February 18, 2006

Touchy, Touchy

I could be over-sensitive here, but when your child tells you you're "not much of a mom" do you get pissed off?

Son could have been joking or what ever last night, but he gave Husband "points" for being a dad, and when Husband said "What about Mom?" Son piped up with his comment about me not being much of a mom.

I turned around and looked at him and asked Son if he wanted to hurt my feelings. He said no, but he promptly went into his room.

It does me no good to sit here and analyze this, because Son is six years old after all, but I'm not much of a mom?

Oh yeah, an old friend called yesterday to wish me a happy birthday. Some of you may remember me talking about this old friend back around Christmas; she's the one that wanted a hand-made Christmas card, because I have nothing better to do.

Anyway, she asked what I did all day, and I said "Not much."

"Oh, the usual? Doing nothing?" she said.

I told her that I did some baking, cleaned my kitchen, did a bit of laundry, but what I did do wasn't as much as I do in a typical day.

But why in the hell am I defending myself? She could have just been making an off-hand comment, and I'm just being overly sensitive, but I don't sit around doing nothing all day.

Bad enough my friend makes a comment, but then Son says something that really hurt me. Dammit!

I told Husband that it's bad enough I have to "prove" myself to his family becaue of the SIL that really does do nothing all day. But now my own child rips into me.

Oh yeah, I'm over thinking this. But I am sensitive about being a SAHM; I get comments from friends and my in-laws! Whether out of jealousy or spite they throw jabs my way and I'm getting pretty damn sick of it.

Son apologized this morning for hurting my feelings.