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@swurlygurl: Ditto!
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I'm jealous of the moms who have the big house, nice car, etc. and still have enough income to (a) not have to work if they don't want to and/or (b) can afford to hire a private nanny. Its like, HOW!?
I used to nanny for a family where the mom was a SAHM who hired me, a housekeeper, and sent her 2 oldest kids to a $30K per year private school while owning a beautiful home in a historic district. She drove a fully-loaded minivan and her husband drove a 7-series BMW and he was the only one who worked in the family.
Don't get me wrong, DH and I are both attorneys and we make good money, so we're not indigent or anything, but I have no idea what you have to do to have that sort of income!
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I'm often jealous of people with one baby...having two can be exhausting.
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I'm jealous of moms who lose the baby weight quickly. Except for what she actually weighed I've still got all of what I gained 0_o
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I am jealous of moms who have no anxiety, and those with a real maternity leave. Only being able to take 3 weeks off is daunting!
But I try really, really hard not to be jealous, because I find it can be all-consuming. We're lucky in lots of ways.
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Right now I'm jealous of anyone who has 2 under 2. Somehow I'm paranoid that is the perfect child spacing difference and we aren't going to get it. I feel like everyone around me has (or will have) two LOs close in age but me. I'm hyperaware of it right now.
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I'm jealous of moms who were able to EBF and those who list the weight easily.
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Jealous of super stylish moms who are so put together and have homes that look like a pottery barn catalog. Also jealous of career moms that just love their jobs and manage to have a flexible schedule
@gingerbebe: most people I know that have this type of situation IRL either are (1) "older" professionals who delayed having kids until their careers were established or (2) people with good jobs that also happen to have family money. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people who are just flat out super successful and have tons of money independently but the people I know IRL usually come from families with money so they don't have school loans, didn't pay for their wedding, were gifted cars so never had a car payment in their 20s, and were gifted down payments on their homes or inherited their homes. For example, my husband's boss was a doctor (and now CEO of his company), his wife was also a doctor (went back to work after her kids went to school), and their kids go to expensive private schools, they have an amazing house on the water with a private dock for their boats, etc. BUT they both come from wealthy families. I know other couples where both spouses are doctors and while they have an amazing house/toys it's not the same kind of wealth
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@meganmp: Same here! I'm not over it either and I'm smack dab in the middle of it again.
Still jealous of everyone who didn't have to go through two years, multiple surgeries, then $15,000 for IVF to have our little guy. We want a second baby so much and will have to shell out another $15,000 for a 30% chance of it working. Wish we could just have sex and get pregnant like most women!
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@Radish: me too
. My LO is 2 years 4 months and everyone around me is either pregnant or carrying around an infant
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I'm jealous of anyone who doesn't still look 3 months pregnant. I'm still 20 pounds up at almost 9 months pp and every time I look in the mirror I want to cry. Not going to lie, the other HB summer moms are hotties and I definitely have my moments of 'gahhhhh give me your body!'
I'm pissed that BF-ing didn't take the weight off, that moderate diet and exercise doesn''t seem to work, and freaking NOROVIRUS didn't even shed a single effing pound!!! FML.
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Every mom who had a longer maternity leave than me.
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A friend of mine from college has 2 girls and a boy - that's what I want too! I have two DDs that I adore, and I'm too scared to try for a boy. DH says he's done anyhow.
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@mrsmate: I would love a boy tooo!
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I've been jealous of moms who lose the baby weight quickly. It's taken me A LOT of work. No magical solution here. But now that I'm getting close to PP weight that jealousy is fading.
Ummmm right now I'm jealous of anyone who is healthy. I'm miserably sick and so are both of my LOs and we're hanging on by a thread over here.
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@MrsKoala: yes times a million. Hang in there, Mama.
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@NurseMommy: UGH that is the worst. I got that with DS1... "oh, when are you due?!" "The baby is 3 months old." Barf.
I'm so jealous of anyone who's never seen the inside of the NICU, or with a LO (especially more than 1) with no health issues.
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I'm jealous of other moms who still have some what of a social life and go out with friends often; I'm always too tired to do anything past 9pm. I'm jealous of moms who have their parents nearby to help out. Also jealous of moms who are super mom- constantly doing fun/crafty things with LO, making delicious and fun food for them, and never seem to get exhausted.
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