Chelsea Kaplan’s Musings About Life... After Birth

Posted by Chelsea on February 15, 2007

In my previous post about how I loathe when moms judge each other, I made a note that judging other moms when they display “grand-scale dumbass mom behavior” is A-OK. Below, are two examples of such behavior.

Today’s New York Observer features an article called “Bungalowing Iraq” by George Gurley. In this piece, Gurley went to Bungalow 8, a New York City club (that any vaguely in-the-know Manhattanite would tell you is very so-5-minutes-ago), to ask its see and be seen-obsessed crowd how they felt about the war in Iraq.

I find the following quote hilarious, as it includes one of the most pathetic uses of the “I’m a mother, so therefore ___” statement justification I have ever seen:

“Next up was a blond woman in her late 30’s. She was wearing a black fedora from the men’s department at Bergdorf Goodman, a black Moschino dress and shoes by Christian Loubouton. I asked her about Iraq.

‘A rack? You mean titties? Like a really big rack?’

Iraq.

‘Don’t ever waste a moment in life. Fly to the moon and play amongst the stars, be happy, understand how lucky we are—and don’t fight,” she said. “I feel personally connected in one way—I’m a mother, and every day in Iraq somebody is losing their child. My little girl will never go to Iraq. I’m sorry, she’ll go to Prada.’”

Dream big, mama. Dream big.

Another mom who was also at the club, 40-year-old music producer Jacqie Venable, who Gurley notes said she wasn’t wearing underwear, was interviewed as well. Now, seriously, are there lots of 40 year-old Moms who go out clubbing? This fascinates me….. Anyway, Venable said there were things besides Iraq that she’d rather talk about. When Gurley asked what those topics were, here’s what she answered:

“My daughter. Shoes. Handbags. Fashionistas to laugh at. Waxing the undercarriage—from your poonnany to your back door. It’s fucking painful.”

Is it just me, or do you fear for the future of these ladies’ daughters?

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Ashley on February 16, 2007 at 10:51am

Sometimes Im really embarassed to be a woman. People like that need to be hit. Or stabbed with a blunt object. No wonder so many people hate America.

Hillary on February 17, 2007 at 2:01pm

This is disgusting! Who are these moms?

LaDawn on February 20, 2007 at 1:47pm

I am so embarrassed for them. However, I find comfort in the fact that I don’t believe they represent the majority. I like to believe that most moms are raising productive adults. Fingers-crossed!

Anonymous on December 17, 2007 at 12:43pm

Trust me, the Jacqie chick is full of it. Karma? How laughable that she would even use that word—- especially when she steals identities and disappears with thousands of dollars stolen from her supposed “friends”. We’re all just waiting for “karma” to finally catch up to her!!!!

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