The Bad Moms Club

The More Bad Moms Know: Revolver? I Hardly Know Her.

Ever caught yourself alone with the kids and heard a scary noise?

Ever been embarrassed during small talk at the playground because you refered to a rifle as a pistol or a shotgun as a hand gun? Ever heard another mom discussing bullets and only belatedly realizing that she was not talking about formatting documents in Word?

Silly mom, why don't you have a gun?

This Week In Muppets: Today's Jake Gyllenhaal Moment Was Brought To You By The Letter RWARR

This Sesame Street moment is one that you won't mind playing over and over and over again for the kids.

You may even catch yourself playing it even when the kids have been in bed for hours.

Or even ordering them out of the room so you can watch it in peace.

Not Your Mother's Nativity Scene

Christmas time during my childhood was always kicked off by bringing out the nativity scene.

My Mom would painstakingly set up her nativity sets, even going as far as to delay bringing in the little baby Jesus or wise men until the big day. We had multiple sets around the homestead, each invoking reverence and reflection upon the deeper meaning of such a sacred time.

I think all of this might have been lost on me.

Bad Moms Like To Keep Them Guessing.

 Have you ever been burned by a sanctimommy in play group, library, or anywhere that that attracts the particularly vicious alpha variety of mom? 

Have you ever received the continuous, harsh stink-eye or had totally passive-aggressive comments directed at you by strangers in customs, airports, passport offices, medical facility, line-up, or [fill in any place that has long waiting periods that make pretty much everyone -- including your kid(s) -- cranky]?

I'm Kind of Shocked This Hasn't Happened to Me Yet.

One of my favourite sites to visit each day is FML.com. Sometimes I can identify with certain FML submissions and sometimes it reminds me that some one, somewhere is having a crappier day than me.

Now while this particular FML hasn't happened to me, it made me think it's only a matter of time before it does:

What Would Bad Mother Do: Wild Kingdom Edition

The Bad Mom Phenomenon spans the species, folks, and here's the proof: a mama squirrel recently made it known that you do NOT tangle with mama squirrel. A dog who attacked her baby squirrel learned that size doesn't matter when it comes to threats towards family.