Scream and Yelp all You Want...It's Not Going to Make You Any Younger!

What is it with 40 year-old moms going to concerts with their kids?! Let them have some space! I'll tell you what, I went to a concert last night where the median age was, oh, 17, and there's a mom rocking out in the front row doing some of the most atrocious moves I've ever seen. I mean, at first glance she looked sane enough. Passing her on the street I would have thought, "Yeah, that lady's got her stuff together", and maybe she does...all except her age. It's not that I doubt that she knows how old she is. I'd actually say she's faced with the number everyday and that's why she found herself in the front row of the Rooney concert last night. Girlfriend's in denial. Maybe she was a young mother, and now her daughter is old enough to go to concerts and talk about boys and she's just been itching for that companionship since she was born. I can understand that, I guess, but I think there's a more acceptable way of handling that relationship. Not going to the concert for starters. That's just a simple way of letting your daughter know, "Hey, as much as I'd like to go and pretend I'm the cool older woman, I'm actually going to be the cool mom and let you out of the house for a couple of hours without me. I'm going to choose to not live vicariously through you." Now, I understand that it's hard to grow up and that it's a process of slowly easing into your age, but come on mom, speed it up a little! If you must go to the concert, stay out of the front row and try to refrain from making moves that embarrass the people around you! Also, taking pictures of the cute guy on stage (who is most likely about 15 years your junior) and screaming like a teenager when he looks at you is pushing it a little too far over the line. She was just one delusional thought away from throwing her panties onstage. I just can't handle weird moms like that. Gross! Life's a big cosmic Toys-R-Us commercial and we're all singing "I don't want to grow up" and God's saying, "You know what, too bad!" We all need to quit our whining and make some big kid steps into reality.

Peace