Can I be a superhero too? June 23, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Nance , trackbackJohnny brought up a REALLY good point yesterday. I suspect it is because he is male.
Women have this habit of being overly difficult on themselves. We worry about everything.
Here is a list of how I short change myself:
- I get upset that I am not in "perfect" physical shape
- I get upset that I get upset that I am not in perfect physical shape
- I expect myself to get 40+ hours worth of work done even though I am only paid for 32hours
- I should never yell at my kids
- I should always handle situations with grace and reason
- When something goes wrong, I should just let it go and go for the solution instead of worrying about what went wrong
- I actually do care about what others think of me.
- I worry that I worry too much
- I worry that I worry too little
- I wonder if the moms at the playground think I am a bad mom because I let Luna climb the 5 year old toys, and she sometimes falls.
- I hate to ask for help if it involves strength, although I refuse to refill the water cooler because I just can’t lift the 5 gallon bucket of water.
- I worry if I need to prove my abilities at work, even though a few people have told me that I am not in that position..
Sigh, Do you see why I worry too much? Men have it easy. The thought of not having to "have it all" is nice. I know, I know, that is way too simplistic. Men don’t have it easy, they have to fight with the traditional vs superdad roles of helping out more….
I leave you today with a discussion in our house a few weeks ago:
Dr. Jay: Soleil? Could you please pick up the magic markers?
Soleil: Daddy! They are not magic markers! They are enchanted!
Dr. Jay: Enchanted markers? I think you are watching too much beauty and the beast!
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