stashbin
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A couple years ago I was at Target and a very frustrated "mother" called her 2 year old a very bad word that only adults, or sailors in a barfight call each other. I was so horrified I stopped and stared her down. She threatened to beat me up for getting involved in her business.
I was in the Wal-mart parking lot last year during Christmas and as I was placing my 3 and 6 year old dd's in the buggy this lady was jabbing on her cell phone using every curse word known to man in front of her children, my children, and every other person in hearing distance. She then told the person on the phone to hold on and then proceeded to smack the crap out of her little boy's head (he had to be as young as 3) and yelled at him "I told your little f****** a** to get your stupid little a** in the car!"
My children looked at me and said "mommy!" So I felt forced to say something. After all, my children were looking at me as if to say "do something". So I politely said, "Mam, I am trying to get my children out of earshot of your filthy mouth as fast as I can. No one wants to hear all of that vulgarity coming out of your mouth." I didn't even say anything about her parenting skills but she came after me in that parking lot in front of my kids and I just stood there and told her if she wanted to hit me in front of my children (and hers) then bring it. I guess she started feeling foolish because everyone was staring at her because she stormed back to her car, threw her child in the back seat with no seat belt, and drove away flipping me the bird.
All I could think about was that poor child. I thought maybe I shouldn't have said anything to her, but I felt like I needed to protect my own children from this viper's mouth!
