Tell Me I’m a Better Mom Than Your Ex
When my five-year-old is sitting down to another meal of Chicken Fingers and French fries, I sometimes glance at my husband out of the corner of my eye and wonder if he is thinking, “What kind of a Mother would feed our child this crap?” My husband’s ex-wife is very nutritionally-minded and I have always felt like my culinary skills don’t stack up. She has my stepsons juicing, eating salmon and dining on vegetables like Kale. Who eats Kale?? Charlotte is very picky about her food and most of the time I am just glad she is eating at all.
I work in television and I honestly enjoy watching TV. My husband’s ex doesn’t have cable at her house because she feels it might keep the kids from reading. Her plan is working too. My stepsons are unbelievably smart. The oldest missed only three questions out of 54 on the math section of the SAT, and English is his better subject! His younger brother is right in line to easily follow in his footsteps. I am so proud of them, but it does cross my mind that if Charlotte is not a straight-A student, then the weak link is probably me and my TV-loving ways.
Although my daughter loves shows like “Dora the Explorer”, she also loves to read. Books are a huge part of our bedtime ritual. It’s moments like when she is counting and can’t seem to remember the number 14 that I get a bit concerned. I wonder though, am I worried about Charlotte or about looking bad in comparison to my husband’s first wife. Maybe it’s all a matter of time. In four years our marriage will pass my husband’s first one in length. Really 4 years 3 months and 5 days… but hey who’s counting?
Comments
hey...There's a reason why she's his first wife, while you are just the wife. :)
What the F&^% Kimberly -last -comment? You could NOT have possibly suggested that a first wife is somehow better than the current wife? What about the DIVORCE?
Clearly, choices were made and people seem happy with them.
No, you must have put a 'just' where you didn't mean it. Right?
Hey, Molly, no matter how perfect or opposite his ex seems to you-he loves YOU, he DIVORCED her. You win.
