If you ever want to feel really good about yourself, borrow someone's less-than one year-old baby and take it in public. But before you do, get your hair did and put some makeup on. You will look like the hottest mom ever and all the other moms will be jealous and will hate you because you have time to apply eyeliner and all the dads will look at you and wish their haggard wives look more like you do. If you really want to be hated, put on a flashy giant fake diamond ring.
Don't tell anyone that this isn't your kid or your real jewelry at any cost.
I'll tell you the secret to looking like a real mom. Ready? Before you leave the house, get a little bit of yogurt and smear it on your shirt. Just a little bit and you will pass as a mom, even to the keenest of judges. Babysitters and aunts will always clean up smudges. Moms are just too damn tired. If someone tells you about it, roll your eyes and say "story of my life".
Everyone will tell you that you look well-rested and beautiful. If you are anywhere under 300 pounds, people will tell you you look thin. Then you smile and say that you are breast-feeding because that really makes you a good person.
It's free, and you will be doing something nice for your friend/sister.
4.09.2009
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I'm transferring all Terminally Pretty posts over here to Jakezilla, in an effort to NOT have 45 blogs in my name. Enjoy!
Ha! Now I just have to borrow someone's kid.
whenever my sister, her daughter and i would go out in public people would assume the baby was mine, and hit on my sister. she was always way hot and i was always the hot mess.
You mean if your kid is over 1 you're able to pull yourself together? My youngest is 2 and if I remember to put on deoderant and brush my teeth before I walk out the door it's a good day.
I didn't even know that Terminally Pretty was you Lora!
Looking like a real mom sucks. Last night Beau smeared handfuls of strawberry yogurt all over my shirt. What's sad is that I was hungry so I ate it off.
Totally did this w/my good friend's 1 month old at the time! I was on such a high, let me tell you. I got so many knowing smiles and yet surprised glances, like, "Wow she looks GREAT for having such a tiny baby!" HAH HAH
Love it- The worst thing to happen to me since becoming a mom is that whenever I see a woman with a child Josephine's age or younger I immediatly judge her weight. Now i'm going to pretend that every skinny minney holding a baby is playing this trick.
I will be trying this with our nephews. I will only take one though, which means I will now have to choose out loud which one I love more. Jimmy. I love Jimmy more.
So Terminally Pretty is going away? (Being terminated, as it were?) Bummer. Glad you'll be giving all those golden nuggets a home over here, though. It would be a shame to completely lose them!
I love this - so true - very well observed!
Oh please let someone do this with mine soon!
You know, I was once going to copy your terminally pretty skin, but I thought, no, it's too SWF.
But now... (insert your best version of creepy evil laugh)...
You are the most beautiful mom ever. Do you ever get tired of hearing that?
xoxoxoxo
You are a genius, an evil genius. Is why I heart you.
I totally LOVE you!! This was brilliant!
I think it's a good idea to keep everything in one place. I just have two blogs, and I go crazy trying to keep up. It's a kind of schizophrenic feeling for me. Think I'll copy you if that's okay.
As far as the schmootz on my shirts, I leave it there for the "little" memories!
Amanda, some of us take a little longer to get it together!
Great idea!
When are you coming to take mine :)
This is the best idea I've heard all day.
I did what you said. I borrowed someone's less-than one year-old baby and took it in public. I got my hair did. I put some makeup on. I applied eyeliner. I put on on a giant fake diamond ring. The dads looked confused and none of the other moms looked jealous. I wasted a whole day. I'm not taking your advice anymore, Lora. It's over.
These days dressing up is putting on a clean shirt. Without yogurt.
In my nanny days, my best friend and I were always amused when mom's would confess to having been jealous of how put together we were until they found out we were nannies.
We were just flattered to be doing a good enough job to be mistaken for moms!
Don't be such a hater, I can't help being so hot, GOD!
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So funny!!! I can totally relate now as I have a 9 mos. old and maniac, red headed, almost 4 yr.old!? I so need a makeover!?
My kids are 9 and 11 and I still walk out of the house with house with yogurt on my shirt because I spilt it all by myself. When I really want to feel like a new Mom, I put the yogurt in my hair... stop shaving my legs for a few weeks.
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