1. You are at a Mommy and Me class and start chatting up a mom. She seems pretty cool but it’s hard to tell these days and you don’t want to get burned. Here’s how I sift through to the good ones. When you ask her which preschool her four year old attends does she tweak and defensively state that little Hannah is part of an anti-schooling commune? no yes Does she have family sticker figures on her minivan? Does she also still breastfeed Hannah and carry her around in a Moby wrap? no yes yes no Do the stickers have Mickey Mouse ears? Are her kids on the “Paleo” diet? yes Does she curse? yes no no Are all of her sweet children “gifted”? yes no Is she anti- vaccinations? yes no Does she reference her love affair with red wine or Xanax? Is her husband is “the best thing that ever happened” to her? no yes yes no Does she have her own chickens? no Does she have either a baking blog, a photography biz or sell purses or jewelry? yes no yes yes Do not talk politics or the local farmer’s market and just get the hell out of there. She could be your new BFF. Give her a fake Facebook name.