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.”
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.
And when you have kids, actually being able to sit down and eat all your food while it’s still hot is next to impossible to do.
My mom spent 11 years like that, then we were trained enough to make dinner for everyone so she didn't have to XD. She's so tired all the time, since my baby brother doesn't sleep.
Load More Replies...Won't eat the meal but ten minutes after you give up in disgust, they'll ask for a fruit snack.
Yeah, no. Not buying that. Not looking that like anyway. I would eat enough calories to power a small city if I could, but even LOOKING at a doughnut makes me gain weight.
Omg I have to sit there and almost beg them to eat. Some days it turns to yelling cause it's been over and hour and they haven't done any eating just goofing around at the table. I don't remember my dinner times being like this and I have no clue how it's gotten like this. It makes me want to cry cause then at bed time I've got kids begging for snacks. Like your dinner is in the microwave waiting for you. Oh no mom I'd rather have a bowl of ice cream or yogurt maybe. Like ahhh what the heck why do I even cook
Kids do that? I have never had an issue eating. My 11-year-younger) sister loved to eat so much that we caught her lying about already eating, so she could eat more. She had to be put on a restricted diet. Are you forcing your kids to eat when they aren't hungry? Are they snacking all day? I'm so confused by this. Why force a child to eat if they aren't hungry?
I don't think this post is about kids eating meals when hungry or finishing it all even when they're full. This is when a kid is hungry, you offer Mac and cheese, chili, spaghetti, whatever, and they're like "no! I want chicken nuggets (or pizza, or cookies)!" Just general pickiness of kids. Some will starve themselves in a half assed attempt at a strike (half assed, because they often don't have the will power to really go to bed without dinner) in an attempt to bully? out-stubborn? their parents. Like, demanding dessert instead of dinner, or eating a few bites of dinner before asking for dessert, as if dinner is a chore. Most adults are happy to just put down whatever work or worries they have and not think about anything but what they're eating (even if it's not a treat) for half an hour. But agree with the general sentiment of not forcing kids to overeat when they're actually not hungry. People can shut up with "some starving people somewhere would be grateful gor this"
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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!
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.
Load More Replies...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.
Load More Replies...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
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