The Mom Flow: Petty Little Things I Detest For No Real Reason

Welcome to The Mom Flow, where I share things that are on my mind in the hopes of helping you connect to your Mom Flow. Thanks for being here! —Erin Sousa

We like to keep it real around here, am I right? We’re not about toxic positivity or 24/7 sunshine and rainbows, and I love that about us. Sometimes, it feels good to let the petty rants fly. Petty Rant ™️ is an IG ‘segment’ that came to be because I love to let it all out in stories, and you love it too. These aren’t major rants, so I’m going to call them Petty Little Things ™️. Let’s break down some random things that make me inexplicably annoyed – and of course, I want to know yours in the comments!

When my sock seam rolls under my toes

I’m walking along, minding my business, and the sock twist happens. You know the one. Everything feels out of sorts, and once it’s moulded like that, the only way to get around it is put on a whole new pair of socks. I know you know.

When people say “youse”

You’s or youse are not words. It’s you. Singular. Chances are, you’ll be written off if I hear that come out of your mouth – the truth hurts!

Sitting on the toilet after a shower

A wet toilet seat is my version of hell. The toilet use MUST come before the shower and there is no other way.

When my glasses are cloudy

I feel like a hot mess if I see streaks or spots on my glasses lenses. It’s like instant overstimulation. And I get the ick when I see someone else’s are… you just gonna leave them like that?! While we’re at it… cloudy camera lenses. Wipe your lens for heaven sake!

Wearing perfume

Why oh why do I want to smell the same thing all day? Sometimes I get whiffs of my deodorant and it’s quite nice, because it comes and gos, but finding something I want up my nostrils all day long? Hard pass for me.

Too many shoes at the front door

I am so guilty of this myself, and hubs, if you’re reading this, it’s nothing personal and I take full responsibility for this. Walking in to a foyer of messy shoes makes me crazy and we’re currently working on a fix for this in our home!

Loud yawners

I live with one, and the way I cringe and shudder when he must let everyone know he is tired with a big AHHHHH. The death glare is real.

‘Hey’ texts

They say ‘hey’ and that’s it. No context, no follow up. Tell me what you want so I can decide if I can’t take a beat to respond, mmmmk?

I know I will publish this and then think of a million other small things – this isn’t exhaustive because I don’t think you have all day to read this. And, don’t even try to change my mind because these are locked in! I defo want to hear yours, though.

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