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Does it bother you when a stranger?

teakumteakum
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touches you LO? Sometimes it drives me crazy in a store or church and other times I don t care. I guess my big issue is just dont touch her hands and face. And don t cought then want to touch all over her. It grossed me so out yesterday but I kept my mouth shut. This sickly old lady with a used Kleenex in her hand was loving all over K yesterday in Target. i finally had to pick her up and move to another part of the store. YUCK. Anyway

Does it drive you nuts when a stranger touches you child

or no big deal.

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Re: Does it bother you when a stranger?

  • moroccojademoroccojade member

    Some random weirdo in a store?  Yes, it would bother me.  But it's actually never happened. 

    At church it used to happen a lot.  But it was good for my career, so I didn't mind.  ;)

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  • teakumteakum
    okay I have to ask. What is your career?Smile
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  • Dani123Dani123

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I see em coming and just in my mind "please dont touch, please dont touch" lol  Im chanting! lol

    I dont mind a stroke on the leg or a pat on the head BUT NOT ON THE FACE!!

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  • moroccojademoroccojade member

    imageteakum:
    okay I have to ask. What is your career?Smile

    When I'm not moroccojade, I'm Pastor Jade.  Everyone loves DD.  She makes me look good.  ;)

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  • teakumteakum
    Ohh pastor JADE thats really cool!
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  • brightningbrightning member

    Every once in a while someone pats her head, which I usually don't mind too much.

    Luckily, my DD is so clingy that she won't let people tocuh her. When she was a baby, if someone tried to touch her, I'd say, "Please don't touch my baby." I also refused to tell strangers her name. Or sometimes I'd lie.

    I'm getting better, though I still hate it when people ask her name. But now that she's old enough to understand, I don't really know how to politely say, "It's none of your business." I know she'll repeat whatever I say and if she's every separated from us, I don't want her telling the police her name is none of their business!

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  • April37April37
    People would try to touch DD all.the.time when she was a baby and it drove me NUTS!  Thank goodness it doesn't happen now that she's older.
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  • abpdjsabpdjs
    it makes me skeeve when strangers touch Carsons face at any age.  soooo many germs transfer from hands to face, and i am not a germophobe either.
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  • neverblushedneverblushed member
    Like brightning's DD, my kids were so shy that they would flinch away from strangers touching them.  People got the message pretty quickly!
    High School English teacher and mom of 2 kids:

    DD, born 9/06/00 -- 12th grade
    DS, born 8/25/04 -- 7th grade
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