It's a Tag Yourself Meme

I asked Janet "aka" Wonder Mom at Dancing Through to "tag" me for this 5 question meme. She came up with some great interview questions for me to answer. The game continues when you!!! the reader ask to be interviewed.

Here are my questions and answers.

1. What is the worst playdate you have ever been on? What happened?

Technically, I haven't ever been to a really terrible playdate. My playgroupie pals are generally a fun, easy going gang, so luckily nothing horrible has happened. However, we had a very bad library storytime experience once (I'm counting this as a playdate). Peanut was in a funk, and I mean, he was the DEVIL INCARNATE. He cried and hit and generally acted awful. To make things even worse, another Mother said her daughter would never act like that in public. She made me feel so embarrassed, but I felt more anger and resentment towards her.

2. What is the worst thing you could possibly do in a playgroup?

I have to laugh at this question...in my playgroup we've had our fair share of odd ducks and generally obnoxious people. There was one Mother who constantly touted her brilliance and general superiority to every other Mother in the group. When someone had made a parenting "oops", she'd be the first to point out what she would have done to avoid such a ridiculous mistake. Her condescending attitude eventually earned her a ticket out of our playgroup. So, the worst thing you could do in a playgroup is not support the other Mothers and act like your parenting skills are far superior to everyone else's.

3. Have you made many new mommy friends or do you still have the same friends from before mommyhood?

Most of my local friends are Mothers. I've met the vast majority through my playgroup and a few through La Leche League and the library storytimes. When we first moved to Alabama, I was pregnant and I had no friends. Joining a playgroup was the best thing I ever did for myself.

4. What's the worst date you have ever had?

I was asked to come along on a double date back in high school. I really can't say that it was a set-up because I don't think my date was interested in actually going on the date. I think we were just asked to come along as support. When they came to pick us up, it was obvious that my date was NOT PLEASED. He seemed utterly disgusted by me. The entire evening (I don't even recall exactly what we did), he said maybe 10 words to me. At the end of the night, I've never seen someone so relieved to be out of my presence. I was mortified.

5. Have you ever been on a blind date?

I suppose that the double date I just told ya'll about could count as a blind date. In college, I was set up on a blind date for one of my sorority dances. He was from a different university and traveled to my university for the dance. Remember the reaction of my date above? Well, sadly and I'm uneasy to admit, that was my reaction to this date. He was a giant dork. No personality. Greasy hair. And he smelled...funny. Not like body odor or poop, but funny. The dance was not fun, he didn't want to dance or drink. He stayed with me in my apartment ON THE COUCH and left the next morning, never to be seen or heard from again. Whew!

Thanks so much, Janet, for these fun questions!

Hey, do you want to play, too?? Just let me know in the comments or you can email me at playgroupie at yahoo dot com. I'll come up with 5 personalized questions for you. Also, let me know if there are any subjects off limits because I'm dying to know about your hot sex life.

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