goofyernmost
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I'm not young enough to read all 800 plus posts so let me just say this.
There is a life lesson here. I don't know why the older lady was forced to sit so close but the joy of getting older (the only real joy, I might add) is that we no longer take any crap from anybody.
It is your responsibility to make sure that your children are respectful of the space of others. Just because you think your kids actions are "cute" doesn't mean everyone does.
The difference between a younger persons reaction and an older persons reaction is just that the older person had seen and done and experienced more life then the younger ones. I don't know the circumstances of the incidents described by the OP, but I'll be willing to bet that it is more than just a casual encounter by the four year old. Let me tell you right now, like it or not, as we get older our tolerance levels get shorter and shorter. There is not a lot of time left and we have no intention of spending that time being harassed by someone else's child. Sounds heartless doesn't it? Well, it may be but when you get there you will see what I mean.
In the words of W.C. Fields..."go away kid, you bother me"!
I have no problem with a child being a child. I do have a problem with parents that think their kid is so precious that they can just invade everyone's space and they will think it's cute. They will not!
There is a life lesson here. I don't know why the older lady was forced to sit so close but the joy of getting older (the only real joy, I might add) is that we no longer take any crap from anybody.
It is your responsibility to make sure that your children are respectful of the space of others. Just because you think your kids actions are "cute" doesn't mean everyone does.
The difference between a younger persons reaction and an older persons reaction is just that the older person had seen and done and experienced more life then the younger ones. I don't know the circumstances of the incidents described by the OP, but I'll be willing to bet that it is more than just a casual encounter by the four year old. Let me tell you right now, like it or not, as we get older our tolerance levels get shorter and shorter. There is not a lot of time left and we have no intention of spending that time being harassed by someone else's child. Sounds heartless doesn't it? Well, it may be but when you get there you will see what I mean.
In the words of W.C. Fields..."go away kid, you bother me"!
I have no problem with a child being a child. I do have a problem with parents that think their kid is so precious that they can just invade everyone's space and they will think it's cute. They will not!
Are there more Team Codger members or Team Lil Poke members? I know Team Farters (who sometime fart from McDonald's food and think no one is the bad guy here) is the smallest team and Glitter Kitty has somehow made all the teams route for her
I felt dizzy and nauseous almost immediately. Nowhere near as fun as morphine, which I had via a drip (I think, but I also thought that I heard some nurses talking about sneaking out back to hit the Wild Turkey, so don't take my word for it) when I had kidney stones. I took a series of entertaining photos with my cell phone while semi-conscious...pictures of the IV pole, pictures of the guy who came in to wheel me down to have an MRI, pictures of the floor. Good times.
Isn't it past your bedtime
Though--it is, of course, all about GK in the end
