Is It Wrong?
by Jenners • 11/21/2008 • Confessions • 13 Comments
Is it wrong…
- to bring in unused and unwanted food from your pantry for your son’s school Thanksgiving food drive (and not buy anything new)?
- to accept compliments on weight loss while wearing one of those shaping girdle things (and not mention that you are wearing one)?
- to secretly buy a candy bar every time you are at a store by yourself, eat it in the car and hide the wrapper at the bottom of the trash can?
- to lovingly give your husband permission to buy an expensive camera he’s been wanting because you plan to later guilt him into letting you get a Kindle?
- to pretend you have “gastrointestinal problems” so you can hide out in the bathroom and read Us Weekly?
- to move things around in the house so it looks like you actually did some housework while what you really did was write posts for your blog all day?
- to tell your child that the reason Mommy gets two desserts instead of one is because Mommy is bigger than he is?
- to cut up brownies to put on a plate to take to a party so you can eat a few before you go?
Just wondering.
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hi jenners… it’s weird. i posted my comments several days ago but i can’t find it here now!
anyway, i wrote something like this:
“to tell your child that the reason Mommy gets two desserts instead of one is because Mommy is bigger than he is?” – i think it’s OK but then you’ll probably give those GIRDLES a hard time the next time you wear them! :O)
Let’s see…. I’d say they are, respectively: 1) the whole idea; 2) avoiding unnecessary details; 3) a little weird what with the hiding; 4) smart play; 5) passive-aggressive; 6) unneccessarily insecure; 7) accurate; and 8) standard practice.
Glad I could help.
Oh my gosh I am TOTALLY taking notes over here!! This is not wrong…it’s true genius. Every bit of it.
I’m SO glad you stopped by on your tour. I don’t know if you recall, but I challenged myself to laugh longer and harder. And I just did. I’m thinking that these hit a little close to home.
to bring in unused and unwanted food from your pantry for your son’s school Thanksgiving food drive (and not buy anything new)?
NO way. As long as it’s not expired.
to accept compliments on weight loss while wearing one of those shaping girdle things (and not mention that you are wearing one)?
Of course it’s OK.
to secretly buy a candy bar every time you are at a store by yourself, eat it in the car and hide the wrapper at the bottom of the trash can?
Perfectly normal.
to lovingly give your husband permission to buy an expensive camera he’s been wanting because you plan to later guilt him into letting you get a Kindle?
What is a kindle?
to pretend you have “gastrointestinal problems” so you can hide out in the bathroom and read Us Weekly?
Any opportunity to read un interrupted.
to move things around in the house so it looks like you actually did some housework while what you really did was write posts for your blog all day?
Absolutely not.
to tell your child that the reason Mommy gets two desserts instead of one is because Mommy is bigger than he is?
Doesn’t everyone?
to cut up brownies to put on a plate to take to a party so you can eat a few before you go?
I do this every time.
You are the best! I am sitting here giggling & realizing that I do almost all the things on your list!! So of course it must not be wrong! Right? Ha
you mean… youre SUPPOSED to buy new food? oops…
none of those are wrong because I do most of them!
It’s official – I’m following your blog now. I love it!
Using your own pantry food – Not Wrong. Food is food. I’ve done that for food drives before.
Accepting compliments re: weight loss while wearing a girdle – Not Wrong. Rock on sister.
Secret Candy Bar eating and wrapper hiding – brilliant.
Giving permission to hubby for for the camera you can get what you want later – hee hee hee – nice tactic.
Hiding out in the bathroom – again, brilliant. In fact, I wrote an entire post not long ago about “fake poops.”
Moving things around in the house to make it look like you’ve cleaned – check, check. Or how about spending 5 minutes power cleaning one particularly messy area so as to draw attention away from every other mess in the house and make it look like you slaved all day on the one spot?
to tell your child that the reason Mommy gets two desserts instead of one is because Mommy is bigger than he is – only thing wrong with this is that you should never have to justify the amount of dessert you eat. To anyone. Ever.
Cutting up the brownies – nothing wrong with it, but I’d definitely run the risk of actually running out of brownies before they’re delivered.
To Debbie: Yeah..that was me in the bushes just a while ago! : )
To Heather: Lucky girl! As a lifelong late adopter of technology, it is a HUGE thing for me to attempt to get in on the earlier wave and not 5 years down the line. I can’t wait to compare notes if I can work it so I get the Kindle. I pretty much have him on the hook for it!
To bhobbsfernie: So it is not just me thinking that! He is ridiculous isn’t he? Don’t I have to go through this like every 6 months or so?
ElleBee: Well, after stalking Debbie I ran on over and hid in your bushes too! : )
Hah! I’m in total agreement–none of those things are wrong! Although I’m just as curious as Debbie as to how you’ve peeked into my life?!
He wants another camera???!!!!
No!! Not wrong…totally justified behavior in my book!! Oooh and I’m getting a Kindle for Christmas (my Dad already told me…we don’t do secrets well.) I’m stoked. I’ll still read books, OF COURSE – but this will be an added convenience!!
Those things are not wrong. What is wrong is that you have been following me around and documenting my life without my knowledge. I have done every one of those things (except the kindle – I’m still kinda hooked on the lumpy book).