Mothers' "dirty little secrets"
This little book arrived on my desk a few weeks ago, and I thought it might be fun to excerpt some of the "secrets" for discussion. The authors, Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile, say they came upon the idea while interviewing moms for their first book, I Was A Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids.
"In some cases, moms mailed us their typewritten dirty little secrets to ensure their privacy -- they wouldn't risk being identified by their handwriting or sharing their e-mail address," the authors write.
We wouldn't do that on Charm City Moms, would we?
Anyway, on to some secrets. ...
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Are any of these yours?
"I take Vicodin when the baby won't stop crying."
"It's impossible to keep my house clean, so I just don't invite people over. Ever."
"Right before school one morning, my 6-year-old daughter threw up. I gave her some Tylenol and dropped her off anyway -- I had to get to work and didn't have a backup babysitter."
"Last night I wanted to read my book, so I let my 3- and 5-year-olds watch reruns of Roseanne."
Discuss.
