Musing

[lissa_dora]

Does every woman over a certain age have a "mom voice," or is it an acquired skill? If the latter, where did I get it? And why does it work?

Comments

[eruvanna]

After all the grown children you've supervised in LARPs and such you have to ask this question?

[lissa_dora]

Yep. I still don't know where the behavior came from, or when I started using it, or if all other women can do it.

[lady_mink]

Hrm. As a woman at 23 having acquired the name Mom from her circle of friends, I'd have to say it's more of an inborn skill that comes from caring too much about others and also being assertive/stright-forward enough to chide people when they're doing something stupid. Then again, I'm not really a mom, so I have no clue.

[lizzymommy]

Hmmm...by this, do you mean that spoken tone to which most people automatically respond?

Or the inside-voice that appears to be a disembodied "tsk-tsk" thing?

[lissa_dora]

Well, I meant the spoken voice. The tsk-tsk, I don't have as much. Well, as often.

[eamclaren]

Probably for the same reason Matt's youngest niece would let me hold her and wouldn't let Matt.