People wonder aloud about whether I am an okay mother. That is obviously painful because it's so important to me. It's hard to hear that people think I'm not a capable mother and a good person, that they just think I'm nuts.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.
I'm a mother myself, and sometimes mothers get a bad rap just because they've tried to do their job. Some people have more of a knack for it than others do, but almost all of it falls to, 'My mother's suffocating me.' Whatever.
To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.
When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.
As a mom, you have all these situations you go through, and you're like, 'What is going on? Is this normal? Is this a phase? Or what is this?' and then you feel silly for asking questions because you think, 'I'm a mom - I'm supposed to know these things,' but you don't.
I always assumed I'd be a terribly patient mum but it turns out I'm not!
'I am a bad mother.' Every Christmas, this is what I think because the holiday season fills me with such anxiety. I'm sure that other mothers are happily baking cookies, decorating trees, and finding perfect gifts for everyone.
I'm not the kind of person who needs to be a mother no matter what. Life brings you people. Maybe I'll nurture someone who's not my child, like a friend, or an actor I'm working with who needs some love.
Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.