Things we do for our kids

So, kid has many friends and it's always fun to meet out of school and (stupid) me thought that inviting four other moms for a beer couldn't be of much trouble.

But of course I was wrong.

They had a slight fall out in the messenger app as we tried to schedule the night out. 

I feel agitated 😡. Kind of pissed off because I tried to control dates and schedules and even which movie to watch - the simple pizza & beer evolved to kid movies and dinner. But apparently one got her feathers ruffled and the other fought back and...

I hate to deal with such things... man, I feel like shouting out loud!

Urgh!

How long till my kid's able to set play dates on his own?...
*groan*

see ya.

Things that escalate

hello,
Yesterday we finished watching Big little lies, the HBO tv show, very famous cast, great production.

Love this opening sequence...

I loved it.

And couldn't help but see myself caught up in a similar web of petty gossip involving kids. Urgh, I hate that part of motherhood!

 

When my son was 4, only 4!, I posted a seemingly innocent comment on a Facebook picture of him holding a girl. It wasn't me who first posted the pic, it was the girl's mother, and I simply answered in good humor and good faith saying something like 'he has been gaining sweethearts' to which the effing woman answered in a lashing: Her hubs do not want to think about boyfriends.

Oh, dear!... Of course I answered in a similar dose of harshness, she said she wasn't offended by my comment and neglected to ask if I was offended with the public lashing - that unfortunately was seen by several friends because she had tagged me in the picture.  

How could I keep talking to that woman? I'm constantly fearing another lapse of good sense... 

The TV show is all about that, exactly that pettiness where everyone is both guilty and victim.

And there's a big line: 'Women are chemically incapable of forgiving.'

Guess I am... If and when the right button is pushed. 

 

Anyway, the tense story also had the disturbing acknowledgment that Laura Dern and Nicole Kidman are old... And had pretty weird face jobs. Botox, perhaps?

 

Also, as another strong vilan, we had Eric Northman...

 

*swoon*

Let me finish with such a Cad of a vampire (here he prays in something other than blood).

 

C ya.