I am not a Britney fan, but I have been feeling really sorry for her lately. The times that she goes out partying are when her children should be sleeping anyway, so we don't know the time she spends with her kids during the day, we can only speculate based on what we see of her.
Britney and I are exactly the same age, birthdays within days of eachother. I got pregnant with my son (planned) just before my 22nd birthday and have been with my husband since I was 19.
I don't go out, don't even remember the last time I was drunk, and even if I wanted to, I don't have the means (a babysitter) to really do that. I also have this fear that the moment there would be an emergency is when I would happen to be drunk.
There are times that I wish I could run away and be my own person, be a normal 20 something woman and go party with girlfriends - despite loving my life. I feel like this and I didn't grow up in the spotlight.
Britney never really had a normal childhood. I don't think it is Lynn's fault that Britney is acting the way she is, just as I wouldn't blame my mother for anything I did.
I am not a lesbian, and I was not hiding from drugs when I decided to shave my head. I just felt like it. I was 16 years old and figuring out who I was. I didn't feel like my hair matched my personality, so I shaved it all off. I horrified my mother and she didn't understand it. She eventually got used to it and thought it was cute when I was able to spike it. At 16 she couldn't even do anything, how can anyone stop Britney at 25?
My last job did drug testing and my best friend worked in HR. She would be horrified when a bald person would start because she has to pluck the hair from "elsewhere". She never mentioned a time restriction.
Britney is not a normal 25 year old, just as I am not. When people generally think of someone who is 25, you would think of a party girl who has fun all the time. Not someone like me who has a great career, a happy 4 year marriage, a beautiful home and an awesome 2 year old.
Then there is Britney who is crazy famous, has 2 divorces behind her, 2 children, and is finally single at 25.
I'm not sure what my point is exactly but I don't think that what she is going through is THAT out there. I think she is acting like a normal TEENAGER. But she needs to realize that she isn't a teenager and in her process of finding herself, she may lose what she should be holding most dear - her children. She is being very selfish at the moment and it's because she's never been able to, whether she's been a child herself, or because she's been busy playing wife and mom.
My mom went through a nasty divorce in 2001. She had been married since she was 19. When she was finally officially single, she spent every night at bars, forgetting she had my 11 year old sister at home. The phase eventually ended, but it hurt us.
I feel sorry for her. I think the worst that could happen is to have her kids taken away, I think it would send her over the deep end. She probably feels like a failure already. Failed marriage, constant media scrutiny, poor album sales...
JMO.
