I think you should be your kids friend.But when they turn 18 I can decide at that time if I want to continue as there friend.It hit me one day, I got up late and was running around the house getting ready for work.I ask my 18 year old that was laying on the couch to do me a favor and take her little sister to school.She said”No”. The time I got back from taking her to school ,myself,I had 15 minutes to dry and fix my hair, put make-up on ,get dressed and out the door for work.Oh, did I forget to mention that the 18 year old has no JOB! As I ran out the door I said to her,”Clean or get moved out.Don’t call me for anything unless I have to know.I ain’t your friend cause my friends don’t treat me that way”.I have always taught my kids to treat people as you want to be treated in return!
When people said kids watching things on TV can have a big impact on them, I really didn’t believe that theory. But seeing all the TV and magazines giving the drug addicts the attention they are asking for has proved me wrong. If I wanted a nice high paying job with a company I would have to be drug tested. So, why in the hell are these drug addict actors not being made to take them if they want the part? That might nip it in the butt! Let’s see….. I want to go try out for a show and I know I will be tested….to do drugs or not to do drugs… work or not work… Well it don’t take a genius to figure that one out but obviously it’s taking executive producers or who ever is hiring these people a long time to figure it out.
What the hell is so desperate about those wives? We need more realistic wives on a show. I am middle class (probably considered lower middle) and live in the south. To me desperate is coming from nothing and desperately striving to make a better life for yourself and your family. I have more to worry about then who is sleeping with who in the neighborhood. I have to worry about kids my kids have to deal with in there life and 9 times out of 10 there is some kind of dis-function in there family.I might not be doing it wright but I am trying to get my kids to think things out.Have a thought process in what you say and do and how it may effect people. My kids think I talk to much. My mother died when I was 13 and for the life of me, she had no voice. When I die my voice will forever be ringing in my kids ears.Life’s short, so say what you have to say now. A true Desperate housewife.
They should do a show and put several 18 year old girls in it that just graduated. These girls think they are so cute.They haven’t decided what job field or classes they want to take.I have an 18 year old myself and she has alot of clueless friends.I try to fill her in on life the best I know how but like many other mothers I tend to enable.I want to learn how to disable! Its real easy to point out the problem, but fixing it is a little harder!
If you dont ask the odds are you dont get it. I hate to ask anyone for anything and if I do ask it means I really need it. I feel if it is a reasonable request I should get it! Your kids and husbands dont seem to have a problem asking for what they want and 9 out of 10 times you try to get it for them. Lets just call this, self preservation.
