I took Miles to the park this morning and there was one other mom with her toddler there. They eventually made their way over to the swings and we started chatting and she asked if Santa had brought Miles lots of presents for Christmas and my head about exploded. First, it’s the end of January. Aren’t we done with this yet? Second, I don’t celebrate Christmas and I don’t feel the need to explain that to every person I meet. So I answered that we didn’t do much for the holidays since he is too little to remember which is the truth and sidesteps the whole Christmas thing. She got a very confused look on her face and said “Really?” and then started asking why we wouldn’t do up his first Christmas in a more memorable manner. I stayed polite and did my best to change the subject. She seemed nice enough but the whole exchange is just a great example of why I don’t seem able to make friends with other moms in this area. It’s like we are on entirely different wavelengths.
