my mind. Anyone run into a mom whos a little too proud of herself for some random parenting decision? Please share about similar crazies out there!


I know this mom! Or I know a mom just like it.

There is no way...NO WAY to not know who Dora is, but we went to a party and this mom was like, "Oh look at the little girl with brown hair and her little blue monkey friend"

Seriously? On what world does your 3 year old NOT know Dora? At least after the 3289031821908 birthday parties we've been to?
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:17     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:All. the. time.

My SIL has to detail how healthy her kids eat. She will tell you everything they ate the day before, meal-by-meal. It is smug and boring.


My SIL does the same and ALWAYS mentions that she is sooo glad that she is a SAHM. Turned into a drinking game for me and DH
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:12     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
All. the. time.

My SIL has to detail how healthy her kids eat. She will tell you everything they ate the day before, meal-by-meal. It is smug and boring.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:12     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
OMG yes! One takes great pride in personally preparing all of her kid's food - totally commendable but not that big a deal to those of us who use baby-led weaning. When hosting a playdate, I saw a toddler pack of Plum Organics and asked if it was hers because I was curious about the brand and wanted her feedback. She offered up a big eye roll, turned her head, then said "Oh no! My child has never eaten from a package!" and then went on to share for the 15th time how her child has had no sugar ever and won't until she's off in college.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:08     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Anonymous wrote:Went to a birthday party this weekend for a classmates of my DD. They had a character come by as a surprise ("the princess and the frog" princess, the name is escaping me right now) and there was one mom there who made it known her DD had NO idea who that was because she is not exposed to Disney, media, or licensed products. It was such an odd thing to boast about and I found it really rude. She went up to her DD and said "this is just a fun dress up person who have a silly time with." It was so over the top and I couldnt get it out of my mind. Anyone run into a mom whos a little too proud of herself for some random parenting decision? Please share about similar crazies out there!


You should check out this site, www.dcurbanmom.com, lots of self-righteous parents.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2013 11:05     Subject: Ever meet a mom whos so smug about the stupidest things?
Went to a birthday party this weekend for a classmates of my DD. They had a character come by as a surprise ("the princess and the frog" princess, the name is escaping me right now) and there was one mom there who made it known her DD had NO idea who that was because she is not exposed to Disney, media, or licensed products. It was such an odd thing to boast about and I found it really rude. She went up to her DD and said "this is just a fun dress up person who have a silly time with." It was so over the top and I couldnt get it out of my mind. Anyone run into a mom whos a little too proud of herself for some random parenting decision? Please share about similar crazies out there!