I took Gianna (age 4) to gymnastics last week. As we waited for the class to start a new girl and her mother entered. I introduced myself and the mom started peppering me with questions about the class. I was answering them to the best of my knowledge when suddenly the baby started to cry, and Charlie (age 2) made a mad dash for the bathroom. As I yelled for him to stop, she glanced down at Gianna, who was waiting patiently for me to help her with her hair. The woman immediately asked, \u201care all three of these yours?\u201d <\/p>\n
I smiled and said, \u201cyes.\u201d <\/p>\n
With a slightly disapproving edge to her voice she stated, \u201cI guess that\u2019s the in thing now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taken aback, I immediately responded, \u201cexcuse me?\u201d <\/p>\n
She clarified, \u201cit\u2019s the in thing to have 3.\u201d <\/p>\n
I wanted to say, oh, \u201cI thought you were talking about my shoes.\u201d But I just stood there, awkwardly silent.<\/p>\n
The \u201cin thing!?!\u201d are you kidding me? Yeah, I have three young children because I think it looks cool. It is even cooler when one of them is crying in your arms, another is about to put his hands in the toilet at a dirty gym, and a third is hugging your legs. I have had this strange desire to be popular since high school and now I have finally succeeded. Who would have thought that having 3 kids was so darn cool.<\/p>\n
Wow, talk about materializing our children. In an age where one boy and one girl have become an accessory for many parents, I didn\u2019t know if I should laugh or cry at this woman\u2019s statement. I wish she were only talking about my new shoes.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I took Gianna (age 4) to gymnastics last week. As we waited for the class to start a new girl and her mother entered. I introduced myself and the mom started peppering me with questions about the class. I was answering them to the best of my knowledge when suddenly the baby started to cry, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":734,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n