If you haven't heard of or read this book by Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile, you haven't lived. It's beyond hilarious, and so true. These friends interviewed hundreds of real-life moms who dished on all their secrets of getting by. Some of my favorites:
"I had to use my toddler's potty chair on the side of the road when I was stuck in traffic. I just couldn't hold it."
"I skip whole chunks of my daughter's bedtime stories. Poor thing can't tell the difference."
"Last night I wanted to read my book so I let my three- and five-year-olds watch reruns of Roseanne."
"When I'm at Safeway I buy a Nordstrom gift card and charge it with the groceries. I can justify it that way."
"My rule is a beer at lunch, wine at 5. Wine at lunch feels like I have a "problem," but beer just seems okay."
"Some nights when my husband and I go to bed, I roll over and "play dead." All I can think is, "I just can't handle it if one more person pokes me today."
"Note to husband: Dinner? Don't even ask. There is no dinner. There will never be dinner. Just stop coming home hungry. Unless you have a plan, there will be no plan. And by the way, I'M HUNGRY, TOO!"
"My kids yell because I yell at them."
"I do my son's homework just so we can get through it faster. I grab his pencil and he just looks at me like I've lost my mind."
"I had to lock myself in my car to make a conference call while my kids screamed and banged on the window outside."
"I look at every mother and assume they're much better mothers than I am."
"The one thing I wish I had is a wife."
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