We Are Not Alone
March 31, 2010
This is for everyone who said that their kid also says how mean you are or that they hate you.
Today I parked next to this car at the store. I couldn’t help but take a photo. It takes the note writing to a whole ‘nother level.
In case you can’t make it out, written in the dust it says Mom is meen
I just wish I knew who the car belonged to. I totally would have high-fived the woman and told her that I too was a “meen” mom.
Posted by Chris @ 8:50 am
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Wow, she really pissed off one of her little ones!
March 31st, 2010 at 9:09 amThat is hilarious!
March 31st, 2010 at 9:11 amLove It!!! my kids would gladly do that also….if they knew they werent going to get yelled at for writing in the dirt on the car and OMG you did not just do that and scratch the paint! LOL.
March 31st, 2010 at 9:22 ammy oldest(10) told me this morning STOP MOTHERING ME GEEZ!!!
GO Meen Moms everywhere
High fives all-around
March 31st, 2010 at 9:32 amtoo funny! I too am a Mean Mom and I bristle at all the mom’s who paint their daily lives and their interactions with their children as all daisies, roses, and fun crafts. So thanks for keeping it real - I liked your last post on your 9 yr old even better than your bday posts - it was hilarious but at the same time you can just tell how much you love your kids - who else would untie all those vomit covered shoes - poor you!
March 31st, 2010 at 10:11 amI get that too, your so mean! Once I while I read emails of my 10 year old on her msn, one of her friends which is not welcomed at my house anymore, said and I quote “your mom is a bitch!” Nice eh?
March 31st, 2010 at 10:24 amMy daughter has never said to me that she hates me, she said it to her dad and that really upset him. She knows now never to say that out loud again. Lots of tears that day. One day they’ll understand. I do now, and to my parents “I’m so sorry!”
I totally would’ve waited her out for the high-five.
And the phoenetic spelling is classic.
March 31st, 2010 at 11:39 amIf that is anything like my van, I would probably never see it as I don’t usually go around to that side of the van. However, I would totally high five whoever drove the van, as I am definitely a “meen” mom also.
March 31st, 2010 at 11:47 amI am also a “meen” mom. Every. Day.
March 31st, 2010 at 11:56 amAnother member of “The Club!” I always feel like I am doing a better job when my kids are a tad bit unhappy.
March 31st, 2010 at 12:00 pmOMG, that’s hilarious!!!! I need to send this to my friend who is traumatized every time her kid says “you’re not my friend”….she’s in for a LONG bumpy ride if she gets worked up over that…her son’s only 3!
March 31st, 2010 at 12:25 pmLove this- classic!
Love it…let’s start a club…Only 2 rules in the club—rule #1: It must include wine.
March 31st, 2010 at 12:41 pmrule #2: It must not include whine!!
ha ha too funny
March 31st, 2010 at 1:00 pmLOL!
March 31st, 2010 at 1:02 pmOMG, that could be MY* truck, I never go on that side of it!!!
LOL
* except that my truck is black and I don’t live in TX. Now I am going out to check the other side of my truck!!!
March 31st, 2010 at 1:08 pmOMG !! That is hysterical !! My 13 year old tells me I am mean all the time. To which I reply I totally am not mean enough !! Thanks for the laugh.
March 31st, 2010 at 1:15 pmClassic!! More than one meen mommy is howling at this one!
March 31st, 2010 at 1:53 pmright there with ya in the mean mom category.
March 31st, 2010 at 2:02 pmHooray for all of the meen moms of this world!! I stand proud to join you!!
March 31st, 2010 at 2:06 pmDirect quote from my 6 year old son this week…”What kind of mom are you anyway? Moms are suppose to be enjoyable and kind. You are not enjoyable and are mean.”
I tried very, very hard not to laugh which meant I met this accusation with silence for a long time. I did snicker a bit when I did decide to talk and that sent him right off the deep end.
I have no idea where “enjoyable” came from, it is not a word we regularly use in our house. Adding to the humor is that he really had to concentrate on the word to say it properly.
March 31st, 2010 at 2:35 pmThat is hysterical!
March 31st, 2010 at 2:47 pmMy favorite note from my son when he was three. It said Tom “picture of heart with an X” Mom. He slid it under my bedroom door.
March 31st, 2010 at 3:47 pmOh my word that is just perfect.
March 31st, 2010 at 3:53 pmMia wrote her first hate note about me in her diary. I wrote about it on FB a few weeks ago. She wrote that I was a brat and would not feed her when she was hungry (marshmallows). It was awesome. (Fist bump)
March 31st, 2010 at 4:15 pmLost count how many times I was told what a “meen” mom I was. Now my adult children frequently thank me for being so.
One thing I did, that maybe most people would frown upon, was tell each kid that the reason their sibling “get’s to do everything” and they “get to do NOTHING” but be a slave is that “we like (the other one) best”.
They were both shocked when they were around 30 years old and found out I’d said it to both of them. But it spared me years of listening to the same “why does (s)he get blah blah blah?” claptrap. So far no therapy couches, so I guess they were strong enough to survive my meanness.
March 31st, 2010 at 5:16 pmI’ve been taking care of my nieces for Spring Break this last week and the younger one also calls me a “mean” Auntie anytime I so no to a request. It’s starting to drive me crazy, but maybe it’s the pms talking.
March 31st, 2010 at 5:48 pmMy youngest used to tell us that ‘you are the wrong parents’.
We laugh about it now that he is a teenager, and 6′1″ - but maybe we didn’t laugh when he flung it at us over his shoulder or at the top of his lungs!
March 31st, 2010 at 7:25 pmso funny! Did you write it yourself?
March 31st, 2010 at 7:38 pmI too am a “meen” and I am PROUD OF IT. I do not have a problem with saying NO. I sometimes say it quite LOUDLY. My kids do not always hear me the first two times
March 31st, 2010 at 8:06 pmI love this photo. No doubt mom said something like, “You can’t have any ___”. Been there. Am there.
March 31st, 2010 at 11:00 pmI’m totally meen. When my kids complain about me I raise my hands in the air and say “Woo Hoo! I’m the meanest /worst mom in the world! Now go do your homework.”
March 31st, 2010 at 11:17 pmI love that! Not only for the message, but the fact that the car is dirty enough to write in.
March 31st, 2010 at 11:19 pmI was accused tonight of loving the cat more than I love my daughter…
I love it! Poor “meen” moms of the world!
April 1st, 2010 at 4:57 amYou have a brilliant sense of humour and Fabio, like all your kids, has a great Mum.
April 1st, 2010 at 7:36 amI don’t think I could have stopped myself from writing “because she loves me!” underneath.
April 1st, 2010 at 8:40 amI am glad that I am not the only meen mom out there.
April 1st, 2010 at 9:41 amI used to use the “mean mom” rep to their advantage. If I was asked to do something I didn’t want to do, I would say “Oooo, sounds great, but my mom is so mean. She would KILL me if she found out.” That way I got some sympathy.
April 1st, 2010 at 9:56 amRock on, “meen” moms rule.
April 1st, 2010 at 12:33 pmLOL that is awesome!
April 1st, 2010 at 2:12 pmhee, hee! Nice one!
April 1st, 2010 at 2:23 pmIf your kids don’t hate you, you’re not doing your job!
April 1st, 2010 at 4:50 pmyou should have put a note of solidarity under her windshield wipers. she’s gotta be doing something right, right?
April 1st, 2010 at 4:57 pmOh my!
Made me giggle….my eleven year old is so over having a mom…..I did my job and he is ready! Or so you would think from his attitude at how stupid my rules are!
April 1st, 2010 at 5:44 pmHigh five her for me too! That’s awesome . . . I mean, it’s not awesome that her kid thinks she is “meen” but awesome that she hasn’t washed that off and awesome that you thought to take a pic of it!
April 1st, 2010 at 5:57 pmPerfect! It’s always good to know you have company
April 1st, 2010 at 8:30 pmThis world needs more MEEN moms!
April 1st, 2010 at 11:13 pmMy kids would really enjoy meeting that kid.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:22 amI have to tell you this story. I just turned 70. (No that’s not the story) When my 3 children were preteen, they often told me they hated me. I just told them they didn’t have to like me, they just had to do what I say. They now have children of their own, and they remember that particular comment, frequently. They seem to get a chuckle out of it whenever it comes up.
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:09 amHA! If we had a car, my son (in a few years’ time, I mean. He’s only three now) would also write that for damn sure.
I am a big meen meenie who is meen.
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:35 amRight now when I am asking my preschooler to do something that he doesn’t want to do and if I mention that I love him, he always responds: But I don’t love you. I can’t wait until he can write it down for the world to know.
April 2nd, 2010 at 2:53 pmI wonder if the mom even knows the note is there.
I’m a total geek, so I would probably be far more concerned with the spelling mistake than the sentiment.
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:37 pmI also had a mean mmom growing up (and am a mean mom myself) but like the poster above, I used mine to my advantage. I would often use her as an out when something came up I didn’t want to be pressured into.
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:47 pmI love it! My saying is “If I’m not being mean, I’m not being a good enough mother!” Not really that I’m ‘mean’, but when they don’t get their way, they think I am. High fives to all the other moms who are “mean” enough to care enough!
April 5th, 2010 at 4:31 pm