“We’re happy, free, confused, and lonely in the best way” – emphasis on the CONFUSED part!

Millennial moms are generally those who were born in the 1980s through the early 2000s. We’re in our late 20s to early 40s. We may be in different parenting stages, with some of us still having babies and others mothering teenagers and young adults, but one thing is for certain – millennial moms cannot relate to the generations before and after us!

We are a generation that grew up with technology. We’re not afraid to upgrade devices and try new apps. We Google every question that pops into our heads and we use Youtube to teach us everything from remodeling our house to yoga poses. We embrace all things modern and new!

And yet, the younger kids are teasing us about our clothes, our music, our movies, our side parts, our dance moves, and more! Even though they are bringing scrunchies and overalls back from our own childhood days! It doesn’t make sense!

With this conundrum in mind, we put together a list of questions many of us millennial moms have. Can you relate to any of these?

We Don’t Get It

Why do cars not have CD players?

It’s not that we are against Spotify and Pandora, but we miss the ability to jam out to our favorite CDs in our car! Plus, we want control of the order of the music without having to pay for premium subscriptions!

Why do computers not have CD drives?

Again, it’s not something we would use all the time at this point, but it would be nice to occasionally play a DVD on our laptops or burn songs onto a CD. Now we just have to subscribe to every streaming service to access what we want. We might as well have stuck with cable with all these limitations!

Why are children better at makeup, dancing, and fashion than me?

We know the unfortunate answer to this: TikTok.

Why are young people are wearing giant headphones?

We already had those in the ’90s. Yeah, the noise-cancelling ones can be useful in some instances, but for the most part we’ll take our discreet earbuds.

When did denim jeans become our dressy clothes when they used to be our everyday casual clothes?

The answer to that is also probably easy: pregnancy.

Why are people still going out to party after 9 p.m.?

Don’t they know they have work in the morning? Or that the baby is sure to wake up ten times in the night if you stay up enjoying yourself too late? Or that the music will be too loud everywhere you go? Or that too much alcohol is going to leave you feeling sick all over tomorrow? Seriously, if you are planning a late night event, you don’t even have to invite us, because we won’t be there.

Why do new Taylor Swift fans not know bops like “Teardrops on My Guitar” and “Hey Stephen and basically anything before 1989?

I mean, welcome to Taylor Nation, but do your homework.

What does “no cap” even mean?

No matter how many times you explain it, it still doesn’t make sense.

Why does Friends still not have a reboot?

They are bringing back nearly every other TV show, so they have to do Friends, right? Don’t even bring up Matthew Perry…we are still in mourning.

Why does shipping from anywhere other than Amazon take forever?

Holiday shopping gets very frustrating when you have 20 orders all coming at different times. Call us entitled if you want, but we are addicted to Amazon Prime’s quick delivery and all other retailers need to level up their shipping game to match our expectations.

Why do our back, shoulders, knees, joints, necks, and bones hurt?

Are we supposed to be aging this quickly? We saw all those “Got Milk” posters and commercials when we were younger and we took that to heart, so why do we feel like we are breaking down?

When did crocheting, knitting, embroidery, needlepoint, quilting, and gardening start taking over my time and budget?

We are running, not walking, into our grandma eras!

Help a Millennial Mom Out

The next you see one of us millennial moms out in the wild, give us some grace. Half of us are are covered in spit-up and smell like dirty diapers and the other half is dealing with preteen angst and prepubescent drama. We’re just trying to navigate an ever-changing world while mothering the next generation.

They’ll be just as lost as we are when they grow up, won’t they?