This post is sponsored by Odd Mom Out and Bravo but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.
My whole life I’ve been a little bit different. I like to say quirky, it sounds more awesome. Not sure why it surprised me that I was still the odd mom out when I became a parent. Sure, I look at the world through my own quirky colored glasses, but that didn’t mean I was odd? Does it?
As I think about it over the years, there have definitely been times that I have felt like the Odd Mom Out. Sometimes you just find yourself hanging in a crowd that really is nothing like you. Remember those playgroups at the park, yup total torture for me. I never fit in! They were always talking about their babies latest accomplishments, like a baby that is 6 month old really could earn accolades or something. (Is there a super top secret baby olympics that I don’t know about?!)
It wasn’t until my kids were older that I began to embrace my quirks as a mom, but until that point there were definitely times that I felt like the odd mom out.
6 Times I Felt Like the Odd Mom Out
Dropping the F bomb at Play Group: Yup, I’m that potty mouthed mom. I’ve always swore for as long as I can remember. There’s nothing to make you feel like a whore in church like being the first mom to drop an F bomb at an infant play group. I remember asking a mom “Are you f*cking kidding, me? That’s great!” after she told me about a doctor’s visit that went well. Yeah, I might as well have been standing there naked. I figured they were BABIES. It wasn’t like their first word was going to be the F word.
Thinking That Babies Only Pooped, Slept, and Drooled: There was another time at this same playgroup where the moms were doing the regular round up of all the babies’ “firsts” and I remember thinking, “Do infants, really “do” anything?!” All they do is burp, poop, and sleep, right?! When I shared my daughter’s accomplishment was that she and I had managed to make it through the week alive and breathing you would’ve thought that I had just dropped the F bomb again.
Poop Painting Picasso: Sometimes you just have to laugh at the things that kids put us through as parents. Once my daughter decided that poop is the perfect art medium. I thought it would be funny to brag to my mom friends how my kid was the next Picasso. When they realized, I meant she was Picasso with poop they didn’t seem to call me quite as often after that.
Daring to Bare a Boob To Feed My Kid: My first daughter was born in Georgia, where people are more gentile. (That is a code word for more stuffy and more fearing of naked tatas) I love Georgia, it’s my home state, but there was this one time when I went to feed my daughter in a public square. It was 90 degrees out, and rather than suffocate my kid I discretely lifted my shirt and began to nurse. The other moms that were with me were horrified. I probably would’ve gotten less glares if I had decided to start stripping on the lamp pole that was also in the square. After a while, I told them if my free tata bothered them, they were welcome to put a blanket over their heads.
Birthday Sex: When my youngest daughter was about 6 years old, we were waiting in line waiting to check out at Wal-Mart. Next thing I know, she is rump shaking and singing about how she’s going to her some birthday sex. Needless to say, I wanted to die and we stop listening to Pop on the radio for quite some time.
Happy Dance, Happy Dance: I may or may not have a ritual of doing a happy dance when things rock. Yup, don’t care. In public, in the house, in the middle of the store if things rock there’s about happy dance going down. Sometimes I forget whom I am with, and yeah felt a little odd when my fellow moms were staring at me in the middle of an aisle in Target as I was getting my happy dance on.
If you have ever felt like the Odd Mom Out, you should definitely check out the hilarious new show on Bravo! I had a chance to pre-screen it before it debuts on June 8th @ 10/9c on Bravo. This is a hilarious show about a mom, quite like me, that just didn’t feel like she fit in with all the snotty moms that she kept finding herself around. I threw a fun screening party and made some Momosas, and sat down to laugh my ass off! Want the Momosa recipe, you can grab it here!
Now make sure to check out Odd Mom Out on Bravo on June 8th at 10/9c!
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