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[Cassidy]

Have you ever had a family dislike your family because of something he or she said?

I do. My 8 year old cousin, Anna, did something " threatening " to another family.

We were in our friends car. Driving to a soccer game.

And these two little girls screamed out "YAY!!" at the same time.

Anna yelled, " JINX "

And everyone in the car stopped talking and looked DIRECTLY at her.

And our friends mom said, " Anna, we don't say Jinx in this car. We say SWAMPS. Jinx is a threatening word that can lead to death and kill us all. It's the word of the devil "

And I just stared at the mom. Wondering if that was real or she just got knocked in the head with a dumb bell.

Then the mom said, " Well! Aren't you gonna say sorry? "

I said, " Why should she? She didn't know. "

She said " Well then, I'm going to have to tell your mother for YOUR backtalk. "

Then she told my mom the WHOLE story.

But she said it like this.

" Katherine, when we were in the car Anna screamed out JINX. And everyone should know that is a bad word. That is the devils word! And I asked her very nicely to apologize to everyone and she just sat their defending her. She was laughing and kept saying it. "

__________

Don't you think that is a bit shallow for a mom to lie like that?

Haha. But my mom told her off. She stood RIGHT in her face and said, " DON'T YOU SCREAM AT MY CHILD. "

I love my mom. She is awesome.

And then they both signed. And my mom waited like 10 seconds before they walked away from eachother and she turned around and said quietly

" JINX! "

The other mom handled it bad.

My mom handled it...awesome...ly.

 

[Sparx]

Anna should have apologized. When you're with other people who act differently than you do, you should respect their opinions, and when you offend them, you should apologize. The mother was wrong to scream at you(if she did, i didn't really understand) and your mother was incredibly wrong to defend your sisters (and your) bad manners.

 

[Cassidy]

I didnt really have bad manners. I was just sticking up for her. I didnt say what I said in a rude way really.

 

[Sparx]

I didnt really have bad manners. I was just sticking up for her. I didnt say what I said in a rude way really.

I'm having a hard time understanding all the details, but from what the mother said about anna's refusal to apologize, her (or both of you?) sitting in the back seat repeating it and laughing is where I got the comment about bad manners. Those are bad manners. I understand defending your sister, but she should have apologized.

 

[OneTreeHill]

Your cousin waas only 8 right? She didn't know. She didn't need to apologize for not knowing and from what I understand the other mother delibratley blew in out of proportion to your mother. and that is wrong. you were just sticking up for your cousin and I would have done the same thing.

 

[Pirate Me]

She didn't know but I guess it's just respectful to apologize to someone if they feel offended by what you did.
What offends me is different than what would offend someone else. People have different views and think differently. If someone told me something I didn't like but they thought it was fine, I'd politely tell them that I didn't like what they said and it would be respectful if they apologized.

 

[MrsSparrow..]

I understand there was some kind of misunderstanding but..

I wouldn't be that happy if my mum defended me straight away. She usually listens to both view points and makes a fair and sometimes harsh decision even if the other person is wrong. My mums a teacher and ive met so many parents who do this:
"My daughter/son could not have possibly done anything wrong! HOW DARE YOU!"

I wouldn't have been bragging about the fact your mum jumped on the defence. But I wasn't there, so I dont 100% know.

As for the whole jinx thing, jinx is a devil word? Seriously I had no idea. I say jinx all the time!

-Ashleigh

 

[xo juicy splash]

Anna should have apologized. And I know you were standing up for her, but you speaking out made the situation even worse. Yes, it was wrong for the mother to yell at you. But it was also wrong for your mother to yell at the other mother. If the other mother thinks 'jinx' is a bad word.. who cares? That's her opinion not yours, and you should respect that opinion.

 

[Lizbon]

I think the whole situation was blow out of proportion. Anna didn't know what she said was wrong. Yes she should've apologized, but like I said she didn't know. She shouldn't said "I'm sorry I didn't know you felt that way."

She's also 8 yrs old, so I think the mother over reacted. I think what your mother did was the right thing. I don't really think you were "talking back" to your friends mom. You were defending your cousin.

And, JMO, but for all those who said your mom was wrong to defend you:

From what I understand, Katherine's mother said nothing about her behavior. All she said was "Don't scream at my child." They are 2 different things. Your friends mother had a right to be upset, but should not have screamed at you for something you didn't know. I think it was immature for your friends mom to lie to your mother, but I can understand where both sides are coming from.

 

[imabrat]

Okay,well your cousin didn't know their rule. She should've just said 'Well I didn't know'. I don't think she had to apologize but she could if she wanted.
She's 8,so she was probably too scared to say that,so you stuck up for her. Quite frankly I don't see your comment as backtalk.
I think it's immature of the other mother to tell a lie. I would've told my mom straight forward that was a lie.
However, I also see it as immature for your mother to 'stand RIGHT in her face and yell 'DON'T YOU SCREAM AT MY CHILD'. She didn't scream at you, she warned you. Your mom should've just said 'Well thanks for that info, I will handle it accordingly'.

JMHO.

BTW,I think the whole "x/y/z is devils word" is a bunch of hooey. If I were you, I would've laughed out loud if someone said that to me.

 

[!magine]

LMAO That's hilarious. So um yeah how is "jinx" the devil's word?

 

[2HOT2touch]

I would have been like I don't believe in the Devil so I don't care.

 

[GirlWithSpunk]

I don't think the little girl did anything wrong.
She didn't know...
I mean her parents didn't teach her that.
The other mom was just out of place there.

 

[reminisce]

while apologizing probably wouldve been polite, its not necessary. besides, mothers love to exaggerate, and as long as you didnt get in trouble i wouldnt worry about it too much

 

[Cassidy]

Anna is my cousin.
Katherine is my mom.
People are getting a bit confused here.

The mom said I kept backtalking and saying Jinx jinx jinx jinx. But I didn't, that was the part of where she was lying.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Anna should've just apologized and left it at that. I hate when people make a big deal over nothing.

 

[CrazyChik]

Well Anna should've apologised and said oh i'm sorry i didn't know or something. It would've been a better idea if you hadn't interefered, adults don't like it when you in any way imply that what they're doing is wrong, that's probably why she then yelled at you because she was flustered. My nan shouts at my sister all the time for ridiculous reasons but i just bite my tongue and say nothing. I'll defend her if it's serious obviously but most of the stuff doesn't concern me and it'll blow oer. The mum shouldn't have lied. While your mom shouting at her probably made her feel a bit bad it was slightly immature and childish. The best way to make someone feel bad is to politely and calmly state the opinion and walk away without waiting for a reply. In WDW this grumpy CM kept moving everyone away from the ride photos and this one woman protested and then said 'well quite frankly ma'am you are the grumpiest CM i have ever met.' then walked away. Twas priceless.

For the record you should've told her that you were just helping her adjust to his vocabulary, after all lying is a sin you can go to hell for.
xD
No you shouldn't have said that but you can't say ahh that's the devils words blah blah blah devil this devil that and then commit a sin for which you can go to hell for