Earlier this week, I published a post called "Parenthood Isn't Sexy" in which I asked everyone to divulge their unsexiest parenting moments.
I should have better prepared myself. You know how if you see one person vomit, you have the urge to vomit yourself? That was me after each comment arrived. Vomit, projectile poops, dirty diapers in the bed, placentas, leaky boobs and lots of shit-stained husbands. Thank you, everyone. I know I asked for it.
As usual, I couldn't let your comments sit there unattended. So I picked my five favorite moments (read: most horrific) and now I am going to put them to a vote. You tell me which of the following situations would make you least likely to ever have sex with your spouse again.
THE CONTENDERS
"My hubby and I had just come back from celebrating our anniversary. We were both a little drunk and trying to get our sexy on. Things were getting hot and heavy when suddenly a child yelled from upstairs, "Mommy, my butt threw up!" Let me tell you— nothing kills the mood faster than finding a child standing/covered in a pile of shit."
Sara (Periwinkle Papillon):
"The scene: An airplane.
The players: 6 month old Anna, my husband, me and 120 unsuspecting air passengers.
We smell something. The whole airplane smells something. My darling husband decides it's 'his' turn so he dutifully takes her to the front of the cabin with the diaper bag. 30 seconds later, the door of the airplane bathroom flings open, his head appears in the aisle and yells "HELLLP!!!"
If I had ever imagined my husband and I crammed into a 2X3 ft airplane bathroom, it definitely didn't involve dealing with a baby poop explosion. Plus, the smell of baby diarrhea lingers on a transcontinental flight. She didn't cry the whole way but she sure stank. We were very popular."
"We were in the middle of sex and a child walked in. If that wasn't enough, she then proceeded to puke all over our bed…"
Andrea (Sugar & Spice Studios):
"Our son was about 8 months old and had a high fever so my hubby decided to get into the bathtub with him to try to bring his fever down. I decided to video tape. On camera, I caught my son pooping in the tub with my husband sitting in it. Then he realized what was happening and jumped out of the tub which made our son start to fall face first into the poopy water. I had to drop the camera and run to save the baby. Probably the least sexy video ever recorded."
Renee:
"With a 15 month old and one on the way, intimacy moments were far and few, so we took advantage one afternoon while our toddler was napping. At 7 months pregnant, the belly was too much for me to look at whilst trying to enjoy anything even remotely "intimate"… so I was laying on my side with my eyes closed and my husband behind me. I thought he was getting a little "rough" on my breasts so I opened my eyes. To my surprise, it was my 15 month old "tweaking" my nipples!!! Never did I attempt to enjoy ANYTHING again."
And one final entry. It doesn't involve her husband but I had to include it because the combination of poop and completed correspondence (remember this?) would totally throw me over the edge.
Anna (Random Handprints):
"When my daughter was about 4 weeks old I managed to finish writing the 100-some thank you notes for all the gifts we'd gotten. And then, yep, she had a diaper diaster all over the whole pile. I think I really did cry. Kid must have been two by the time I finished the second round."
Alright. There you have it. Your top five six contenders. I think Andrea could sway things her way if she provided that video. And I'm sure you have lots of questions for Renee. Like— where exactly was your toddler sleeping???
To make it official, I'm offering the winner an actual prize. What? Did you think this was some podunk blog who does things half-assed?
Prize comes courtesy of @mommafanny who is not only a loyal reader (her comment on the post was that she has never seen anything sexier than her husband playing with the kids— SHOWOFF!), she is also the founder of a jam company called Emily G's Jam of Love. I've tried it. It's delicious. Welch's— I think you might want to keep your radar up. Bitch is coming to get you.
Winner of "The Unsexiest Parenting Moment" gets two jars of Emily G's all-natural, hand-poured jams in Triple Berry and Jalepeno Raspberry. And because @mommafanny is super awesome for letting me pull her into this last minute, I would love if you would check out her jams and follow @mommafanny on twitter.
Alright. As for Anna, Amy, Sara, Andrea, Renee and Jen? Start your campaigning. NOW!
Update: Andrea has supplied video. Watch to see if it helps or hurts her case.
This was a tough one to vote on.
Oh man, all these moments are just, well, um… Ain’t being a parent grand?
Hilarious. I can relate to each and every one. Especially love the dual-pump pic.
Oh my oh my, love this! I voted for the one that made me laugh out loud 🙂
This was tough. I was tempted to go with Jen because “My butt threw up,” may be the funniest sentence ever uttered.
But then I was also tempted to go with Sara because I’ve been there. Diaper blowouts on a crowded plane are not fun. Especially when they happen right as you’re landing and you have to clean them up on the seat because the aisle is jam-packed with everyone trying to de-plane. And I so appreciated the little boy behind us who, after watching this task with great interest, looked up at his father and whispered, “Ew, I can smell it.” Thanks, kid. So, yeah… been there.
But in the end, I had to give credit where credit is due. Because to be vomited on by a child during sex would honestly scar me for life. Therefore, my vote went to Amy. ::slow clap::
i really want to vote for myself b/c it would make it totally worth re-writing all those thank you notes if i won some awesome homemade jam, but i gotta be fair. and for me, amy’s story is the worst one i have ever heard. seriously, ever.
Isn’t it so interesting that all have to do with poop or puke?! 🙂
Renee was my vote, mostly because I’d be all scary paranoid about interruptions from that point on. Bonus points for the added non-sexiness of third-trimester, big-bellied pregnant sex. Amy is the runner-up, because… yeah… gross!
I’ve got to go with Amy. Brief, but her words paint a thousand pictures…
I’ve seen you around the block, Mommyshorts, so glad I finally checked out your blog. Am now obsessed. Will be stopping by often. You’ll get tired of me.
OMG, these are all so hysterical. Thanks so much for sharing. And extra kudos to @mommafanny for the prizes for the winner.
As horrible as all the stories are, I don’t know if any of them are worse than that picture.
Tears are streaming down my face. It was a tough vote. I laughed out loud at almost all of these.
I appreciate your extensive thought process. Sara’s made me laugh because the visual of her husband sticking his head out and yelling help from the front of the plane all the way back to her is just hilarious. But it wouldn’t get my vote as unsexiest.
Getting puked on by a child during sex is so simply horrific, it just might win.
Oh, I have my favorite alright. These are hysterical.
I have to say I think the pooping in the tub is awesome. I want to see that video!
I digress, but, wow – you actually found, and published a picture of the pumping “bra” That wins awards for non-sexy.
Dear God.
I had that bra in the photo – the one allowing hands free pumping.
I always pumped both sides at once with my son, and I needed a hand for the remote or to turn the page.
Most unsexy bra ever, but it was better than watching commercials…
This is a hard vote. Sara’s, I’ve been there, only I was the one changing it… during turbulence.
But puking on you during sex…
There’s a reason our door locks.
I voted for Jen, but the one with the nipple tweaker was pretty bad, too. Urgh. How do people ever conceive new babies after their first? After reading this, one wonders. . .
These were all funny, and not gross to me.
Mine is so dang gross.
so gross.
I can’t even tell you.
But what a fun post you’ve got here.
I have to go with Sara, changing a kid in the plane is a PAIN, but try to do it with a 30 lb toddler and it’s even better, the so-called changing table becomes way to small for them so you have to secure it with your knee under it to make sure your kid’s butt is not hanging above nothing, which means that while changing the diaper you have to try to avoid getting any poop on yourself (your knee again)… One take away from this, time to start potty-training
PS: these stories were so funny you should make it a serie, one a week something like that… just saying 🙂
these were all.so.horrifying.
I’m thinking I need a retina transplant just having read them.
I still think “my butt threw up” is the funniest thing anyone has ever said.
I wish I were two years old again so I could use it.
i think you need to tell your story. the world needs to know 🙂
All I can say is re: the photo you posted – WTF, who is pumping milk AND has a tummy that looks like that??? Really??? I think that is taking Getting-Back-into-Pre-Pregnancy Shape just a little too far. Seriously. That woman is either (1) a model with fake milk in her bottles (2) a freak of nature that flattens out immediately post-delivery (otherwise known as a “Teen Mom”. Not that Teen Moms are freaks, just that anyone who is NOT a teen pop that pops back into shape is) or (3) someone who is pumping milk for her 16 year old. Seriously. Now I am off to scarf down a bag of chips while drinking beer and wonder why my muffin top is still intact. Ta.
Mommy Shorts I must tell you—we forgot to lock the door that afternoon….my babies never slept in my room…she snuck out of her crib quietly-I was HORRIFIED —to this day my husband cannot touch me without a locked and checked door…when he locks the bedroom door now it means there is gonna be action-LOL—serious….that “click” of the lock has a whole new meaning now…
I must must must hear this story. 🙂
The nipple tweaker. OMG. That’s by far the least sexy thing I’ve ever read. EW.
I once woke up to the dog licking my dripping nipples (I over-produce. It’s a pain.) I was seriously unimpressed.
Pre-Pregnancy Shape just a little too far. Seriously. That woman is either (1) a model with fake milk in her bottles (2) a freak of nature that flattens out immediately post-delivery (otherwise known as a “Teen Mom”. Not that Teen Moms are freaks,