Somebody said that a child is carried in its mother's womb for nine months,
He does not know that a child is carried in its mother's heart forever.
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby,
He doesn't know that once you're a mother, normal is history.
Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct,
He has never taken a three-year-old shopping.
Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good.",
He mistakenly thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.
Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices,
He never came out the house in time to see the child throw a stone through the neighbour's window.
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother,
He has never helped a class five child with his mathematics homework.
Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much as you love the first,
He doesn't have five children.
Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing questions in motherhood books,
He never had a child stuff beans up his nose.(I once did this years ago).
Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labour pains and delivery,
He never waved goodbye to the "baby" on the first day of nursery school.
Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married,
He doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother's heartstrings.
Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home,
He has never had grandchildren.
Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her,
He isn't a mother.
