I must admit I have used the
"mommy brain" excuse more than once in the past five years.
There are times that it truly feels as though my IQ has been halved. So
why does some research suggest that motherhood actually makes you
smarter? How could that be? Do I just have a warped view of my
former life or is it something altogether different?
My theory is that I have
temporarily shut off the part of my brain that allows me to say intelligent
things. The capacity to think is still there. I just have to
use my brain for other purposes at this point. One day, I will flip the
switch and blossom into a GENIUS!
This temporary shutdown became
abundantly clear when I made a complete ass of myself on the telephone.
We are looking into refinancing our home and the gentleman helping us out was
attempting to give me his e-mail address. I wasn't sure if I heard him
right, so naturally I read the address back to him..."m as in mom, p as in
poop..." I kid you not, I said "p as in poop" as if that
was the association any normal human being would make. Then I start
laughing so hard I thought I was going to p as in pee.
I don't know which is worse;
the notion that this man believes that I am a moron or that he believes I am a
complete nut job. If only I could shut off the part of the brain that
cares about what other people think.
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