What's next for me? Alpha Grocery Shopper?
SSLian here.
I don’t know about you, but I am feeling the pressure to Alpha up my life a bit.
First, we had to be Alpha Moms, completely conversant in the latest techno-gizmos, hot vacation spots, parenting trends, and nail polish colors. Alpha Moms had to be connected, concerned, and influencing our peers 24/7. We had to somehow put ourselves and our kids first, never settling for second (or beta) best. Type A meets Martha Stewart meets Mary Poppins. The Alpha Mom was the woman of the moment.
Until the Alpha Wife showed up.
Yup, according to a recent analysis of census data from the Pew Research Center, now 22% of all wives make more money than their husbands. A sizable chunk of wives, over 20 percent, are more educated than their husbands, too. The Alpha Wives are turning marriage, and tax returns, on their ears. In short, we’re smarter and richer, yet somehow, we’re still doing more housework than ever. That doesn’t sound very Alpha to me, but it has a lot of people atwitter about The Rise of the Power Wife.
Is it possible to be both an Alpha Mom and an Alpha Wife? Frankly, that sounds exhausting, but I am sure that there are capable women who are Everything Alpha.
Where could I Alpha-up my profile, that’s what I’ve been asking myself. There are, perhaps, a few categories where I qualify:
Alpha School Volunteer She’s the one in the school-crested apron and khakis with a clipboard surgically attached to her left hand and well-worn cell phone in the right. Alpha School Volunteer can lead the charge and get stuck cleaning up the mess afterwards. She’s at school so much, the students think she’s on the payroll. But she’s not! She’s just there to serve the juice!
Alpha Schlepper That’s right! Nobody can schlep more groceries, more recycling, or more laundry from the kids’ bathroom floor than the Alpha Schlepper. All that weight training in the late ‘90’s is certainly coming in handy now. Nothing like muscle memory to those haul holiday decorations out of the basement or drag gently used books to the library donations desk.
Alpha Snacker She’s the mom who’s up on the latest crunchy nibble that can be sanctified as a “ healthy snack.” Wanna a whole grain pretzel with gourmet mustard dipping sauce? How about dried fruit trail mix loaded with anti-oxidants and dark chocolate? No outing is too inconsequential for Alpha Snacker not to be packing snacks. Go ahead, ask her. She got the goods in her bag( gie). Along with hand sanitizer.
Where’s the Alpha is your life? Alpha Crafter? Alpha Dog Owner? Alpha Slow Cooker? Let us know.
Embracing my Chaos, Lian
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I say Alpha Slacker! Sometimes I don’t want to be Alpha and I just want to do nothing! At my house, I am the Alpha of the DVR!
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