Comments on: Daughter of an offbeat mama http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama We will not be pacified Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:43:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Yam Erez http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-1382 Yam Erez Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:41:12 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-1382 Hmmm. Born in 1959 to old 'rents. My mom was -- gasp -- 37 when I was born. She was also the only mom who worked outside the home, at. a. profession. And she taught me to be a cheapskate. Yeah! I look back at my friends' moms, who I of course were envious of, and realize now that when I was in 3rd grade they were 30-year-old bubbleheads with roomsful of cosmetix. LOL! Hmmm. Born in 1959 to old 'rents. My mom was — gasp — 37 when I was born. She was also the only mom who worked outside the home, at. a. profession. And she taught me to be a cheapskate. Yeah! I look back at my friends' moms, who I of course were envious of, and realize now that when I was in 3rd grade they were 30-year-old bubbleheads with roomsful of cosmetix. LOL!

]]> By: mnknight http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-433 mnknight Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:04:26 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-433 Thanks for the post... I'm a quietly off-beat mom. I too stayed home because I wanted to. I made the budget work and we never went to Disney World and we won't have a Wii. We ate dinner whenever, grew our own food, had chickens in the city, were bee keepers, have friends of all shapes, sizes, religions, colors, and cultures. I made sure they are bilingual - even though I am not. (I keep working on that...) We are always late and and the house is always in a mess. But alas, they are now teenagers and they have finally noticed that I am so weird!! lol Oh well, I have figured out one thing - if I could change, (especially the being late part) I would for my daughters, but I can't and I am proud that my daughters think for themselves, ask why, and are kind to everyone. Again, thanks for the post. Gives me hope that they won't shun me for the rest of their lives. :) Thanks for the post… I'm a quietly off-beat mom. I too stayed home because I wanted to. I made the budget work and we never went to Disney World and we won't have a Wii. We ate dinner whenever, grew our own food, had chickens in the city, were bee keepers, have friends of all shapes, sizes, religions, colors, and cultures. I made sure they are bilingual – even though I am not. (I keep working on that…) We are always late and and the house is always in a mess.

But alas, they are now teenagers and they have finally noticed that I am so weird!! lol Oh well, I have figured out one thing – if I could change, (especially the being late part) I would for my daughters, but I can't and I am proud that my daughters think for themselves, ask why, and are kind to everyone.

Again, thanks for the post. Gives me hope that they won't shun me for the rest of their lives. :)

]]> By: Absinthe (Amy) http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-358 Absinthe (Amy) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:14:23 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-358 Your mother is just the kind of mother I hope I am. Thank you for sharing. Your mother is just the kind of mother I hope I am. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Bree http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-230 Bree Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:47:55 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-230 this post was downright inspiring. Thank you. this post was downright inspiring. Thank you.

]]> By: faith http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-77 faith Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:09:29 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-77 lol hippie food in my lunch.. sigh.. I was eatting blue corn corn chips in the early eighties.. try explaining that to a bunch of other third graders!! :) I commiserate! lol hippie food in my lunch.. sigh.. I was eatting blue corn corn chips in the early eighties.. try explaining that to a bunch of other third graders!! :) I commiserate!

]]> By: faith http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-78 faith Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:09:29 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-78 lol hippie food in my lunch.. sigh.. I was eatting blue corn corn chips in the early eighties.. try explaining that to a bunch of other third graders!! :) I commiserate! lol hippie food in my lunch.. sigh.. I was eatting blue corn corn chips in the early eighties.. try explaining that to a bunch of other third graders!! :) I commiserate!

]]> By: eegee http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-71 eegee Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:20:51 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-71 thank you for this post *hug* thank you for this post *hug*

]]> By: E. Weiden-Philipbar http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-69 E. Weiden-Philipbar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:52:26 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-69 This was beautiful... I'm going to call my Mama! This was beautiful… I'm going to call my Mama!

]]> By: @disturbdsquirrl http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-56 @disturbdsquirrl Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:35:11 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-56 I was raised by a hippie artist mom in the heart of downtown Montreal, Canada. She didn't teach me a thing about housework, because she said I was so smart that if I worked hard and focused on my career I could afford to pay people to do it for me. On the other hand, she taught me how to save money, and I could never be thankful enough for that, as I've always earned around 11$ an hour and mostly worked part-time, and yet I see people who earn double my wages and always seem to be broke. I could never be thankful enough for that. I was raised by a hippie artist mom in the heart of downtown Montreal, Canada. She didn't teach me a thing about housework, because she said I was so smart that if I worked hard and focused on my career I could afford to pay people to do it for me. On the other hand, she taught me how to save money, and I could never be thankful enough for that, as I've always earned around 11$ an hour and mostly worked part-time, and yet I see people who earn double my wages and always seem to be broke. I could never be thankful enough for that.

]]> By: Kelly http://offbeatmama.com/2009/09/daughter-of-an-offbeat-mama#comment-43 Kelly Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:09:25 +0000 http://offbeatmama.com/?p=69#comment-43 What a great post!! I'm just like your mother :) My mom is very straight and narrow -- always perfectly immaculate and bitching at me because I don't wear makeup, forget to brush my hair, dress "differently" and just generally stand out. My mom always told me that she and I were born to the wrong generation -- I should have been born in the 1950 like she whereas she should have been born in the early 70s like me. That makes me laugh :) What a great post!! I'm just like your mother :) My mom is very straight and narrow — always perfectly immaculate and bitching at me because I don't wear makeup, forget to brush my hair, dress "differently" and just generally stand out. My mom always told me that she and I were born to the wrong generation — I should have been born in the 1950 like she whereas she should have been born in the early 70s like me. That makes me laugh :)

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