Babystalk, babystalk, it's a wonder you can walk

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blondie
I'm in the deli line at the grocery store. I'm intently looking at the cheeses, and there's some moo and toadler somewhere near me but I don't notice. The toadler apparently said hi to me and moo looks at me and says "She said hi". I just did a little half smile and nodded my head. Then moo gets her order and while she's walking away loudly and sarcastically says, "She said BYE". I just laughed and shook my head.

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Stacie
You people are awfully self centered to think we are just DYING for your attention and approval. Truth of the matter is, our kids are people too.

When a 20 year old says "hello" politely as they pass in a store what do you do? Say "Afternoon" or give a smile or just nod and walk by. That's called normal social interaction. You don't think to yourself "Oh wow that girl was just DESPERATE for my approval and attention and my not saying hello back gives me the smug sense of self-satisfaction that I couldn't give it to her. Boo hoo boo hoo I bet she's crying now because she's just realized she's not the center of the universe."

What's the difference between that 20 year old giving you a passing greeting and my 2 year old smiling at you, waving or saying "hello" from the shopping cart as we pass? 18 years? That's no basis for discrimination.

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Stacie
You people are awfully self centered to think we are just DYING for your attention and approval.

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Stacie
What's the difference between that 20 year old giving you a passing greeting and my 2 year old smiling at you, waving or saying "hello" from the shopping cart as we pass?

A 20-year-old adult belongs in public and most likely has the capacity to properly relate and communicate with other people. Your 2-year-old piece of shit is nothing but a stupid, sticky, ugly mess and you deserve to be beaten with it. Get the fuck back to your breeder boards, you dirty, saggy, stinkin' twat.

By the way...it's supposed to be spelled 'Stacy'.

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Stacie
You people are awfully self centered to think we are just DYING for your attention and approval.

You are, aren't you? Otherwise you wouldn't have come trolling on a childfree board.

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blueorchid

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Stacie
What's the difference between that 20 year old giving you a passing greeting and my 2 year old smiling at you, waving or saying "hello" from the shopping cart as we pass?

A 20-year-old adult belongs in public and most likely has the capacity to properly relate and communicate with other people. Your 2-year-old piece of shit is nothing but a stupid, sticky, ugly mess and you deserve to be beaten with it. Get the fuck back to your breeder boards, you dirty, saggy, stinkin' twat.

By the way...it's supposed to be spelled 'Stacy'.

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myrna minkoff
stacie - in case you are still on here, lurking, let me just say this.

if your kid says "hi" to me in passing, i might say "hi" back and continue on my way, just like i might say "hi" to a 30 year old. or i might not. the difference is that if i am standing in line and your kid keeps telling me "hi! hi! hi!" i can tune him out even though it's kind of irritating, but one of 3 things happen in this situation:

1. you encourage the kid to ramp it up. "oh! are you sayin' HI? does that lady have glasses! they're pretty, huh? who else has glasses like that? auntie mary! " and on and on. your voice, whether you realize it or not, is usually very loud and high-pitched because you want me, the cashier and everyone in a 2 mile radius to tell you how cute your kid is. you may not know you do this, but trust me, you do. it is irritating. stop it.

2. if i don't say hi or i say it once and then stop, your kid will have some kind of tantrum and cry. then i will be the mean lady who made your kid cry. i'm not a mean person, i'm just in a hurry. leave me alone.

3. if i say hi and your kid is roaming around he will assume i am his friend and want to keep talking to me, (by talking i mean gibberish that only you can decipher) following me around usually with his finger up his nose, getting in my way when i'm trying to look at pillow cases or strawberries or whatever. you will do nothing to reign him in, you will think it adorable that your kid has attached himself to my leg and is slobbering on me. i don't know how to pry a two year old off a limb without hurting him.

this happens all the time, stacie - in stores, in restaurants, in coffeehouses, in bars, in libraries, in parks, at the DMV, etc. it is annoying as hell, because it is constant. i know you think your kids are different and special, but the truth is, they aren't. and other parents agree with me, they just won't tell you to your face.

i happen to think my dogs are the greatest gift to the planet since water, but i also know many people don't like or are afraid of dogs, so i am considerate. how would you like it if i brought my dogs everywhere? believe me, you even look at my dogs and they will be on you, tripping you up, tangling the leash around your legs, begging you to pet them, slobbering on you, licking, perhaps barking if you turn away. that wouldn't be very pleasant, would it? of course not. which is why IF i bring my dogs into a store -which is very rare- they are on a short leash. one bark and they're tied up outside or in the car.

maybe you could do the same?