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In times of social media, the pressure to be a perfect mom, woman, wife, daughter, a female version of a superhuman is beyond words.

It takes one scroll through the feed and you see breastfeeding moms running marathons, moms nailing their fashionable OOTDs (Outfit Of The Day), moms winning awards, landing campaigns, and ruling the world in what feels like a 40-hour-long day. Just look at Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission known as the “Mother of the Nation” while being a mother to 7 children. The question is “how?” and it’s probably an open-ended one.

So this parody Instagram account Moms Behaving Badly is a breath of fresh air. It brings moms back from the sky highs of infinite perfection right down to earth where the hot messes, aka the rest of us, live. No wonder the page has a whopping 1 million followers, showing how much its content resonates with people. Below we selected some of the most hilarious posts from Moms Behaving Badly, so scroll down and enjoy!

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Yesss!

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Amy Watson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And re-reading the same book 900x to someone and then getting told that somebody else does it better and you are doing it all wrong. And the book must be either mysteriously sticky, wet, or both.

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Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. The pressure society puts on moms is unbelievable. Expecting moms are told countless ways how they “should" give birth, feed their baby, build their career, promote a healthy relationship with the baby, and so on and so on. Meanwhile, moms who delivered a baby are expected to “get back on track,” meaning life, work, family duties, body shape and size should be the way society wants. If not, many moms feel like they failed, hence self-worth problems and even depression may emerge.

This survey commissioned by TIME found that half of 913 new mothers that participated had experienced regret, shame, guilt or anger, mostly due to unexpected complications and lack of support. And that’s not all.

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More than 70% felt pressured to do things a certain way. More than half said a natural birth was extremely or very important, yet 43% wound up needing drugs or an epidural, and 22% had unplanned C-sections. Breastfeeding, too, proved a greater challenge than anticipated. Out of the 20% who planned to breastfeed for at least a year, fewer than half actually did.

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The majority of mothers in the survey pointed to “society in general” as the source of the pressure, followed by doctors and other mothers. Sadly, this has become the new norm and not many women dare to publicly talk about it in fear of being dubbed “selfish” and “not good enough.”

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So no wonder so many women these days choose to stay single and/or childfree. Contrary to common belief, a new study found child-free people are as happy as parents, with the authors surprised by just how many men and women indicated they didn’t want to have kids. The result follows the larger trend of Americans having fewer children in general: the U.S. birth rate fell to a record low last year and there could be 300,000 to 500,000 fewer births in 2021, according to some estimates.

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Yesssssss

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Amy Watson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, and I'm never quite sure whether I'm deep cleaning BECAUSE I'm mad at the world and being passive- aggressive about it and want them to slowly back away from the crazy lady with the scrub brush and bleach, or whether I'm mad at the world because I'm having to deep clean AGAIN and I'm the only person doing it.

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Me Too!

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So to find out more about why more and more women consciously decide to opt out from parenthood, we spoke with the relationship coach Jane Parker. “I think there are many possible reasons and each woman who chooses to be childfree and/or single has a unique reason for themselves,” she told Bored Panda.

Parker explained that some women realize that their career is more important to them than having children or getting married. “Devoting your life to caring for another is a very big choice to make, and not all women want to commit to that. Life without children can create more ease for adventure, unlimited possibilities, and freedom of choice.”

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#17

And I Have A Headache

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm on Bored Panda. I should be asleep by now. Naw, one more comment.

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Another reason may be finances. “Maybe some women just love the idea of only needing to think and take care of only themselves and aren't willing to make the sacrifices that parenting requires,” Parker said.The relationship coach said that childfree women may not want the responsibility of raising a child or, quite simply, “they love their life exactly how it is and don't want to change it to fit around a child.”

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#25

Not A Good Look On Me

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

me. and don't even get me started on how Look like when I take it off.

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#26

If This Ain’t The Truth!

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Jen T
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS! You people have conditioned me to yell because apparently you’re deaf otherwise!

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#27

Surprise! I’m Not Really A Troll

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witchling
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah. When you get a good nights sleep and someone says wow! you look great today. What do I normally look like???

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#32

Ugh

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Donna Clanclan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You might not be wrong though. My hubby doesn't use soap. Just rinses the dishes and puts them away...wet, with food still stuck on. 'It's good enough!' No...no it really isn't.

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#35

Accurate

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Tracy Wallick
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one just makes me mad, knowing about the extremely disproportionate burden of emotional labor being laid on women.

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Ozacoter
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly. Most men expect and demand that women do all this things with not even a thank you

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Richard McLean
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try telling him it's at 5:30 next time and see how he responds.

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Who Can It Be Now
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like your husband isn’t involved in his own child’s life. Sad excuse of a parent if you ask me.

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Silre
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He sounds like my dad, who has to ask me every night what time I'm getting up in the morning

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DeeDee M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For us its baseball...and my husband is the coach. He wont make that mistake again. 😂

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Wondering Alice
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To the guys who say this makes him a bad parent - it doesn't. She's clearly joking about this, and clearly the dad is taking him to soccer. It's fairly normal in a relationship especially busy ones, for each member to leave a load of remembering stuff to Thier partner. To be fair, it is usually the woman who knows the kids schedule. My husband keeps track all that and birthdays and stuff, but he asks me most days where his socks are and loses everything round the house. Either of make comments like the op about each other, but, it's jokey.

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Winston Marie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyday at 4:00 my husband is surprised to learn that snack happens everyday at 4:00 and it is always fruit. Face palm.

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Caroline Driver
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For the past 27 years my partner has forgotten that I hate onions.

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KimB
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know this is a joke but seriously in the dads defense I've worked in an ER 11an-7pm 5 days a week...it's soul crushing...it's very easy to forget what day of the week it is

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Angela B
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup. Like the annual flu vaccine. ..... yes annual means once yearly.. . F.F.S

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rumade
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cat was born on a Tuesday and I adopted him on one. So I called him Tuesday and scheduled all his vet appointments for Tuesday's too so I wouldn't forget them. Be glad you were just born on a Tuesday and not neutered on one!

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Kelly Kelly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shouldn’t have a husband or kids in the first place. Life without them is heaven heaven heaven

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Kaioz
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My daughter has tutoring every Monday at 7. We miss it every Monday. My wife made this big announcement to me n my daughter about tutoring this Monday.... None has said anything about tutoring since this announcement. It's Wednesday. I just remembered when I read this post. 😂😂 She's gonna kill us... Best part? I get to go tell her she forgot too 🤭👏🤨🤣

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Laura Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or, no, you cannot spend a thousand dollars on a smartphone, bills are due EVERY MONTH

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John Smith
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could actually try to, you know, involve him in planning? He is surprised every week because you dont.

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#38

Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That

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Izzy Curer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like breakfast, but sometimes I'm just not in the mood right after waking up, you know? Why force it on yourself.

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#39

Right?

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Emma A
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's only two things I like since entering my adult years one is food.

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Friday Giggles!

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