#pinterest era

[morally-earl-gray]

you have to promise me you won't tell anyone this lol, especially our pin group, i wasn't gonna tell anyone but i needed to lol, anywayyy, im pranking them, saying im quitting pin and that i'll miss them blah blah blah, and then on wednesday imma be like april fools cuh✌️😭 i can't tell if what im doing is gonna be funny or if it's gonna make people hate me 😭

GIRL WHAT

slightly evil but honestly a Good april fools prank 😭😭😭

and dw i won’t tell anyone lmaoo

[vamprozy]

rule: go to Pinterest, search “[your name] core aesthetic” and create a mood board from the first nine images. no need to mention your name!

thanks for tagging me luv @eagerforthesky I love how this turned out!! it’s cute and cottagecore but with kind of a sinister undertone to it??? 10s across the board I’m obsessed

tags but only if you rly want to: @just-fandomthings @morganupstead @caseysbyers @timsnova @fromdusks @sisterofficerlucychen

[joycepoon-blog]

In just 18 hours, this post has gotten over 89,000 likes on Facebook and for good reason!!There are probably that many parents out there who shared my sense of relief reading this and thinking oh thank god I'm not the only one.

I'm sure competitiveness between mothers has been around since well, mothers have been around. In caves, villages or tribes, there's always that "Stepford Mom" who just does everything better than the rest, no doubt about it. However, now we live in the Facebook and Pinterest era where every photo we share is subject to being liked, shared and obviously, (secretly) judged - hey there's no dislike button, right?

I'll admit, I've probably created some unrealistic expectations, but at the same time, many of you fellow moms make me sick. I remember when I first joined Pinterest, no one else was really on there so I went ahead and had boards galore of outfits, accessories and all these awesome, selfish, materialistic images that I could maybe one day afford or have time to achieve. Then slowly, more women joined - not all of them are moms - and my feed was filling up with "DIY" or "Great Weekend Projects" or worse "My Crafts" or "Fun DIY With The Kids". Then the recipes - oh the recipes and food pics... To sum it up, this went on in my head:

That and well, guess if you looked at my boards, I'm not about to win a Mother Of The Year Award either. I think I dedicated one board to motherhood and it's filled with, you guessed it, more cute outfits!

Then there are the mommy forums. for the most part, yes there is some seriously great advice on there, but for some other parts that is one fierce place ladies. If you didn't do your research on safety ratings on at least 5 certified articles (cuz you really can't just google this sh!t anymore) well then,it's totally up to you(said in that passive-aggressive-I'm-not-judging-you-but-God-will tone). And every post starts with "I don't mean to judge but..." yeah but you are.

And I'm not ignorant either to the assumptions people make about me, either. So let me clear the air. I'm not supermom. Hell, I barely consider myself a mom. And yes, my son is well past two years old and no I have no idea what happened in the last two years. Although I suppose if I spent less time on Pinterest and Facebook I'd probably actually be a few notches up from where I feel I am.

I hate it when people ask me what I do. It's not that I'm not proud of what I do, but it's the comments that follow that are awkward. Oh that must be nice Or, what's it likeliving the dream?And I mean I can't be ungrateful and complain, right, so all I can respond with is oh yeah it's great! Saves on daycare! Iwould rather spill the dirty truth: well imagine taking your two-year-old to the office. Your office (cuz my office isn't that much bigger and a two-year-old isn't likely willing to anywhere further than two oh okay four feet away from you). Does that sound like the dream to you?

Obviously I have help because as my company's grown so has my workload. But in this era of sharing, these are the details I don't share because yes, you are then open to being judged. You're letting someone else raise your child? Or you're at home and you can't even handle one child? Or worse yet, that must be nice. So for anyone that ever thinks I do it all, I don't.

And guess what? Having help allows me to do a whole lot of other fun stuff, too. Which I also don't share because I'm either perpetuating this image of the mom who juggles it all or the mom who dumps her kid with the nanny to go to the spa. Again.

So moms, don't beat yourself up and don't let anyone else be your measuring stick. Certainly not me. How you raise your kids and what sacrifices you are or aren't willing to make is your choice. Same goes for all those over-achieving boards y'all make on Pinterest. Yes it does make me think twice (damnit, I didn't paper mache my son's room to recreate his favorite book), but I've learned to not feel too bad. And seriously, if I EVER make any moms out there feel less than Stepford-worthy, I have so many so-sad-but-so-funny-after stories that'll make everyone out there think, well, gee, at least I didn't do that.