The other mother comparison

There comes a time and it happens to all of us at some point, when its as clear and black and white how different you are as a mother compared to other mothers. It could be in the sense of fashion for your child, it could be what you consider to be a "healthy" snack for your child, it could be a lot of things.

Now, please believe me, I know what its like to me a working mom.. Its tough, its emotional and you need to be a super hero to be able to juggle all the areas of life that need your attention, but what should always come first is your own childs safety and well being.

Dillon does ballet on Wednesdays up the road from her play school, she has been going since October last year so what I do to make my life easier is fetch her from school, dress her in the car into her ballet outfit and then take her up the road for her lesson, which is only 30mins long and then we go back to the school to fetch Raiden.. easy! However a few other moms have decided that ballet is good choice for their little ones too, however they are all working moms and their little ones are in the schools aftercare while the moms work, which is fair enough and all good. However there is no way their little ones can get to the ballet lessons, so one of the moms after hearing from the principal that I take Dillon up every Wednesday phoned me up and asked very nicely if I could please take her little one with. NO PROBLEM! I have an extra car seat cause Raiden isnt in the car and its not out of my way. I really dont mind at all. The mom even offered to pay for me for my service which I polity declined as its not out of my way and its really not an issue.

So today was the first day of my little lift club, I arrive at the school to fetch the two little ballerina's when another little girl runs up to me as says to me "Im coming with!". I was like "um, no.. I dont know who you are!" Even the teacher said she knew nothing of this. So I left with the 2 little girls.. went to ballet and then went back to the school to drop off the one little girl and fetch Raiden, when the teacher comes to me and gives me a letter, saying she was just given this for me (think she found it in the little girls bag), I open it infront of the teacher and read it. It was a letter from the little girls mom (the little girl that came running up to me) saying she gives me permission to take her daughter to ballet and thank you. I burst out laughing. I showed the teacher and told the teacher to please tell this mother that I will not be taking her daughter;

a) I only have 2 car seats in my car and both are being used.
b) Her daughters ballet class starts at 14:00, Dillons class starts at 14:30

Now, Im not trying to sound funny... but WHAT THE HELL?

a) This mother did not actually ask me!
b) She has never met me and is willing to trust me with her daughter? No questions asked!
c) Her daughter has a different time slot to Dillon, WTF? What does she expect me to do exactly?

I just dont get it! How as a mother can you do this? Just trust a stranger with your child like this? Even the other mother, whom I am giving her daughter a life to ballet, she at least phoned me and we chatted for awhile, she also seems to know me (seen me in the car park or something!) but this one didnt even phone me?

Even the teacher said its odd, she was telling me that she has a 14 year old and he wanted to sleep over at the friends house and she met the friends parents 4 times before she allowed him to sleep over.. thats what you are supposed to do - check the people out - use your mommy senses to see if your child will be safe enough while in this other persons care.


SCARY MAN!! I dont understand it...