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I have a hard time not judging
When I see a 14mth old at the park drinking iced tea out of the bottle and the Mom is proud of this because she is getting him off of the Kool Aide.
Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/9/11 - 34:24 - 1st race evah!
Kelly Monaghan's 5K - 5/15/11 - 3rd Place in AG
Walk the Talk 5K - 5/18/11 - 31:12 PR
Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/14/12 - 1st race of the year, 32:45
Kelly Monaghan's 5K - 5/15/11 - 3rd Place in AG
Walk the Talk 5K - 5/18/11 - 31:12 PR
Ridley Run 3.1 - 4/14/12 - 1st race of the year, 32:45
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Re: I have a hard time not judging
This reminds me of what happened to me last week.
I was in the little convenient store in our town and there was a lady there with her 4 year old son talking to the cashier. I got the impression that the cashier was the mom of the lady (and grandma of the son). Well, the son kept running around like a maniac and picking up stuff and the mom kept having to yell at him. At one point, he picks a candy bar up and says he wants it and mom says no. So the boy threatens to pee in his pants. Mom says "if you pee in your pants, I will whoop you."
Meanwhile, sitting on the counter is a water bottle filled with a neon green liquid. It's clearly Mountain Dew. Cashier asks the lady about the drink. Lady says it belongs to the 4 year old and confirms that it is Mountain Dew.
Mind you, this was at 8:00 in the morning.
I judged. I judged a lot.
I judged a grandmother yesterday at the car dealership. Her granddaughter was a month older than R. She was wearing a Disney princess baseball cap, Dora T-shirt, pink capri pants (that were wet...she had peed her pants) and Disney princess sandals. She had 6 juice boxes in an hour, and was eating a bag of chips.
Um, yeah. She would not be watching my kid.
Are you judging her clothing? Yes, the wet pants and juice box stuff are bad, but who cares what she's wearing? It's not like she had a SlipKnot shirt on.