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Awwwwwww, THANK YOU!!! 
Well, if I start a KOOLMOM movement, you are cordially invited to JOIN ME! 
But the bigger question is…is this marketable in <em>any</em> way?? 
Surely a TV show, a column, a blog… Alpha Moms: STEP ASIDE!!! Here come the KOOLMOMS!!! :D</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
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I can’t believe you contained it for THIS long!!! Not a wild one like YOU! ;)</p>
<p>Obviously, a lack of post-mom breeding opportunities would cut back on having two or more children.</p>
<p>Otherwise, your point is well taken, p2n ;)</p>
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<p>That’s nicest compliment I’ve gotten all day!!! :D</p>
<p>I was confident Dadguy could sort this issue out. lol</p>
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Now you done did it! <em>ROFL</em></p>
<p>sjm,
I’m with you. Like the TV commercial that says, “My kids call me ‘the finisher.’ Finish your homework, finish your practicing, finish your laundry.'”
Although I did have that ultra rare parental moment last month when a child (one of my own) came up to me and said, “Mom, thanks for making me play an instrument.” (He had just finished performing with a group at Lincoln Center.)</p>
<p>That’s priceless momof3! I know how much perseverance being a “music mom” takes. Once when son #2 was in about 6th grade he was contemplating quitting his instrument. I told him if he could find one adult who was happy they had quit their instrument then he could too. He couldn’t find any. I never heard about it after that.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I qualify for Koolmom but when my second and last child was born I had to buy a minivan. To counteract the minivan, I bought a pair of Doc Martens which I wore all the time…Can I be a Koolmom intern?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure I’m uber-alpha, but not necessarily mom. Maybe more like “didn’t mess up the child in spite of all odds in favor of catastrophic disaster” mom…</p>
<p>I don’t growl, but I’ve got the “evil eye” thing down pat. No one in this house messes with me when I give them the eye! :mad:</p>
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:eek: Starting a collection of hamsas IMMEDIATELY!!! :eek:</p>
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NO internship for YOU!!! You go DIRECTLY to uber-KOOLMOM, despite the minivan. We had one minivan years ago, but we couldn’t fit everyone in it <em>rofl</em>. Now, we have three Surbubans, a 1980, a 1988, and our new, sleek 1993 model!! <em>LOL</em> But to counteract those, I wear UGG boots, at least in the winter! Oh, and they’re lavender. ;)</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>Yes, I am. Guilty as charged-same M.O. I became one 20 years ago and I am also a graphic designer.</p>
<p>I was a minivan driver and proud of it for many years so I don’t know if I ever qualified on those grounds, but I suspect the large majority of CC moms would make the cut based strictly on research and networking skills!</p>
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maybe, BUT…to me, a Blackberry is still a kind of fruit! :o</p>
<ol>
<li><p>We got off the Titanic first.</p>
<pre><code> 2. We can scare male bosses with the mysterious gynecological
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<p>disorder excuses.</p>
<pre><code> 3. Taxis stop for us.
4. We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.
5. No fashion faux pas we make could ever rival the Speedo.
6. We don't have to pass gas to amuse ourselves.
7. If we forget to shave, no one has to know.
8. We can congratulate our teammate without ever touching her
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<p>rear end.</p>
<pre><code> 9. We never have to reach down every so often to make sure our
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<p>privates are still there.</p>
<pre><code> 10. We have the ability to dress ourselves.
11. We can talk to the opposite sex without having to picture
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<p>them naked</p>
<pre><code> 12. If we marry someone 20 years younger, we are aware that we
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<p>will look like an idiot.</p>
<pre><code> 13. We will never regret piercing our ears
14. There are times when chocolate really can solve all your
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<p>problems.</p>
<pre><code> 15. We can make comments about how silly men are in their
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<p>presence because they aren’t listening anyway.</p></li>
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<p>true story – I’m camping in a family style campgrounds, along with 10 or so other families from town. It’s around 10 pm and I’m walking a big gang of kids thorugh a field to the bathrooms. Kid gets worked up there are bears. I turn to her and said, who is scarier, ME or a BEAR. YOU ARE she yelled and off we went to the bathrooms. (g)
Alpha to the max. Even doberman and rotti usually like me right away. Of course I like them.</p>
<p>Cornoax2: Did you originate that? I had to copy and paste it and email it home…will send it out to “the girls” when I get home.</p>
<p>By the way, is there a term for “The Voice on the other end of the cellphone” Mom?</p>
<p>I. too, used to drive a mini van. When my youngest went off (far, far away) to college, we sold it and now I drive a Mini Cooper rag top. :)</p>
<p>Made me feel better about the “empty nest” thing!!</p>