You'll never believe what this woman said/did to me in Friday's (about my kids)

[luvmy3]

In light of some recent threads here I thought I would share my experience out to dinner with my kids.
We were seated next to two senior citizen women in the restaurant. There we were minding our own business, eating our food when the women got up to leave. One of them put her hand on my shoulder and told me that my children were lovely and so well behaved. I can't believe she interupted our dinner, and had the nerve to touch me and speak to me. I mean sometimes people just want to be left alone and not be bothered even if we choose to go out in public on a busy Sunday afternoon. What nerve of her











Gotcha
I smiled, thanked her and wished her and her friend happy holidays. I thought it would be nice to hear a story about well behaved kids and friendly older women for a change

 

[TwingleMum]

That was nice of her. Its like Momma always said " If you don't have something nice to say don't say anything.

 

[kathie859]

 

[RunningGirl]

And why is it any of her business how your children behave?!? She should mind her own beewsax.

 

[Disney Hot Mama]

have to disagree with you. I would have been very pleased if someone said that to me.... Usually you get comments when your kids act up but you never hear anything nice when they behave. I would have said thank you to her and gone on with my meal... This would not have bothered me at all.....

 

[Planogirl]

This happened to us during a flight once.

I flew to WDW alone with DS who was about 4. I placed him by the window and I sat in the middle seat. A lady came and sat down by us. I noticed the worried look she gave DS. All he did during the whole flight was quietly look at his books and when the lady got up after landing she told me that traveling by us was a joy and that DS was so well-behaved. I just smiled thinking about how he had his moments from time to time.

Irritating, interfering busybodies!

 

[Micca]

Isn't that a great feeling? I recall a time when our DDs were infants and weren't the most pleasant passengers on a flight. DW and I were concerned for the comfort of other passengers(and dds of course) so we did the best we could. When we were getting off the plane a woman near our seats commented how quiet our DDs were during the flight and she hardly knew they were there. Maybe she was deaf? Maybe she was being sarcastic? We always chose to believe she was just a really nice person recoginizing the stress parents sometimes endure.

 

[mum4jenn]

I know most of this is a take-off on the other threads about strangers commenting on children that are not behaved but.....
doesn't it make you feel great as a parent when strangers comment on your children being good??!!!!

We have always taken our Dd out to restaurants ever since she was only about a week old. We have always expected her to behave in public (and at home). We had several experiences like the OP's when we went out to eat and took our child with us (we never used a babysitter...if Dd was not welcome we did not go) You could see the fear in some people's eyes when we were being seated next to them or even kind of close to them!! We had several times when they would get up to leave they would comment on how well behaved she was and asked what our secret was!! That always made us feel great as parents and we just explained to them that we have always taken her with us so she has always known our expectations!!

GOOD JOB OP!!!!

 

[MAKmom]

You got me

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

have to disagree with you. I would have been very pleased if someone said that to me.... Usually you get comments when your kids act up but you never hear anything nice when they behave. I would have said thank you to her and gone on with my meal... This would not have bothered me at all.....

you didn't read her whole post

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Ooooohhhhh Sooorrrrreeeeee. I'm guilty of going up to well-behaved, school-aged kids on airplanes and informing them (in parents' earshot) that they are wonderful, intelligent kids who are obviously going to wind up doing something important; however did they get to be that way?

I won't bother them anymore as it obviously distracts them from time spent listening to their parents drone.

Who knew?

 

[kirbydog48]

have to disagree with you. I would have been very pleased if someone said that to me.... Usually you get comments when your kids act up but you never hear anything nice when they behave. I would have said thank you to her and gone on with my meal... This would not have bothered me at all.....

Re-read the post! The sarcasm bypassed you!!

 

[dispor]

have to disagree with you. I would have been very pleased if someone said that to me.... Usually you get comments when your kids act up but you never hear anything nice when they behave. I would have said thank you to her and gone on with my meal... This would not have bothered me at all.....

Someone didn't read the whole post!

 

[happygirl]

That was nice of her

 

[themilesfamily]

I think that's WONDERFUL that someone took the time to compliment you on your children. Doesn't that just make your day??? Parenting can be so difficult -- an occasional pat on the back goes a long way.

YAY nice people!!

 

[SaraJayne]

This happened to us during a flight once.

I flew to WDW alone with DS who was about 4. I placed him by the window and I sat in the middle seat. A lady came and sat down by us. I noticed the worried look she gave DS. All he did during the whole flight was quietly look at his books and when the lady got up after landing she told me that traveling by us was a joy and that DS was so well-behaved. I just smiled thinking about how he had his moments from time to time.

Irritating, interfering busybodies!

I just had the same thing happen on our flight home from Disney. I had an older couple ask if my kids were always that well-behaved. I said "no".

I still thanked them for the compliment, though.

 

[mumom95]

Isn't it a great feeling. I've had this happen to me a couple of times in restaurants, it's such a nice feeling to have other people appreciate my kids behavior.

 

[redlight]

That's wonderful.

 

[luvmy3]

Thanks everybody My kids are usually well behaved when we go out but I think they were exceptionally well behaved tonight because the exhaustion from being away for 5 days had set in and they didn't even have the energy left to even talk at the table. Thank goodness, it could have been a whole different experience if they did

 

[Mad4Mickey]

what you should have said was " you are old so you are bad !"