Would You Rather?

Remember this fun game? Would you rather eat a bug or a worm? Be eaten by a shark or drown? All these bizarre scenarios are thrown out there and you have to decide which is the lesser of two evils. I am pretty sure it was a popular college game...when you were drunk...or maybe that was just my friends.

Anyway, the point to all this is that I heard an interesting new version of this game the other day. I like to think of it as "Would You Rather - Mommy Version". 

While at a playgroup with some awesome mamas and a whole bunch of toddlers, I heard one of my friends say she had to go have a root canal that day. "Oh no, that sucks! I am so sorry". Her response - "It's OK. At least I will get a few moments of peace."

That's right, folks. You read it right. She would rather have a drill taken to her teeth than give up her chance for a tantrum free, question free, nobody is hanging on my leg begging for something hour to herself. 

And you know what...I TOTALLY GET IT!!!

I am willing to bet that if you asked any mother to go to the grocery store at peak time, go to the dentist,  go get a pap smear, sit through a lecture on some boring topic....she would do it, without hesitation, and probably with a big freakin' smile on her face. 

She knows that this mean she will have at least an hour of "mommy time" Kid free, blissful alone time. Doesn't matter where it happens or under what circumstances. We don't need a spa, we will settle for a dentist chair. 

I remember that before kids, certain tasks were considered a chore - Going to work, going to the gym, grocery shopping. Now I consider all of these things FUN!! And RELAXING!! 

So next time you see a woman sitting in the waiting room of a doctor's office or dentist office, skipping down the aisle pushing a grocery cart, or standing in the longest line in the world with the biggest smile on her face...you don't have to ask...yes she really is THAT happy...and now you know why. I just let you in on one of the secrets to surviving mommyhood.