Have you ever had a shock?

[Lizzybee]

almacdonald your post reminded me of a memory I've suppressed successfully for over a year. So, speaking of panties:

I thought I'd seen it all... from breast feeding, stroller ankle bashing to public displays of extreem affection and urination. But no. During our last visit to MK we sat down on mainstreet to wait about 30 minutes for the parade and this teenager (about 16 years old) sits down in front of us, which was fine because her mom had saved space for her.

Now this girl was wearing those ultra low rise pants, so low as one poster put it "you could see her five o'clock shadow in the front." Bad as that was, once she sat down, about HALF of her buttocks were exposed! An almost full moon on Main street!

But it gets worse. Instead of "normal" panties made of some kind of fabric, hers consisted of a metal chain going around her waist, hooking in the center of her back to a metal triangle that pointed downward with another metal chain acting like the back piece of a thong. I shudder to imagine what the rest of her undergarment was constructed of. It sure didn't look comfortable.

Finally her mom said something to her and she put on a coat to cover her errrr, exposure. Call me a prude, but is this sort of thing common these days? Does this shock anyone else? I wonder what her parents think about her choice of metal undergarments?

Maybe it was a chastity belt? (J/K) If you can describe undies in that much detail and you weren't there to watch the person get dressed, then their clothes are most emphatically inappropriate. I get really annoyed when my almost 12 yr old DS sees the tops of thongs from the top of so-called pants. I think if I saw actual chains I may make a comment "Um either you just escaped from the chain gang or are your chain link undies are hanging out?"

 

[conleyk]

I've seen this happen in the front row of the Festival of the Lion King show. I really think this is a private moment that doesn't need to be shared with 24 cast and crew members and over a thousand guests.

Ok - I haven't read through the whole thread yet and I should probably just keep my mouth shut, but...

Since when is breastfeeding considered shocking? When I nursed my kids you could see less flesh than most girls/women show in their normal tank tops. A blanket over the shoulder and you don't notice a thing.

I am appalled at the folks who are offended by breastfeeding. I don't get offended when you are eating a cookie in line or giving your kid a bottle - don't get offended when women are feeding their children and using their breasts in the manner they were intended to be used.

Ok - going back to my lurk mode now.

 

[IloveWINNIEthePOOH]

or possibly the hot pants that normally go under cheerleading skirts.

Ah, good ol reliable "spankies." Being a cheerleader, and knowing that, unfortunately, some of the other cheerleaders around find it ok to walk about in their spankies, be any public place, they will. And I don't know how (they tend to be miserably uncomfortable)
But they do, and it is, to be as discreet as possible, disgusting!


Adding on to the showing of undies shockers. We were walking down Main St. and a mother with a husband and a child bends down to pick something up and her slingshot graciously pops out. Kiddo then says, "Daddy, mommy has diapers like the fat sweaty wrestlers!" Father and child both die laughing, and mother just blushes away!

 

[dwheatl]

Ok - I haven't read through the whole thread yet and I should probably just keep my mouth shut, but...

Since when is breastfeeding considered shocking? When I nursed my kids you could see less flesh than most girls/women show in their normal tank tops. A blanket over the shoulder and you don't notice a thing.

I am appalled at the folks who are offended by breastfeeding. I don't get offended when you are eating a cookie in line or giving your kid a bottle - don't get offended when women are feeding their children and using their breasts in the manner they were intended to be used.

Ok - going back to my lurk mode now.

I like what I read in an etiquette book many years ago. If you're the mom, you throw a clean cloth diaper, blanket, or whatever over yourself to be somewhat discreet. If you are a bystander, for heaven's sake don't stare, and if the baby pulls the blanket away (as my kids would occasionally do), that's on an etiquette par with someone's skirt being blown by the wind, so look away and give 'em some space.

As for the smacking of kids, I have to admit that I was a shock to others the first time my kids were old enough (7 & 9) to ride Space Mountain without me. They went ahead of us in line, and when we got off, they took off running. There was a huge crowd, and they disappeared into it. My husband and I searched and called for about 10 minutes (okay maybe only 5, but it seemed like forever). It turns out the kids were hiding from us and dodging around a pillar to stay out of sight.
They came out giggling and said that we looked funny looking for them. I swatted them both on the behind (something I did maybe 5 times throughout their childhood) and told them never to disappear like that again. Some teenager coming off the ride with his friends sarcastically said, "Nice mom!" to which I replied "Shut up and mind your own business." I am normally very mild-mannered, but I have to admit, vacation lack of sleep + crowds + smart-alecky kids got the best of me, and I shocked myself. The only defense I can offer is at least I never emptied a dirty diaper into someone's purse.

 

[wtpntigger2]

Ok - I haven't read through the whole thread yet and I should probably just keep my mouth shut, but...

Since when is breastfeeding considered shocking? When I nursed my kids you could see less flesh than most girls/women show in their normal tank tops. A blanket over the shoulder and you don't notice a thing.

I am appalled at the folks who are offended by breastfeeding. I don't get offended when you are eating a cookie in line or giving your kid a bottle - don't get offended when women are feeding their children and using their breasts in the manner they were intended to be used.

Ok - going back to my lurk mode now.

And I don't ask you to cover your head when you're eating so please don't ask me to do the same to my child.

Fortunately we haven't had any major shocks that I can think of, but I was quite upset at the teenage girls that tried to cut in front of my dd3 for a pic with Aladdin. Granted he was a hottie but dd was there first. Wait your turn!

 

[kaysmommie]

What gets me is when I see a young girl wearing short shorts, and they have something scrawled across the butt. Whether it says "princess", "cheer", "hottie", or something even less appropriate, to me it's like saying, "my butt is a billboard, everyone have a look!" It does draw attention to their backside, and with all the pedophiles around, I wouldn't want anyone staring at my kid's butt. Just my humble "childless" opinion.

Like Juicy written across the butt! I would never wear or let DD when she grows up wear something like that.

 

[kaysmommie]

I like what I read in an etiquette book many years ago. If you're the mom, you throw a clean cloth diaper, blanket, or whatever over yourself to be somewhat discreet. If you are a bystander, for heaven's sake don't stare, and if the baby pulls the blanket away (as my kids would occasionally do), that's on an etiquette par with someone's skirt being blown by the wind, so look away and give 'em some space.

As for the smacking of kids, I have to admit that I was a shock to others the first time my kids were old enough (7 & 9) to ride Space Mountain without me. They went ahead of us in line, and when we got off, they took off running. There was a huge crowd, and they disappeared into it. My husband and I searched and called for about 10 minutes (okay maybe only 5, but it seemed like forever). It turns out the kids were hiding from us and dodging around a pillar to stay out of sight.
They came out giggling and said that we looked funny looking for them. I swatted them both on the behind (something I did maybe 5 times throughout their childhood) and told them never to disappear like that again. Some teenager coming off the ride with his friends sarcastically said, "Nice mom!" to which I replied "Shut up and mind your own business." I am normally very mild-mannered, but I have to admit, vacation lack of sleep + crowds + smart-alecky kids got the best of me, and I shocked myself. The only defense I can offer is at least I never emptied a dirty diaper into someone's purse.

While I try to never hit my little kids something like this is understandable. If there safety was and issue like my 2 or 6 YO running into the street or dissapearing in a store then I would possibly swat someones butt too. It's not like you were screaming and cursing. I can see how aggravating this would be.

 

[Bouncing4Tigger]

What gets me is when I see a young girl wearing short shorts, and they have something scrawled across the butt. Whether it says "princess", "cheer", "hottie", or something even less appropriate, to me it's like saying, "my butt is a billboard, everyone have a look!" It does draw attention to their backside, and with all the pedophiles around, I wouldn't want anyone staring at my kid's butt. Just my humble "childless" opinion.

I so agree with this!! Why would you want someone watching your childs butt? My sister is one that doesn't see a problem with these types of pants. She says what is the difference between these shorts and tshirts with sayings on them? States the sayings on shirts brings attention to the chest area.

 

[mama4]

Ok - I haven't read through the whole thread yet and I should probably just keep my mouth shut, but...

Since when is breastfeeding considered shocking? When I nursed my kids you could see less flesh than most girls/women show in their normal tank tops. A blanket over the shoulder and you don't notice a thing.

I am appalled at the folks who are offended by breastfeeding. I don't get offended when you are eating a cookie in line or giving your kid a bottle - don't get offended when women are feeding their children and using their breasts in the manner they were intended to be used.

Ok - going back to my lurk mode now.

It's about time someone stood up for breastfeeding mom's on this thread

 

[tkd lisa]

I have one from last weekend. And yes, it's a bit judgemental, but it shocked me and the kids.

My 14 year old DD and 12 3/4 year old DS and I were staying at Ft. Wilderness. We were waiting on a boat to MK, and I pulled out the sunscreen to put on all of us. We use the spray stuff, and it was kind of windy, so I was being pretty careful about applying it. There was a family behind us (Mom, Dad, and 3 year old boy in a stroller). Seeing the sunscreen, Mom said "Oh, yes. We need to put sunscreen on you, jr." Little boy says "No." Mom says "You need sunscreen so you don't get burned." Little boy says "No!" a little louder. Mom pulls out the sunscreen lotion and approaches stroller. Little boy screams "No. Don't want it!"

I try to be helpful, thinking maybe he'd let her put on the spray stuff, say "Would you like to try mine?" Mom says "Honey, would you let me use that?" Son says "NOOOOO. You're stupid Mommy!"

My kids stood their with their mouths open. DD started trying to talk to him, but I told her to stay out of it. The dad said "well, if you won't put on sunscreen, I guess we'll just have to go back to the RV." The boy said "No sunscreen." The boat pulled up, and they got on. That child never did get sunscreen, but he got to go to the MK. Think they'll have problems when he's 16?

My kids even said "Mom, why did they let that little boy talk to his mom that way? She was just trying to take care of him!"

 

[philaround]

Ok - I haven't read through the whole thread yet and I should probably just keep my mouth shut, but...

Since when is breastfeeding considered shocking? When I nursed my kids you could see less flesh than most girls/women show in their normal tank tops. A blanket over the shoulder and you don't notice a thing.

I am appalled at the folks who are offended by breastfeeding. I don't get offended when you are eating a cookie in line or giving your kid a bottle - don't get offended when women are feeding their children and using their breasts in the manner they were intended to be used.

Ok - going back to my lurk mode now.

I agree with you completely as to the descreet mom feeding her child. The only time I have a problem is when the mom is NOT being descreet. That being said, of the more then a dozen times I have seen a mom breastfeeding, only once was it completely obvious with excessive amount of chest showing. The other times I can't even be absolutely sure that mom was breastfeeding. The only indication that she was breatfeeding was the position of the child under a blanket.

 

[mikymouse]

My kids hate putting on the sunscreen and have been known to be quite loud on their opinions of me of my bottle of lotions. The parent's hopefully put on the sunscreen before going into the park or went back on the return boat to carry out the consequences. Maybe they wanted to avoid a show down on the boat. We are very matter of fact with our kids (Sunscreen before pool, etc..and we don't go without compliance end of story, no discussion). At Disney we let things slide a lot more than at home and picked our battles (sunscreen was a safety issue and it was a must happen) but we did have melt downs and I am sure some people were shocked at our response/no response. Maybe this is why this thread is going on for so long.... families on the slide on vacation will produce shocking behavior be it from action or no action to their toddlers behavior.

 

[HooKooDooKu]

Hey HooKooDooKu! Dare I ask what the mom actually saw that made her cover the kid's eyes? Just call it lurid curiosity on my part. After the bikini top brouhaha on this thread I could use a good stiff shocker.

Let me point out the obvious for those that don't get it...

The name of the ride is "Snow White's Scary Adventures". Some how my mom missed the "Scary" part and decided it would be a good ride to two children that were 3-4 yo. They get on the ride, children get scared mom has to hold her hands over the girls eyes to keep them from seeing the scary things. While we were at the park for a full day, the only two things I think she remembers about the day was this ride and the long lines for lunch.

Ok - I haven't read through the whole thread yet and I should probably just keep my mouth shut, but...

For those that have not read through the whole post, we had the "Off Topic" debates on the appropriate/inappropriateness of breast feeding in public. We don't need to risk this thread being closed by hashing the debate again.

 

[tkd lisa]

About the sunscreen, the parents were definitely not going to make the child leave. They didn't even react to his statement until they realized my kids were staring. It was pretty obvious that the child won that battle.

I've got two very strong willed kids and I recognize that there are battles of will. But these parents weren't even trying hard.

 

[Teresa Pitman]

I think it is unfortunate when people say "discreet" breastfeeding is okay but "not-discreet" breastfeeding is a problem, because the first can turn into the second in the blink of an eye! A baby pulls off the blanket (who wants to eat under a blanket especially on a hot Florida day?) or a toddler refuses to have his head covered at all, or the baby hears a noise and lets go of the breast and turns away - a million things can happen.

Breastfeeding is so important in terms of infant health, maternal health, and reducing health care costs that we should all be doing what we can to support breastfeeding mothers. That means that when mothers breastfeed in public, and we are uncomfortable watching, we can just look somewhere else. And at WDW there are always many other things to catch our attention!

Teresa

 

[Darian]

I have seen alot of girls wearing items like these on south street in philly...... does make you wonder how comfortable they can be.

kaw1218 Having never visited Philly I'm not familiar with the type of area south street is. Is it perchance a "red light" district" or are the girls you mention just regular kids? I must be so out of touch with the lastest in teenage fashion. Maybe they are all into S&M. Just a thought.....

 

[DisneyMagic73]

Of course breastfeeding is alright to do BUT it should be discreet....and there are family places you can go in the WORLD to do it in private so you don't have to be covered up.....people are going to disagree on this subject so it is better to put it to rest before it goes on and on........

The most shocking thing I saw was a few years ago at the MK where this father was SCREAMING at his kids calling them every name you could and dragged her by her hair to the stoller (she had to be about 4) and was just being horrible to her and the mother just stood there and said not a word....a CM went over to speak to him-nto sure what he said but that family left right after that.

 

[Darian]

The most shocking thing I saw was a few years ago at the MK where this father was SCREAMING at his kids calling them every name you could and dragged her by her hair to the stoller (she had to be about 4) and was just being horrible to her and the mother just stood there and said not a word....a CM went over to speak to him-nto sure what he said but that family left right after that.

Oh man, that kind of treatment of a precious child makes my blood boil. There is a special place in Hell for people like that. I won't call them parents as that type isn't worthy of the title. Good for the CM to intervene. That is definitly a real shocker.

 

[snusnu]

It's about time someone stood up for breastfeeding mom's on this thread

Guys, this has been discussed ad nauseaum on this thread. Do a search and you'll see. This is not the place and I don't want this thread to get shut down! NO MORE BREASTFEEDING TALK!

 

[Flora Fan]

This happened a few years back. I don't remember which parade it was, but my mom had managed to find a place toward the front of the crowd. Dad and I stayed toward the back in a shady spot. A few minutes after the grand marshalls had gone by, mom comes back mad as a hornet. She begins to tell us of this mother who was upset with her son because he did not want to go to the back of the crowd and stand with his dad. He tried to tell his mom that he could not see the parade from back there. But the mom just gets upset and tells the boy that she is trying to video tape the parade so they watch it when they get home and remember how wonderful it was. Well the little boy is crying his eyes out by this time, but does what his mother asks and goes back to stand at the back of the crowd with dad (who was minding a little one asleep in a stroller). Some memory for that little boy, huh? I wonder if he cried everytime he saw the video. I just don't get it