I remembered what I wanted to post!

And it had nothing to do with the kids, well not directly anyway.

Do you remember how when (if) you used to do your wild & crazy partying days? Almost everyone I knew had a friend they would take to the clubs. She was just a little plainer than them, or wider, or had more acne. Something, anything to make them look a little better. I had 2 best friends that I went out with most often. 1 took all the attention from me and one helped me gain the attention. Oh don't look at me like that, I'm not shallow it's just the way it was people! If it helps it's not really about looks as it is about confidence. Men were drawn to my 1 best friend, she was pretty but she wasn't Cameron Diaz but she was treated as such because she *felt* like Miss. Diaz. ;-) By the time I figured all that out I was married with 3 children. Too little too late. LOL

Anyway, my whole point is I like hanging out with people with less children than myself. They put me on this supermom pedostal by saying things like, "Yeah, bedtime is hard but I can't imagine how hard it is for you with five!" They're probably pitying me but it makes me feel good, strong - me woman me keep 5 kids alive. That type of primal thing. ;-)

Well today at the luncheon there were 2 women I hadn't met before. One was a missionary who lives in Cambodia, sweet sweet lady. I'm sitting next to her and something came up that prompted me to say, "With 5 children 9 and under I just don't even try" and she asked how many. I repeated it and she says as casual and flippant as one would mention the weather, "Oh, I had eight 9 and under". I was dismissed, demoted, *poofed* off my pedostal.

Any childless people want to be my friend?