Saturday at Party City (while picking out Zoe's Halloween costume, which is entirely a different entry)
Stranger at store: OH, what a sweet little baby. How old?
Me: Almost four months.
Stranger at store: Four months? That baby sure is small for four months. Are you sure t is just four months?
Me: Yup, I am her mom.
Stranger at store: Oh, well, that baby sure is beautiful. BUT I cannot tell if it is a boy or girl.
Me: It's a girl.
Stranger at store: Oh. (then she walks away without another word).
*Okay. Even if I didn't know if a baby was a boy or girl, I probably just wouldn't say anything. Now to the women's defense, she was wearing a orange and red outfit, BUT she was wearing a HUGE flower hat. An to question if I really know how old my child it? For real...who asks that?
Saturday at Walgreens
Clerk: WOW, is all this candy you are buying for you?
Me: No, it's not.
Clerk: Who is it for?
Me: My daughter. We have a countdown calendar to Halloween that you put treats in. Then she gets to open one door to the calendar each day.
Clerk: Oh, I was thinking - wow she is going to eat all that?!
Me: Nope.
Clerk: Still. This is a lot of candy.
*Really clerk at Walgreens?!?! Just ring up my purchases. And what if I was going to eat all this candy by myself? Who says that?
Tonight on my walk
I see a man approaching me on the opposite side of the street. He is walking, with what I am guessing, is his four kids (one being age one in a stroller). He is wearing a LOT of bling around his neck and a watch so big that I am sure it was adding to his workout.
Random man: How you doin'?
Me: Fine, thanks (still walking).
Random man: You got a fresh baby in there?
Me: Yup (no eye contact and walking faster).
Random man: Walking off that baby weight?
Me: You could say that (almost running).
Random man: You keep workin' it out gurl, you lookin' fine.
Me: (running)
*Okay random man with four kids already. No I will not bed you and give you a fifth child to "walk". Really? Who falls for this crap? What did he think I would say/do? Stop and continue the conversation about my "fresh" baby, weight and lookin' "fine"? What plays through guys minds? Why do I even ask that question?
Although there are a LOT of stupid people in this world, who say a lot of dumb things, there are also a lot of smart, witty, sweet people in this world.
Tonight After My Walk
I come home to see I have a flat tire. Creepy bling walk man probably slashed it ;) My neighbors came to my rescue - carrying over a light, tire iron and jack. Knowing that Paul was out of town they just went right to work and didn't even let me say no. They made all the right jokes, said all the right things, all just to make me smile.
I guess this shows us, with the good we have to sometimes take the bad. At least in this case, the "bad" is at least amusing to me.
Lesson of the week, people.....think before you speak.
Actual outfit/hat Roxie was wearing on Saturday. She obviously looks like a 1 week old boy.
