Children

     
       For Mother's Day this year my roommate and I decided to drive down, surprise my Mom and take her to the SF Zoo. I know, as a 20 year old I may seem a little old for the zoo, but I'm a kid at heart so, suck it. What were we thinking? The place was crawling with badly behaved children. I have to say just because it is Mother's Day does not mean that you get a break from being a mother, it is your job. If you have children that cannot behave then please, for the sake of the rest of the world, do not take them out in public. Some people might describe me as slightly outspoken, and all I have to say about that is, these mothers who could not control their children were so lucky that I was with my mother and had to be on my good behavior.
        Every time I went to open my mouth, there she was, just looking back at me and repeating the phrase that was drilled in my head since birth, "Melissa Leanne. Be a lady". Which apparently consists of keeping my commentary on others' poor parenting skills to myself. As this was my mom's day, I kept my mouth shut and watched the future of our society run amuck, pushing, shoving, screaming, and hitting, all without any sort of reprimand that that sort of behavior is not acceptable.
        I did wander off from my mom and Amy at one point long enough to make one snide remark to a mom who was completely ignoring her children. She was on her phone, (I didn't eavesdrop long enough to determine if it was work related or a social call) and literally was facing the complete opposite direction of her children while they were trying to climb into the polar bear den. While a concerned stranger got the children to stop attempting to shorten their lives, I walked by the mother did the judgmental up and down look and said, "I'm glad to see you are really appreciating the meaning of the day, it must mean the world to your children that you take your role as a mother so seriously".
        After the events of today I have come to the following conclusions:
      1. My children will be the best freaking behaved kids that you have ever seen.
      2. I should never go the zoo or any child friendly place on a weekday, weekend, or holiday
      3. Even at 20 years old, I instinctively have better behavior around my mom. Obviously some people could take lessons from her
      4. I do not want children for a very very very long time.