To All The Mean Moms In The World

> > To all the MEAN MOMS in the world!! Rejoice and join the gang.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mean Moms
> >
> > Someday when my children are old enough to
> > understand the logic that motivates a parent,
> > I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
> > I loved you enough to ask where you were going,
> > with whom, and what time you would be home.
> >
> > I loved you enough to be silent and let you
> > discover that your new best friend was a creep.
> >
> > I loved you enough to stand over you for
> > two hours while you cleaned your room,
> > a job that should have taken 15 minutes.
> >
> > I loved you enough to let you see anger,
> > disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Children
> > must learn that their parents aren't perfect..
> >
> > I loved you enough to let you assume the
> > responsibility for your actions even when the
> > penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.
> >
> > But most of all, I loved you enough to say
> > NO when I knew you would hate me for it.
> >
> > Those were the most difficult battles of all.
> > I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won,
> > too.
> > And someday when your children are old enough to
> > understand the logic that motivates parents, you
> > will tell them.
> >
> > Was your Mom mean?
> >
> > I know mine was.
> > We had the meanest mother in the whole world!
> > While other kids ate candy for breakfast,
> > we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.
> >
> > When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch,
> > we had to eat sandwiches.
> >
> > And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that
> > was
> > different from what other kids had, too.
> >
> > Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all
> > times.
> > You'd think we were convicts in a prison.
> >
> > She had to know who our friends were
> > and what we were doing with them.
> > She insisted that if we said we
> > would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an
> > hour or less.
> >
> > We were ashamed to admit it,
> > but she had the nerve to break
> > the Child Labor Laws by making us work.
> >
> > We had to wash the dishes, make the beds,
> > learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry,
> > empty the trash and all sorts of cruel jobs.
> > I think she would lie awake at night
> > thinking of more things for us to do.
> >
> > She always insisted on us telling the truth,
> > the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
> > By the time we were teenagers,
> > she could read our minds
> > and had eyes in the back of her head.
> > Then, life was really tough!
> >
> > Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk
> > the horn when they drove up
> > They had to come up to the door
> > so she could meet them.
> >
> > While everyone else could date
> > when they were 12 or 13,
> > we had to wait until we were 16.
> >
> > Because of our mother we missed out
> > on lots of things other kids experienced.
> >
> > None of us have ever
> > been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's
> > property or ever arrested for any crime.
> > It was all her fault.
> >
> > Now that we have left home, we are all educated,
> > honest adults.
> > We are doing our best to be mean parents just like
> > Mom was.
> >
> > I think that is what's wrong with the world today.
> > It just doesn't have enough mean moms!
> >
> >
> > PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE MEAN MOTHERS YOU KNOW.
> > (And Their Kids)
> >

An ode to the Mom !