August 23, 2007
Imaginary Best Friend
My daughters are starting Kindergarten in a little over a week and I admit that in addition to the thrills of seeing them enter school (school!!), the prospect of meeting new people and possibly making new friends is exciting as well.
Since my daughters were born I’ve always worked outside the home. I’ve never joined Mommy & Me classes, never attended playdates, never EVER went to Gymboree. I *did* go to a new mother’s group for 2 weeks until my sleep deprivation (and potty mouth) decided it was time to depart for edgier climes. I don’t feel like I fit in to the usual mommy groups… Hence, the joy of meeting and making sweet lady friends on-line… (all of whom are even better in person)
So the possibility that I might actually make a REAL LIFE mommy friend has me endlessly excited and terminally crossing my fingers that somewhere in this school I’ll meet a kindred soul. Maybe someone as cool and funny as her, or her, or even her.
Here is a picture of my dream girl:
1. Swears
2. Drinks
3. Reads
4. Talks about sex
5. Wears cute shoes
6. Whip Smart
7. Sassy, edgy, big-brained, and big hearted.
And my imaginary friend will hardly *ever* talk solely about her kids. Oh and? She would love to sit and giggle over an intimate glass of wine.
And I have a funny feeling she isn’t the type of gal to wear this:
But she might wear this:
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And …
8.) Makes a mean margarita.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:13 pmWhere can I sign up?
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:54 pmI have a whole list of imaginary girlfriends myself. Except I haven’t met them yet – only read them on the fabulous world wide web. Sometimes I feel limited by my family members because a)they don’t like it when I swear, b)they’re not comfortable with my new interest in wine and girly drinks, and c)they don’t understand why I like working AND being a mom.
References on the shoes and books are available upon request.
good luck…the swearing thing always gets me in trouble.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:45 pmIf only Bossy were there… she’d buy the first round.
August 24th, 2007 at 12:06 amSounds like my new neighbor.
Move to ATL.
August 24th, 2007 at 1:51 amSwearing and sex talks? My favorites!! Will you share your friend when you find her?
August 24th, 2007 at 2:42 amI loved this post. I’ve been tempted to take out an ad for a kindred spirit, because honestly, many of the moms I meet in real life suck. It sounds like we are searching for the same person. Let me know if you find her.
August 24th, 2007 at 3:43 amOddly, becoming a mom has made me more forgiving and generous towards women than I was before. It’s so strange, but good I think, for me. (Cuz I was an evile beeyotch.)
August 24th, 2007 at 12:01 pmWell, I always talk about sex, (whether I’m getting any or not), I’d rock that bathing suit with my pasty white thighs, I just cracked a nice merlot last night and the librarian loves me. I think I’ve got the list covered.
(Oh and you should see the things I do with a whip while wearing my killer heels…)
Wink, wink.
I hope you meet a great girlfriend. May she put all the other fucktwits to shame and brighten your school experience.
Cuz you’ll always have me, darlin. And I’m not insecure. I’ll share.
Smooches.
August 24th, 2007 at 2:53 pmI belong to a Mom’s group, but I feel like I have to curb my swearing, not talk about the randy bout of screwing my husband and I had the night before, nor discuss politics. It’s always good manners over a bit of hummus and crackers, which is fine, but it leaves me longing…
They are generally a nice lot, truly, but even after making some headway, no one is best friend material.
Long story short, I hope you can find a kindred spirit! She’s got to be out there somewhere!
August 25th, 2007 at 12:49 amI believe that mom-friendships ebb and flow more than any others! I’m in a sink-hole right now truly preferring my online friends to my friends IRL, isn’t that sad? My imaginary friend hates to exercise, loves coffee and is a writer. If she’s married she doesn’t always talk about her husband. That gets really old when you’re a single mother.
August 25th, 2007 at 7:10 pmAnd where would one get that little polka-dot thing? That is freakin’ adorable.
I wish I could find as many great women IRL as I do around the blogs. But I am sure that if I got off the computer for a while, I might find one or two.
August 25th, 2007 at 8:03 pmIn an ass-backwards sort of way, I’m thinking that maybe losing my mojo (which I have more or less) will make me more open to finding great people (of all sexes;) out here in the boonies.
SO HAPPY to hear from you over my way. Sorry I’ve been scarce round here. That mojo thing I lost. If you see it, let me know.
I’m all about having a mid-life crisis party. And maybe I can get myself a cute little MG and a pair of kick ass (literally) boots out of it. Kicking someone else’s ass, that is. Not mine. That would be weird to have such great boots that you kick your own ass.
August 25th, 2007 at 10:29 pmWith you as their mom, I know they’ll be great!
August 26th, 2007 at 7:08 pmHey – let me know how your first day goes. I’m glad I check my bloglog and discovered you here. Like the new look. And count me in as a regular reader.
Hugs, XINE
August 27th, 2007 at 10:59 pmOh, sweet Lord, where did you find that jumnpsuit?
I don’t talk about sex. But I might meet the other criteria. *wink*
August 28th, 2007 at 7:58 am