I'm a GOOD mother!!!

Watching Desperate Housewives the other night I was surprised to hear the character of Lynette Scalvo (sp?) assert "I'm a good mother!' in indignent tones.

Ummm, no, you're not.

Why is it that people who are bad at things are the ones who proclaim the loudest that they are good mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, bosses, teachers, cops, whatever? Is it that they know on some level just how inadequate they are and don't want anyone else to find out or do they really believe that crap?

When you're really good at something, you don't have to tell anybody. They'll figure it out. Or they won't. Either way it won't really matter because it doesn't change who you are and how you do things. You are based in the reality of what is, not the illusion of other people's opinion.