One of my least favorite quotes has been doing the rounds again. It always always ALWAYS pops up around Mother’s Day, and I have to remember that biting people is bad manners, questionably hygienic and could get me arrested.
“A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” ~Tenneva Jordan
I hate this quote. I hate that mothers are both expected to sacrifice everything for their families, and that many mothers who like this quote happily turn themselves into martyrs. And the fact that it’s never mention if all 4 of the other people are her kids, or just..people. So mothers are expected to put themselves last for everyone?
What is wrong with a mother having pie? What’s wrong with teaching your family to share? Saying this once is going to mean you’re forever banned from pie around those people. They’ll eat it all, because you don’t care for it.
Dammit, people, SHARE THE FUCKING PIE.
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