From the eight year old:
"Mom, I think you can have four more children before you are 40. Then I'll tell you when you are done."
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The very next day:
"How old is (friend of mine who is 41 and having baby #5)? She hardly looks her age. You look like you shouldn't even have kids."
I mistakenly took this for a compliment and felt pretty good, until she clarified.
"I mean, she looks really good and you look older."
Oh, ok then.
"What?! I look older than I am?"
She starts to feel the pressure and covers with "maybe it's because I haven't seen you with a baby for a while so it seems weird. Like you're older than you are because I'm the age I am."
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I felt like I should promptly run upstairs and load on the anti-aging cream.
So much for thinking this 32 year old body wasn't doing too bad. Oh well. I'll either use this moment to make me push harder in my exercising/self-care or to realize I shouldn't trust everything my eight year old tells me regarding my age.
LOL At first I thought the post title was EGG booster!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteShe's not talking about me, we are having baby #6....off to get my Oil of Olay....
ReplyDeletePretty funny, even funnier that you thought it was a compliment at first!
Too funny Patty! I kept thinking it said "Eggo" (as in waffles) and had to keep checking it to make sure it didn't :)
ReplyDeleteJamie, I think Lily has commented before when she's just seen you via photos on your blog and thinks you are pretty and young :) No Oil of Olay needed!
ReplyDeleteAnd, I've got another friend who is the 41 yr. old having her fifth.
Oh boy - and this is why I'm thankful I only have one daughter...I don't think I could take the judging ;)
ReplyDeleteIt is only the beginning Sarah...those girls are very critical of their mothers. I would just ignore what she says or you will be crying a lot in the years to come!
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