Welcome To “Moms Behaving Badly”: A Parody Instagram Page About “Moms, Wives And Women Saying What You Are Thinking”
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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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.
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 the greatest idea!! You take out your pitcher and get it filled, I want one!!! image-626d...11-png.jpg 
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.”
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.”
And then people are like " Why don't you ask for help?" Oh, i dunno, maybe because everyone is too busy asking me for help that they don't even hear me asking for help. So, I decided to do it myself.
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Years carrying for terminal grandmother, cared for 2 terminal brothers as the rest of family lived out of state or country. I'm fighting breast cancer and even though siblings live close now no one has showed up at my house with a much as a meal. My family Sucks
I actually had to read this a couple of times. This isn't sarcasm,folks.its truth. I feel this and I have never upvoted a post with more enthusiasm!
But you know, being self-reliant does come in handy most of the time. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that, regardless of all the offers other people make for you to call them and they’ll come running, the ONLY person you can 100% rely on to help you when you really really need it is yourself. The ones making those offers suddenly manage to disappear off the face of the Earth when you actually make that call.
Yeah, I'm planning a big family get-together at the moment. Originally it was me and three other people doing the planning, but the closer the date gets, the more alone I am... One person suddenly leaves for India for half a year, one person decides that he's not coming, so why should he help, and the last one is so incredibly unhelpful that I'm almost glad when he won't contact me. But suddenly I'm mother of twins with a full time job and max. 6 hours sleep per night, trying to juggle all the things that are important and all the things other family members think should be important, and I'm close to the breaking point because THAT'S why I originally only agreed to HELP and not do it all by myself... That's definitely the last time I'm helping with the planning.
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This one is so very true. Since I was 14, whether it was on the job or at home, I have always been the "go to" person. Now that age is catching up with me (turning 70 soon), I find it very difficult to not be able to do everything and have to ask for help.
I'm close to your age and have been oh so slowly digging to find a leaking pipe, finally finding it, and on my third day repairing it! And I'm female and disabled.
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This is me. And then I get frustrated when I do need help, because I’m “supposed” to be the one who helps. Not the other way around.
For me this is a childhood thing. Left my parents house at the age of 14. I had to figure out everything by myself. Now at 36 I'm figuring out how to stop doing every thing by myself. My environment is really responding well. They've never expected me to do all this in the first place so that's helping. Also I figured out this is a controle issue too.
Or because they are so introvert and asking help require human interaction...
I don't ask for help because nobody else knows what their doing either.
90% of people are yessing this not even realizing they are the takers just like the rest of us 😅
I don't like help unless I ask for it. I hate it at work when I hear a manager say, "hey help (me) with dishes". Why? I can do it myself. If you help me I won't have anything to do. And if you suggest help that tells me that you think I can't do it alone. I'd rather do it alone.
Sad but true. I only ask when desperate or when someone I love asks for me. Somehow works better that way. For Me:NO Others: YES OF COURSE. YUCCK!!!!
They know if they wait long enough, you'll take care of it yourself
This is sort of both my parents. I have more than once told my dad "look, I know you can do it, but you don't have to and someone else really will probably do a good job"... mostly when it involves ladders. Ironically he got really frustrated at me as a late teen for not just asking for help with things when I needed it.
So sadly true. I don't even trust people being nice to me. I'm like what are you up to? This feels like a trap.
I was like this on an emotional level but thankfully I wanted to seek help when I hit my lowest. Don't take life on alone. Find help, if you need it. We don't deserve to go through everything alone. You aren't weak for needing help!
Mehhh I ask for help lots I do say I hate my life first or he’s going to hate me but then I tell my brain to shut up my family loves sticking needles in me and listening to my awesome curse words.
I feel like I'm at the next stage. No, I won't ask for help. No, I'm not going to help. You're only asking because you're too lazy to do it yourself.
Or some people have a tendency to judge you before they even try to help you, if at all.
That's me 1000% cuz I'm school I help everyone and then when I need help no helps me
My caretaking duties began when I was 8 years old. Taking care of my 5yo brother. 2 1/2
But i like helping people. I don't like asking for help tho
get the 1000 page Betty crocker cookbook. roll 3d10. that page is dinner
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.
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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And then the kids grow up and move away, and you miss them but they don't miss you because for them, life is a great big adventure, and you can't be mad at them because you did the exact same thing to YOUR parents. And now life is just more or less wrapping things up and putting things away and shutting things down so my wife won't have to deal with so much mess when I die.
Um. We’re living the same life. But you sound like you’re doing it with style. Bravo!
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Am I the only one that doesn't think it's cute or funny when wives/moms make posts like "(sigh) my husband doesn't know how to do housework or cook, or take care of the kids he helped make, and needs his hand held like a child to get through daily life, isn't that fUnNy"?
Agreed. A man who doesn't know how to wash dishes or even remember their child's birthday, isn't someone whom I would want to spend the rest of my life with if you ask me. That only means I'll wind up doing everything.
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When u have to lock the door by opening the drawer of our captain's bed 🤣🤣🤣
Remember people it's all temporary, it's won't last. Just enjoy it because soon you'll be dead...forever.
This is not the point of this article but reading your comment made me think of something I read recently. The person asked another individual that was fretting over if death would be painful, if anything was known or felt prior to them being born, and then said think of death the same way, you didn't know anything about anything before you were born and you won't know anything about anything after you die. So don't worry about it. Reading that changed my whole attitude about death. Edit: spelling
Load More Replies... And then the kids grow up and move away, and you miss them but they don't miss you because for them, life is a great big adventure, and you can't be mad at them because you did the exact same thing to YOUR parents. And now life is just more or less wrapping things up and putting things away and shutting things down so my wife won't have to deal with so much mess when I die.
Um. We’re living the same life. But you sound like you’re doing it with style. Bravo!
Load More Replies... Am I the only one that doesn't think it's cute or funny when wives/moms make posts like "(sigh) my husband doesn't know how to do housework or cook, or take care of the kids he helped make, and needs his hand held like a child to get through daily life, isn't that fUnNy"?
Agreed. A man who doesn't know how to wash dishes or even remember their child's birthday, isn't someone whom I would want to spend the rest of my life with if you ask me. That only means I'll wind up doing everything.
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Remember people it's all temporary, it's won't last. Just enjoy it because soon you'll be dead...forever.
This is not the point of this article but reading your comment made me think of something I read recently. The person asked another individual that was fretting over if death would be painful, if anything was known or felt prior to them being born, and then said think of death the same way, you didn't know anything about anything before you were born and you won't know anything about anything after you die. So don't worry about it. Reading that changed my whole attitude about death. Edit: spelling
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