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Today, if I wasn't a mom

lorist202lorist202 member
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I would lay in bed all day and feel bad for myself. 

I just feel overwhelmed with too many annoying things to do and that are pending.

At least in my pre-parent days, when I did feel bad for myself, the following days I would be so productive from the guilt of the previous day, and I would be over it.

Before you were a mom, how did you handle those REALLY bad days/ weeks?

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Re: Today, if I wasn't a mom

  • hayleydeeehayleydeee member

    I used to find that going to work and/ or school always made me feel better. The distraction, the familiar faces and the need to focus, would snap me out of it. Getting there was the hard part of course, but I always felt better afterwards. 

    Or (when I was young and had no real responsibilities) if things were REALLY bad I'd make big changes to stir things up a bit. Once in college I dropped out of all my classes, quit my job, dumped my boyfriend, packed my things and drove across the country... all in the same week. Nothing clears my head like a good long road trip. 

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  • joyfullyfoundjoyfullyfound member

    Today if I wasn't a mom I'd be a Niagra Falls with my husband :(

     I used to go swimming - I love the water and it's such a great tension buster. 


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  • MrsC17MrsC17
    I probably would have played hooky and did house stuff.  It always used to feel good to spend a day at home organizing my life.  I am actually doing that today (DD is with SIL) but I no longer find that relaxing (since I kind of do it all the time now as a sahm).  SO tomorrow I am having a spa day....which is awesome and guilt inducing at the same time (since DD is with SIL again tomorrow).  I am trying to make myself feel better by telling myself I'm earning my spa day tomorrow with the clean house today LOL (not to mention, if DD were here she'd be watching me clean and not doing anything fun and instead she's at the library and shopping and getting pizza...lucky girl)
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  • RubyLou11RubyLou11

    Now that I'm a mom and watching all my friends graduate college/travel etc I realize there were tons of things I could be doing.  I would never give up my life now, but now I see that if I wasn't a mom I could have the whole world at my fingertips and drop everything to do what I want. 

     I would probably do as PP said, dump the boyfriend, leave college, and travel.  All things that I want to do, but just going to do them differently now. 

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