Remember the entry that I titled, "Parenting Sucks?"

[beatriceeagle]

I now have a new contender in the Scariest Moment of my Life Contest.

Today, I was babysitting my neighbors' three-year-old daughter, Kiera. My sister and I drove her to the zoo, where her classmate was having a birthday party. While my sister went and put our stuff on the table, I hung out with Kiera and one of her classmates's mother. The mother and I were kind of just joking around a little bit about preschool-age kids in general, when she turned to me and asked if I was Kiera's mother. "Because, you know, I've never met Kiera's mom..."

I kind of stopped for a second, wondering how to respond. There's the obvious, "Hell, no." And then there's, "My God, I'm fifteen years old, you crazy person." I settled on, "No, I'm her neighbor, I'm just watching her today."

The mother just laughed and said okay and didn't seem embarrassed, which I suppose is good, because she didn't do anything to really be embarrassed about (unlike, for instance, the 26-year-old who flirted with me at the ACLU conference when I was 14).

In other, less strange news, I have a bed again! Go me! It's only been two months without a mattress. (Fold out couch-beds are surprisingly comfortable, actually.)

Comments

[airriphlyer.livejournal.com]

BEEAAAA YOOU'RE ALIVE.

Hehehe. You had a girl at age 12! Aww look at the cute teenage single mother...XD

[beatriceeagle.livejournal.com]

I know, it's strange. I'm actually...posting.

This from the person who once told me, and I quote: "Bea, you're such a mom."

[(Anonymous)]

alksdflk People have said that to me before...but you're a better mom than I am. XD

[airriphlyer.livejournal.com]

er that was me.

[fishzilla.livejournal.com]

"My God, I'm fifteen years old, you crazy person." would have been priceless. seriously. although you might have gotten shunned or something.

[beatriceeagle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and you don't want to be shunned by your only allies at a party full of cooped-up, energy-filled preschoolers.

[petitecrivan.livejournal.com]

Sometimes when I'm with my cousin (who is nearly 6), I wonder if people think I'm her mom. Which, you know, would mean I had her when I was in eighth grade. *headdesk*