Time Magazine Blames Mommy Bloggers?

My response to Miss Behavin over at Maneuvering Motherhood, and her RANT of AWESOMENESS concerning Time's article Moms Who Drink: No Joking After the Schuler Tragedy by Ada Calhoun.

Please read Miss Behavin's post here, first, to get the whole picture.

So, on my third time reading your rant, it finally sunk in (sorry, the Adderall is wearing off, now). By the time it had sunk in, though, I began having an anxiety attack because the Lexapro is at its trough, as well. Thank GAWD the Wellbutrin is taken twice a day, or I would be morbidly depressed, too!

Note the sarcasm there, Time! And (get this) I'm a mommy blogger, too!

Yes, this was a serious tragedy, and I am deeply sorry for the families' losses. However, the metaphorical inference was just that . . . a metaphor. I couldn't believe people took her literally, and decided that playdates could equate to a beer-chuggin', martini-guzzlin' good time. I mean, really people! Get a freakin' clue!

I am, INDEED, on all those medications, but for very well-justified and medically-verifiable reasons. I'd like to see anyone try to be a military wife of four special needs children without a little pharmaceutical assistance. BTW, I'm also a coffee, diet coke, and diet rock star addict, too.

I don't drink alcohol (mainly because it interferes with the Lexapro, and has a nasty side effect of extreme migraines), so am I off the hook for the whole 'Mommy Bloggers = Misfit Drunks' scenario?

Oh wait! What's that you say? You're doing a piece on pill-poppin' mommy bloggers in your next issue?

Hell, sign me up! By the time you finish your interview, you'll be so overwhelmed by all I deal with on a day-to-day basis, that you will be begging me to 'hook you up!'

Here I was thinking that our nation was sooooooo over stereotypical judgments. Thanks, Time, for proving your lack of evolutionary skills.