While waiting in my neighborhood post office Tuesday morning, I pulled out my May 2006 copy of "Women's Health" magazine and flipped to the back. Generally I read magazines from back to front, especially if I started at the front once and didn't get all the way through. Switching it up for my brain keeps me frosty, I think. Sort of like running backwards - but I digress.
The last page of the magazine (p. 124) called "The Average Woman" lists statistics I presume are about the average, everyday American Woman (YAY Lenny Kravitz!). In this case the statistics revolved around Mothers, how fitting. So I thought I'd share a few interesting ones here.
Did you know:
1. Nearly 1 in 2: Number of women who say Mom is their best friend
(Before my Mother got very sick, she and I used to be great partners in crime. We were most definitely the best of teams.)
2. Secrets the Average Woman is most likely to keep from Mom: when she lost her virginity and that she dabbled in drugs
(I never dabbled in drugs, but Mom was already gone by the time I lost my virginity. I think she would have laughed at me since it took me so long. She was very much a party type of gal.)
3. Number of women who see or talk with Mom every day: Nearly 1 in 2
(During the week when Mom was around we talked all the time. During the weekends, when it was "her" time, I'd not hear from her for a day or so. Is she were alive today, I think we'd be on the phone all the time.)
4. Percentage of women who address Mom by her first name: 1
(I didn't know my Mom's first name till I was 10!)
5. Best thing Mom ever taught the AW: unconditional love
(Awwwww....)
6. Worst thing: to be a control freak
(Actually that's more of my Grandmother, which may explain why my Mom was a bit of a wild child.)
7. Percentage of women who say becoming a mom improved their relationship with their own: 56
(Way to go ladies! I guess sometimes it is all about walking a mile in their shoes.)
8. Number of women who wish they felt closer to Mom: 1 in 2
(This I didn't and still don't have to worry about. My Mom and I were awfully close when she was alive. I didn't get to experience closeness with her as an adult, so I wasn't privvy to her deep, dark secrets. But I think we might have gotten there if we had more time. And, though she is gone these many years, I do feel close to her even now. I feel our connection is still there.)
9. The AW's favorite dish prepared by Mom: Cookies
(The worst: My Mom's omletes. They tasted like sponges! I used to tell her they could soak up the East River! She'd hiss at me, "Then you can starve!" She was a bit of a drama queen sometimes.)
10. If your mom has heart disease depression: chances you'll get it are 40%, with a lifetime risk of 20% - 25%
(Take care of yourselves ladies.)
-TL
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4 comments:
Wow, cool survey. Today, actually, I was thinking about what my mother would think of me today. I think we, too, would be great partners in crime. She always had a practical joking side. But since I was a child I didn't get to interact with the adult that was my mother. Percentage of women who appreciate the fact that their mothers are still alive: ?
All I know is the saying that goes "You don't know what you got till it's gone" rings true! Friends, if you have your mother, ENJOY HER NO MATTER WHAT!
Sorry, I went a little soapbox, didn't I? :)
When I was really really little my mom was always laughing, having fun, joking. When I got old enough to really be friends with her. She was so bitter and angry, and full of depression, that we sorta hated each other. When I started having to take care of her, we sorta mended our fences. I like to think we became friends, but alot of times it was a strained relationship, but no less special.
My mom was a horrible cook. Thank god I have moved on from that and decided to USE herbs and spices. LOL A couple things she did awesomely. her stuffing at Thanksgiving, her Pies, (they won awards, specailly for the crust, now I make her pies, and do pretty well) And something she called pudding cake, that for the life of me I can't find the recipe for.
Very accurate survey!
My mom used to call her mom by her first name sometimes, very late in my grandmother's life when she was being a huge pain. ;)
She'd hiss at me, "Then you can starve!"
HA! That made me laugh. :D
- G-Unit
I love #4!
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