The Minivan Mom
A friend of mine called me the other day and told me to brace myself because she had big news. “I bought a minivan,” she admitted, and then braced herself for my reaction.
Truthfully, I don’t think that buying a minivan makes a mom any less cool and I can certainly see the merit in buying one if you have a few kids and have a lot of stuff to tote around. On the other hand, I know many moms who vehemently deny that they will every get a minivan or that they have ever gazed longingly at a minivan while trying to stuff a stroller, twelve bags of groceries, and a couple of screaming kids into their sedan.
Will I ever get a minivan? No. I’m not planning on having any more children, though, so if you had asked me the same question before my husband and I made the decision to stop breeding then I may have answered with a, “well, maybe.”
I’ve known a few moms who went into the process of buying a minivan kicking and screaming, not wanting to give in to the whole Suburban Soccer Mom role. Every single one of them eventually admitted that they absolutely love their minivans and can’t picture ever going back to a smaller car.
I can’t imagine paying for the gas to fill up a minivan’s tank, but that’s another story entirely.
The moral of the story is this: Buying a minivan doesn’t make you any less cool, but keeping a smaller car doesn’t make you any less capable as a mom. If you don’t believe me then ask me about the eight hour car drive I just took with my two kids in our Mitsubishi Eclipse. Really.
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