tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559331688155939749.post7284970130752772521..comments2023-11-03T09:01:07.613-04:00Comments on Yum is my Mantra: Some things that have happened. Other things I've been thinking.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16906259050690786314noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559331688155939749.post-14520680934829865712010-11-23T21:18:25.415-05:002010-11-23T21:18:25.415-05:00I feel I can't put it any better than the othe...I feel I can't put it any better than the other ladies. They're all right.<br /><br />I guess what I can add is that you have every damn right to feel how you feel, even though you do have a lot in your life. It's ok to want more or something else because you DO realize the wonderful things you have in your life. But you're not a saint. <br /><br />You're an amazing person who will get everything she wants. I know it. I hope that's ok that I write that.die Frauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269442912640747892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559331688155939749.post-15383304450033126412010-11-20T23:03:28.382-05:002010-11-20T23:03:28.382-05:00I have a friend who continues to tell me (because ...I have a friend who continues to tell me (because he's right, and because I continue to need to hear it), "Nothing is ever as bad or as good as you think it is."<br /><br />The Club ain't all that. However rewarding it can be to be married and have kids, any married parent who tells you they don't sometimes wish, EVEN FOR A SECOND, to be single and childless again, EVEN FOR A SECOND, is lying. I have this horrible mix of a "love the one you're with" personality mixed up with a "grass is greener" personality, which means I'm constantly in LOVE with whatever situation I'm in, while simultaneously thinking "Oooh, but THAT! If I just had THAT, then I could die happy!"<br /><br />Everyone feels this way at times. EVERYONE. Some of us are angstier than others. Some of use are more honest and vocal about it than others. Some of us are ashamed of feeling this way. <br /><br />You have freedoms those of us in the married/babies club have left FAAAAAAAAR behind us. Don't underestimate the value of that. It's okay to be wanty for more or different. But remember that nothing is perfect for anyone and most of our yearnings come from dissatisfactions with ourselves, on the inside, not truly from our situation.feather nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17778477468709093359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559331688155939749.post-22364695780518398032010-11-19T13:51:37.370-05:002010-11-19T13:51:37.370-05:00I agree with Scarlet. Everyone feels left out of ...I agree with Scarlet. Everyone feels left out of something. I try to focus on the things I get to do & am a part of, rather than what I'm missing. There are so many good things we ARE doing. But yeah, the other stuff is still there. Some stuff we will get to do & some stuff we won't, and we don't get total control of that. <br />Annoying. <br />But true.The Perfect Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12652423013764169560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7559331688155939749.post-656982639496720802010-11-19T10:28:54.579-05:002010-11-19T10:28:54.579-05:00Although feeling left out of the wife and mom club...Although feeling left out of the wife and mom club must feel like a pretty big one, I actually think we all feel this way, just about different things.<br /><br />I feel left out of tons of things that I can't rectify at the moment: having a career to be proud of, having a group of friends in ONE city and not all over the country, having enough money to own more than 3 bras, etc, etc, etc...<br /><br />I can't offer anything better than that unfortunately. But you're probably not quite as left out as it feels like.Sarah Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12890371606163976935noreply@blogger.com