I am proud to be uncool.

Megalife · Mar 26, 2012

Hmmm...Aruna...thank you.
Proud of you " Aruna -mom" ....and you experience boosts my spirits.
I agree, whatever they may say, do, throw a tantrum.......deep down they do know....my mother says it for a reason and over the years their little minds mature and they get the full fledged realisation of all our advices/words/actions.
And all along they have the support of a dad who spoils them to the core......what more could they want?
Mega

Anikha · Mar 30, 2012

Funny thing , my kids friends consider us as cool mom \ dad ...

Basis :
1. we like to dance at get togethers ( me & my husband)
2. we encourage them to go hang out with friends & sleepovers

Our kids are reserved / old fashioned like their aunts ... they don't like us doing above things...

So, in my kids opinion we are acting parents , we're trying to fit in with their generation ideologies.......

prana · Apr 3, 2012

Dear Mega,

I think am going to fall under this 'uncool' category very soon, as my DD is just 3 years old now..
Even now I have some set of rules for my DD, like no junk foods(at maximum), no tv for long hours, washing hands before eat(here it is not all mandatory for this much small kids ), respecting elders etc...

I must say you are a super dooper mom

Megalife · Apr 3, 2012

Hi AniKha
Thank you for the fb.
Thats really nice......reducing the gen. gap.

Our kids are reserved / old fashioned like their aunts ... they don't like us doing above things...
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...I like that, I guess its the other way around with you .
I would say I follow a kind of classical conservatism , somewhat of a philosophy emphasizing the need for the inspirational moral order, with a blend of tradition nd and the intersecting spheres of ethics and dedication....at times it becomes a hard pill to swallow.
Mega

Megalife · Apr 3, 2012

Dear Prana
Thank you for being here with your thoughts .

I must say you are a super dooper mom
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You just made my day....infact we are all super, double dooper mommies aren't we????......with only their best interest in mind. Unless we do not go over the board with parenting, the kids will learn to be okie with certain norms.....a few decades from now they will be quoting us as examples to their kidos.
3 yr. old dd?....Nice, some of the v.best yrs. to enjoy with her and her chatter-chatter! Cheers to a great mommy and baby bonding!

Mega

iyerviji · May 12, 2012

Megha dear I am a very cool mom

Megalife · May 13, 2012

Dear Vijima
Thats nice to hear, specially in your generation, cool moms were something rare.

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Megha dear I am a very cool mom
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I am sure you must have gone back to old times after visiting this thread.
Thanks.
mega

papoosh · May 30, 2012

Super thread....I am in no way anything of a mom yet...though will be soon in a couple of months

Just wanted to tell all you women out there that it does pay off in the end!

My mom was super uncool when I was growing up. She openly maintained that our house would not be a democracy but was autocracy. She scoffed at the idea that parents should be friends first and was definitely not one to let us play one parent against another, nor give us any false promises about how we could tell her anything and it won't reach our father's ears. So yes, while growing up, my mom got the "why do you have to be so difficult" dialogue from sulking me all the time.

Fast forward to my twenties when I started living alone..and whoa...my mom turned out to be the coolest mom ever. In hindsight, if I can be half the mom she has been, I would trust my children to be blessed :-D

So yes...the transition from uncool to supercool takes around 20 years...but the admiration that I feel today for her surpasses the irritation I did then. I would think that is worth it

Megalife · May 30, 2012

papoosh said: ↑

Super thread....I am in no way anything of a mom yet...though will be soon in a couple of months

So yes...the transition from uncool to supercool takes around 20 years...but the admiration that I feel today for her surpasses the irritation I did then. I would think that is worth it
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Papoosh
Congratzzz and welcome to the gang of uncool moms........enroute to cool moms!
I know you have not been left any further enlightened than you were before reading my post, but yet you have read it at the right time......at the threshold of being a big mommy.
Well, who else can be a better role model than ones own mom????
Wishing you a safe delivery and a super-duper time with your bundle of joy.
Mega

papoosh · Jun 1, 2012

Megalife,

Thanks so much As for being enlightened, well this thread just strengthened my patience....and my mantra that I have decided to lean on until my kid grows up: "It will pay off in the end" and "This spawn of the devil is someone I brought into this world and vowed to love"

The spawn of the devil coz knowing the trouble both me and my husband gave our folks, there is very little chance that we will be blessed with an angelic cherub...I don't really think life works that way!