Because I Can: February 2006 Archives
People, be warned, I am pointing a finger this morning - Two weeks ago, Target: Woman pushing a shopping cart with 4 year old girl child in the seat. The child snatching and grabbing at the mother's shirt. The mother telling the child she could nurse after they finished shopping. The child demanding to nurse NOW! and the mother stopping in the isle and letting her nurse now!!! SHAME ON YOU! People!!! Do I have to tell you what is wrong with this picture?!? Four year old children should not be breastfeeding and damn well not in public. A four year old has a full set of teeth and can eat as well as you or I. That child does not need to be breastfed and damn well not in public!!! Give her a chicken leg or a sandwich for heaven's sake!! Yesterday, Walmart: Standing at the checkout with my giant bag of Pampers Swaddlers, a blouse, and two pairs of REALLY cute sandles for my kids and a few grocery items, glancing over at the register beside me- Cashier to Young Mother: "How old are your boys?" Young Mother, smiling brightly: "5 and 3." Cashier scans bags of diapers in two sizes. Five year old says to Young Mother: "I just went. Now you have to change me before we go home." Young Woman: "O'kay." THEN ... AND THEN!! ... she has the cashier void her purchases while she takes the boy into the bathroom to change his diaper. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME ON YO0U!!! WTF?!?! A five year old who is not potty trained is a clear indication that you are one lazy assed poor excuse for a mother! It is also the reason why your five year old is not in public school!! Schools do not accept children who are not potty trained. While you think you are loving your child to the maximum you are doing your child a world of hurt. I can see the mental disorders developing now!! I would so have spanked me one little ass. He would have long ago learned how to use the toilet!!! If you see yourself in either of these instances and are dually pissed off ... that is a clear indication we would not be friends IRL anyway ... and I won't be issuing an apology to sooth your ruffled feathers. Now it is your turn ... what have you seen in public that caused you to say "WTF?!?" and want to shake a parent until their teeth rattled and their eyes rolled back in their head? P.S. I saved you the gag-a-trocious personal encounter with the tiny little girl trying to talk to me while she was picking her nose and had boogars hanging from her face while she asked her Dad for a tissue and he slapped her hand down from her nose and told her he didn't have one. You know a real parent would have gotten a package of tissue and opened them and used a few on the spot and might even have gone so far as to have taken the hem of their t-shirt and wiped that child's nose!!! Oh, hell, yes, I have used my shirt to wipe my kids noses. I have licked my finger and used it to clean a dirty smudged little mouth or face!!! (Which makes Steven gag. He hates when his mother does it to the grandkids. LOL) So don't even think about saying "eww", "yuck", or "gross". A little spit and snot doesn't scare me -its just OTHER people's kid's spit and snot that make me gag ...
