And in it's own unique way, Malta, with its very small land mass, and oftentimes much smaller platform of expressing one's opinion, does that same thing. Every choice that one must make is suddenly magnified by WAOMD (What Are Other Mums Doing).
A case in point is when you come to buy your lightweight stroller to avoid lugging those heavy wheels around. Although I'm largely out of the pushchair stage now (except for when The Toddler is sleeping and I have places to go), I was never a Maclaren Mummy.
"You know Maclaren right? They're the best lightweight strollers around for (insert random reason here). But not the GDS53685 (they all have these fancy codes that makes them sound like you're actually going to race with them), because the GFY783760 is newer and better. It saved my life!"
Let's make one thing clear. I'm have absolutely nothing against parents who own Maclaren strollers (why would I?) and I'm positive that these strollers are very good at performing their function - to carry your child. Like other strollers. I'm just not sure why it had to become a... thing!
In my case, I only ever saw one other person with a stroller like mine, and I felt that we had a bonding moment. In my mind. And I'm pretty sure that the other person didn't feel it, because it was the dad driving the stroller and I'm fairly certain that he doesn't partake in stroller stalking as an activity to see whom he can play Stroller Snap with.
