Stupid Things Mothers Say

If you’re a mother it is inevitable that you will on occasion find yourself saying the stupidest things. Blame it on lack of sleep, hormones, pre-coffee syndrome, genetics–whatever, but it happens. The other morning I was picking up after my family in the kitchen when I went off.

“Whose plate is this? Why is this plate here? Who do you think is going to pick it up? The Plate Fairy?”

The Plate Fairy? Seriously? I said that. And you can’t take back that kind of stupidity. You just have to accept your punishment. This time my daughter meted out the perfect response to my ridiculous question:

“Plate Fairy – that’d be cool.”