Those 35+ women who have children seem to be drawn to looking after me. I really don't get it. Friends have often mocked the close relationship I have with my mother, the phonecalls I get to see what time I'll be home for dinner, the study treats, the neatly ironed underwear etc but it seems to be across the board. You see my mother isn't the only one who is concerned about my wellbeing.
Most women are.
Today was a prime example when 2 nurses told me that I was to have a lunch break today as I had to look after my own needs first. To be fair, I've been skipping lunch over the last week and working 10 hours without a single break but that's to be expected with the job. The thing is, they checked up on me afterwards and made sure I had eaten! I'm a grown adult people! It was like being at home!
I mean, last year I walked into the hospital cantine in Limerick and the cantine ladies told me I didn't have enough on my plate and that my "mother would want me to eat more." So they gave me extra helpings..for free! And again it was only last week when I was browsing the rails of BT during the sale and another doting mother approached me. She made me try on a few different sizes of this sweater I was going to buy and offered me fashion tips. She told me I looked very professional and my parents should be proud by the end of it! I MEAN REALLY??!!!
I just don't get it. I don't look lost. I don't look helpless but mothers just want to do their bit. It kind of reminds me of that awkward time when I was 15 and several mothers had picked me out as a potential husband for their daughters. Must be a 'mo thing.
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