Mama Kat’s writer’s workshop this week is to list 10 things that make you angry. Only 10? I suppose I can cut myself off at 10. It would be too easy to only list my husband and my kids and leave it at that. But that’s not really fair. I should flush that out and get a little more specific. So here’s a few things that piss me off but not the big stuff that really makes me nuts. You know the stuff that drive us all crazy like Mitt Romney and pedophiles.
1. Someone correcting my child right in front of me, for something extremely trivial like speaking to loudly
2. Ringing my doorbell. Someone could be napping, delivery guy. You ever think of that?
3. Empty cartons in the refrigerator. Seriously? Can’t you just put that shit in the recycle bin and call it a day?
4. Socks and shoes strewn about the living room.
5. Dirty clothes tossed on the floor next to the laundry basket, but never in the laundry basket
6. Children who will not take “no” for an answer. All your whining and name calling and talk of how unfair I am is never going to get me to say “yes.” Give up.
7. Requests for milk and then once I’ve poured said milk, hearing “Actually, I want juice.”
8. Dumb fights between my girls over dumb things
9. One of my kids chiming in when I’m speaking (scolding, trying to calm down) one of my other kids. Really, I’ve got this. It may not look like it, but I don’t need your help. Zip it.
10. Bedtime. I’m not even going to elaborate
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Great list.
Definitely agree with number 1. Kid related item that makes me mad: when one my kiddos gets my attention by tapping (slapping) my arm rapid fire and saying mom mom mom mom. I always respond like I’m angry when I wasn’t because it’s so agitating.
I would have had to include strangers that huff and puff or give side eye dirty looks when my kids are misbehaving. Like that’s helpful?!?! Drives me crazy.
When on a playdate the other mom starts any sentence with “I know they are doing it but in our family….”
I mean if you need to say that to your child do it privately otherwise be honest – you’re trying to criticize my parenting. Not polite.
In the old days didn’t polite society keep their thoughts to themselves???
Whew. I feel better.
Oh – one more – some Facebook posts. Not even the braggy ones as we all deserve to brag. That’s cool. But the ones that manage to sound like a complaint but are really so superior.
Ok I’m done.
One more. Weak coffee. Some people should not be allowed to make coffee.
uh oh! I’m guilty of making weak coffee and saying to my kids at your house, “I don’t care what they are doing, we don’t allow that!” Honestly, I’m not getting down on you. Every family has different rules.
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Great list. My baby is too little to really anger me. More like drive us crazy unintentionally… unless she is really doing everything on purpose. If so then we are in for a really bumpy ride!!!
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She must let you sleep. Because even when my girls were babies, and I know they were just being babies, I would be irritated by them. Sleep deprivation = irritable mama.
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Ha! Yeah, no need to elaborate on why bedtime can make moms angry.
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Oh Shannon, how I wish bedtime were like on TV and in the movies. Of all the lies of motherhood I’ve been fed, that one upsets me the most.
Eh, I’ve been guilty of number one, but I’ve always been sensitive to loud talking. I fully support other people’s rights to ask my kid to stop doing something that’s bugging them, even if it’s not bugging me. Sorry if I stepped on your toes, though. Best to talk to people about it at the time, if it’s rubbing you the wrong way!
Great list! Love #3 the best… at our house, I also find cereal boxes, chips and cookies either left on the table or actually put back in the pantry, but OPEN so the contents can go stale! UGH! Drives me nuts!
Oh yes, that too! And they leave the bread bag open so the bread goes stale! These kids.
It’s hard when someone else is correcting your kids. It’s awkward. I never know what to say. I hate to put people on the defensive and I’m already uncomfortable because clearly the message is I can’t do it myself. So, it just seems if I were to say something it would be weird. It’s just a pet-peeve. We’ve all got them. Particularly when it comes to our kids. I can shake it off
Eh, I totally hear that. It’s hard for me not to internalize it when other parents ask Ada to do things (kind of like the “it’s okay for them to do that, but we don’t”) thing, but I try to assume they’re asking for their comfort, and if whatever it is doesn’t bother me, I’ll let it go and just won’t enforce the rule at home.
One of the things I’m working really hard on impressing on my kiddo is the idea that there are lots of right ways to do things, and that we all have different approaches. I think that’s part of progressive parenting – the idea of a live and let live philosophy, where we adapt to help everyone we care about feel comfortable.
Besides that, sometimes I’m just really fricking tired of telling my kid for the eight-hundredth time to stop banging her spoon, and I’m happy to let someone else tell her once in a while.
Haha, yes. I guess because I have 3 kids I sometimes just let the little one bang her spoon and figure what’s the harm? Particularly when I would have to tell her every two minutes not to bang her spoon. It’s different if they just stfu the first time you ask.
And yes, it’s a good learning experience to remind kids that people do things differently and that we respect that, but it’s not how we do things. I have found myself giving that talk quite a bit over the last 9 years
#2 and #9 could get me everytime.
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