Do Mimosas and Playdates Mix?
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What do you think about this cocktail? Moms, babies, toys, and glasses of chardonnay?
A growing fashion is for moms to be opening a bottle of wine at afternoon playdates. Have a look at this NBC story on the trend.
I used to belong to a moms group in California (where else?) who met once a month at someone’s house for brunch and (weak) mimosas (a self-imposed limit of one each). And half the moms in attendance were pregnant or the driving half of the carpool pair and not drinking, so there would have been plenty of people to drive an injured child to the hospital just in case.
Someone I told about this was absolutely horrified. Drinking while you should be looking after your child? I think she wanted to call the Child Protection Service on us.
There’s a little bit of a double standard, it seems to be socially acceptable for Dads to have a beer while watching the baby on Sunday. Is it not ok for Moms to have a glass of something?
Or is a glass of something, once in a while, regaining a bit of your old life, and a valuable bit of me time, in a life of motherhood?
MrsH says...
I think that somebody who thinks that a drink for a mom while watching the kids is not ok, would think the same if a dad were to do it.
Just for the record, I’m on the fence on this. So far, have only drank an alcoholic beverage when hubby is around to watch over both of us
As for the mom’s group in Cali (we have one here too in Texas btw hehe), the situation you described should be fine. If there were designated moms who abstained and could watch the others, why not have a glass of mimosa?
Hillary says...
Um… either way… dad or mom… isn’t that what baby sitters are for…
Can you say time to call AA??