Parenting

Real Mommy Confessions: I Speak My Mind

by Bianca Jamotte and Meredith Masony
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Have you ever been in line at the grocery store and received a sideways stare from the cashier because you were purchasing beer and condoms? Or felt that twinge of embarrassment when they gave your extra-absorbent panty liners and hemorrhoid cream a second look? Buying personal items that put your bodily functions on blast becomes par for the course with motherhood. Meredith, from Punta Gorda, Florida, handled this situation by dressing down a judgy cashier, “I need the panty liners because I gave birth to three kids so I pee when I sneeze!”

There comes a time in all of our lives when we need to stand up for ourselves, speak our minds, and let people know that, “If I’m buying beer and condoms together, it just means that I know what happens after a few beers and I am in no way interested in having another child.”

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