We are now those parents..

Monday, November 10, 2014

  I was having dinner with a bloggy friend of mine, Rachel of Silverunpolished.com , last week. I've known her since I was a million months pregnant with my first son. Her kids are 7 & 9. Mine are almost 15 & 17.  We have much in common in terms of mothering such as our agreement that sleepaway camp is mandatory and that toothpaste in the sink left by children is very annoying. However, we are worlds apart when it comes to how our kids feel about us.  Her cute boys love when she talks about them in her blog.

  On the other hand, my boys have reached the point where my husband and I are completely embarrassing to them. Not just in public but on the world wide web too.  I'm not allowed mention them in my Blog, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter posts. (They won't show me how to use snapchat) In fact, the mention of the toothpaste in the sink above may get me yelled at   after school today.

   A few days ago, at 5:45 a.m.,  my husband and I were goofing around while we were both making breakfast for the kids (yes high school starts disgustingly early around these parts). We had these funny tabasco things left over from a Houseparty.com Tabasco party that I was selected to host and we were just being silly.  I posted on Instagram because we look exhausted and ugly and stupid. 
Photo has been disguised to protect our children from further humiliation

   During the school day, I got this first text from one of my children   "I think that your instagram is inappropriate and that you should take it down"  I ignored as I do not think that texting this during school is appropriate either. 


   Later that day my other son explained that one of his friends was making fun of our instagram to all of their other friends. He was mortified that I had accepted a follow request from one of his friends and by our ridiculous photos. I responded by telling him that his friends were just jealous that his parents were so fun, especially at 5:45 a.m. I added that he was lucky that his parents even get up and make breakfast (and school lunches) at that ungodly hour. I'm certain that some other mothers don't even get out of bed and just let the kids fend for themselves. I also blocked the kid.

    When did we go from being cool to being totally embarrassing? Were we always totally embarrassing but the kids did not know it? We were ever cool? Thoughts? I'd love to hear them. 

11 comments:

Amy at Ms. Toody Goo Shoes said...

I'm laughing hysterically, while reading this. I have a 15 year old, and everything I do embarrasses him, even if there is no one around. I could absolutely see him sending me a text like this one!

Courtney [Sweet Turtle Soup] said...

Since mine is 2 I'm not sure how she will feel later, but I never hit that embarrassed stage myself. We all have parents, what's the point - they won't care about high school drama later. Suck it up boys.

Stacey said...

My kids are grown now...the being embarrassed stage passes after awhile. I remember being at Target once with my younger son and I wanted to try on a piece of jewelry or something. My son moaned and took off in the other direction like I couldn't do anything worse! Just try to enjoy embarrassing them a little bit. :)

Susie said...

Japolina, One day, your kids will be your age, and they will be so darn funny and unique...don't you think? Once my daughter was going through a tough day with kids everywhere and asked me , "mom, how did you do it?" I just said, "oh there is a God." Then we both laughed. Our kid will grow up to be us one day. LOL now that is funny. Blessings sweet girl. xoxo,Susie

angryparsnip said...

This is such a funny post.
By now they should be use to you both.
Just wait till they go away to school... all of a sudden you will be the cool parents again.

Live with it Boys !
You both are beyond lucky.

cheers, parsnip

Susannah said...

Haha. Oh goodness, if only your kids knew how lucky they are to have you. :-)

Empress Bee (of the high sea) said...

me! me! pick me! i know! they will be cook with you again for sure. when they are 40. and not one minute sooner. welcome to my world sweetie!

smiles, bee
xoxoxoxoox

Kelly said...

Luckily, my kids never read my blog so I can write about them whenever I want and they never know. Mine are 13 and 20. My 13 yr old thinks we are not cool parents because he's at that age where he wants to impress his friends that he doesn't need us. So, no public hand holding or kisses can be done. He also likes to mock me....a lot! My 20 yr old thinks we're cool though. Guess he's old enough to compare us to other parents and knows we could be worse. LOL!

NanaDiana said...

LOL- You became totally UNcool the moment they had friends that hit, or were near, puberty! lol I can remember when that happened with my kids and now I am waiting for it to happen with my grandkids. lol xo Diana

vivian said...

Lol! Id tell him to suck it up buttercup and get a sense of humor LOL!! and Id keep posting crazy stuff for the world to see! a little embarrassment wont hurt them. Just ask my kids! theyve survived! (barely probably!)
I love the picture you posted. I think its great!
happy parenting!
xoxo
vivian

vivian said...

Lol! Id tell him to suck it up buttercup and get a sense of humor LOL!! and Id keep posting crazy stuff for the world to see! a little embarrassment wont hurt them. Just ask my kids! theyve survived! (barely probably!)
I love the picture you posted. I think its great!
happy parenting!
xoxo
vivian

 
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