The group "Bowling for Soup" has a song entitled "High School Never Ends". I heard it on the radio while the kids were in the car and thought that it was cute.But that wasn't the end of the story.
As i've thought about it since, i find that it's been true for me. What about you? Let me explain.
In high school(back me up on this one, Beth), i was faaaar from popular. I was mocked for everything from the clothes that i wore and the way that i walked to the books that i read and the way that i spoke. Nothing i did was good enough for the popular chicks (and guys) so after a while, i stopped even hoping to fit in and gave up. I stayed with my friend Beth (not that she was "uncool", she was just two grades behind me and thus out of the vicious feeding circles of my popular age-peers).
Now, i'm a "big person" and seemingly beyond those petty concerns. But, no,not really. See, i'm the mom of a "popular". She has all the right clothes, communicates the right way and is ultra-cool. And i'm still the dork.
I talk on the mobile phone when it's cool to only text.
I wear all the wrong clothes for myself and pick out clearly dweebish clothes for her that she refuses to wear.
I don't listen to the right music (don't even have an iPod!) and don'tknow the cool groups.
In short, i'm back in high school......and still uncool.
It's ok. I'm a mom. Embarrassing my offspring is my job. My mom sometimes seemed uncool when i was young (she frosted her own hair in the kitchen with this goofy hat and smelly bleach!). Then again,she did double-dutch jumprope with the girls in the neighborhood and taught us all how to crewel. She was cooler than i have ever been.
Am i beyond hope? Probably not. I'll be "cool" again when she is 25 and needs answers on how to do "big people things" (ie roast a Thanksgiving turkey, wean a baby or negotiate sibling ribalry). I can't wait. I'll wear my uncool embroidered bell-bottom jeans!!
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