Incompatible Motherhoods

You've been a good friend. I've had fun with you, I've learned from you, and I've enjoyed spending time with you and your family.

But today, I'm just not sure that friendship will continue much longer. Sad, but I think our perspectives on children are just way too different.

My one year old is not trying to manipulate me. Or my husband. She was just sad. The kid got used to having us with her, 100%, all the time. Transitioning back to our regularly scheduled programming is less fun. She's one. She just doesn't quite understand why we can't all be together all the time (especially since we had been for a while) and was sad about it.

And watching grace-less parenting hurts my heart. I don't want to sound like one of those wishy-washy emotional types, and generally I avoid talking about how my heart feels, but my heart hurts for your kids. They're too young to understand what you expect of them, much less to live up to those expectations.

And since you've been a parent for a whole two years more than me, you clearly know everything about parenting young children.

I don't always like being around people who parent only the way I do. It's boring. And redundant. (Not all of it, I do love you AP Book Group mamas) Time with you is incredibly encouraging though. And reassuring.

Today, I'm in mourning for what seems to be the imminent loss of a friendship.