Another post about over thinking
Ugh so this happens to me every single time I have a conversation with one of my child’s friends parents. I always worry I’ll say something wrong or they won’t like me. Everytime I do speak with them afterward I feel that I’ve said something wrong or should have said something but didn’t. Today for example his friends mom came to pick him up, we were talking and she got on the topic of my siblings and how old they were and how old I was since my siblings are in high school. I told her I was the oldest and that I was in my 30’s which is quite a lot older than my siblings. Then she said that she was the youngest. Rather than asking her how many siblings she had I just said “oh nice! That’s cool your the youngest” then I went on to say I had the luxury of being an only child for 10 years😓 as soon as I said it I thought “what the heck, why would I even say that, why did I make this about me and not even ask her how many siblings she has” I feel stupid now and I feel like I was rude without trying to be. My husband says I’m being silly worrying about this as he thinks she likely forgot the convo already and thought nothing bad of it. Ugh am I being silly?! I seriously hate that I overthink this stuff so much. It actually makes the small things in life so hard and I wish I knew how to just get over it. I keep trying to tell myself we all aren’t perfect, people say things, people are awkward, our convos don’t always end up perfect but then we move on with life. I’m sure this little convo did not affect anything in how this family portrays me but still I can’t help but wish I could go back and ask her about her siblings rather than rambling on about being an only child for a while. Sheesh!
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