Comments on: Shut up, You. http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: kmrgynpljo http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-14803 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:37:17 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-14803 Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! pxfwyamqcjq Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! pxfwyamqcjq

]]> by: Holly http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3242 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:52:18 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3242 Walmart is always a bitch to get through for us, as well. We have the added fun of being a family of many colors with a large age gap. And while I don't look as young as you, I constantly have people telling me that I am too young to be their mom (in front of them). But my most recent favorite comment was when one coworker told another coworker that I have 10 kids, and the woman replied, with a snarl, "Why?!" Walmart is always a bitch to get through for us, as well. We have the added fun of being a family of many colors with a large age gap. And while I don’t look as young as you, I constantly have people telling me that I am too young to be their mom (in front of them).

But my most recent favorite comment was when one coworker told another coworker that I have 10 kids, and the woman replied, with a snarl, “Why?!”

]]> by: FosterMommy http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3140 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:40:25 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3140 That was a perfect post. I wish i could say that I can't believe you got ALL the stereotypical rude comments. But I can. That last woman is some kind of angel. I don't think we've ever gotten such a wonderful comment like that. Though sometimes people do get it that it's not the kids that are the lucky ones. Blogging is much better than punching out random strangers. And cathartic for all of us! That was a perfect post. I wish i could say that I can’t believe you got ALL the stereotypical rude comments. But I can.
That last woman is some kind of angel. I don’t think we’ve ever gotten such a wonderful comment like that. Though sometimes people do get it that it’s not the kids that are the lucky ones.

Blogging is much better than punching out random strangers. And cathartic for all of us!

]]> by: Shari http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3099 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:01:11 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3099 That was the most perfect post. I have thought/felt all the same things and would love to say some very nasty things to some very rude people. I also bite my tongue, need to set a good example. People can be very nosy/rude but really that is their problem. I always think that they must have very limited experiences in that they can't open up their minds to different possibilities (ie. thinking we are bad parents that don't know what birth control is). You are doing an awesome job, don't let anyone make you feel differently. That was the most perfect post. I have thought/felt all the same things and would love to say some very nasty things to some very rude people. I also bite my tongue, need to set a good example. People can be very nosy/rude but really that is their problem. I always think that they must have very limited experiences in that they can’t open up their minds to different possibilities (ie. thinking we are bad parents that don’t know what birth control is). You are doing an awesome job, don’t let anyone make you feel differently.

]]> by: mominprogress http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3094 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:23:36 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3094 People suck! You're wonderful and although it is stressful welcome to the club :) We have 5 kids total. 4 here The Eldest 12 The Tomboy 9 The Diva 9 Queenie almost 3 and 1 in Alaska that we don't get to see, she's 7. I'm 28 and my hubby works 7 days a week so I cart the 4 around with me everywhere and get all kids of looks and comments. People suck!
You’re wonderful and although it is stressful welcome to the club :)
We have 5 kids total. 4 here
The Eldest 12
The Tomboy 9
The Diva 9
Queenie almost 3

and 1 in Alaska that we don’t get to see, she’s 7.
I’m 28 and my hubby works 7 days a week so I cart the 4 around with me everywhere and get all kids of looks and comments.

]]> by: Mary (Mert) http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3075 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:42:58 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3075 I am here from Maggie's blog... this is the first post of yours that I am reading... and I just want to shout "AMEN!". I used a harness for the first time on my toddler at the mall the other day 9I used the same one on my oldest at the airport for the same reasons, when she was a toddler), I had forgotten how mush people freak out over it. Actually, you don't see people using them much anymore. Here's my philosophy... It's better for me to let my child out of the stroller. She experiences some level of independence and isn't chained to a stroller the whole time, SCREAMING. I don't use it like a leash, jerking my kid back to where I want her to be, I let her roam. the best part is I always know where she is at, just a few feet away from me and she can't run away from us like she usually tries to do... therefore making my 'mall experience" better. I'm not holding a screaming kid who just wants to walk around, one that is practically climbing over me, and I'm also not a neurotic mess that I am going to lose her because she is small and fast, LOL! Best of all, I'm not screaming too, yelling at her to stop running or to stop climbing on things because as i said, she is never more than a few feet away from me, always with me watching. I have learned I am damed if i do, damed if I don't... because either way- semi-quiet and content toddler on a harness, or screaming toddler in my arms/confined to a stroller... Either way, I am getting dirty looks. To which I give them all the finger, mentally. you have to do what is right for you, and I love that you kept t together with these idiots because I'm not sure I would have. Phew, what a comment, huh? Love your blog... bookmarking! I am here from Maggie’s blog… this is the first post of yours that I am reading… and I just want to shout “AMEN!”.

I used a harness for the first time on my toddler at the mall the other day 9I used the same one on my oldest at the airport for the same reasons, when she was a toddler), I had forgotten how mush people freak out over it. Actually, you don’t see people using them much anymore.

Here’s my philosophy… It’s better for me to let my child out of the stroller. She experiences some level of independence and isn’t chained to a stroller the whole time, SCREAMING.

I don’t use it like a leash, jerking my kid back to where I want her to be, I let her roam. the best part is I always know where she is at, just a few feet away from me and she can’t run away from us like she usually tries to do… therefore making my ‘mall experience” better. I’m not holding a screaming kid who just wants to walk around, one that is practically climbing over me, and I’m also not a neurotic mess that I am going to lose her because she is small and fast, LOL!

Best of all, I’m not screaming too, yelling at her to stop running or to stop climbing on things because as i said, she is never more than a few feet away from me, always with me watching.

I have learned I am damed if i do, damed if I don’t… because either way- semi-quiet and content toddler on a harness, or screaming toddler in my arms/confined to a stroller…

Either way, I am getting dirty looks. To which I give them all the finger, mentally. you have to do what is right for you, and I love that you kept t together with these idiots because I’m not sure I would have.

Phew, what a comment, huh? Love your blog… bookmarking!

]]> by: Brandy http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3071 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:41:06 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3071 I *heart* the last woman. I *heart* the last woman.

]]> by: Jen http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3054 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:34:36 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3054 Hey sweetie...if you get a chance can you send me a password to read the password protected stuff??? I don't think I ever got one :) *HUGS* Hey sweetie…if you get a chance can you send me a password to read the password protected stuff??? I don’t think I ever got one :) *HUGS*

]]> by: cluttergirl http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3052 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:55:09 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3052 What a great post. And (having read the three after this) yes, this is THE place to rant, as you can't in public. That last woman was wonderful. Thank god. And thankyou for the reminder of just how lucky I am, now with no kid and no dog, that people don't even notice me and they shut up. For ten yrs of the dog, it was like that. Once in a while I lost it and just yelled at some idiot, when it was the millionth repetition of the same stupid thing or dumb question in two hours. I cannot imagine what it must be like, you and the kids. You need a bazooka. hugs! What a great post. And (having read the three after this) yes, this is THE place to rant, as you can’t in public. That last woman was wonderful. Thank god. And thankyou for the reminder of just how lucky I am, now with no kid and no dog, that people don’t even notice me and they shut up. For ten yrs of the dog, it was like that. Once in a while I lost it and just yelled at some idiot, when it was the millionth repetition of the same stupid thing or dumb question in two hours. I cannot imagine what it must be like, you and the kids. You need a bazooka. hugs!

]]> by: KC http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3042 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:57:18 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2007/02/27/shut-up-you/#comment-3042 Man, I've had days like that with my foster kids. I have come thisclose to answering the "how did you wind up with all those kids?" question with "I'm a huuuuuuuuuuuge whore. Gotta husband?" Man, I’ve had days like that with my foster kids. I have come thisclose to answering the “how did you wind up with all those kids?” question with “I’m a huuuuuuuuuuuge whore. Gotta husband?”

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