I go everywhere with my kids – in fact it’s rare to see me without them. Since I am unable to drive a car (medical reasons) I walk with my three kids in toe – everywhere. In the summers especially we pretty much make daily trips to the grocery store. 2 summers ago I would have Big P & Princess R strapped in our double stroller and Babe E wrapped securely in our Moby Wrap.
We got a lot of looks, “aw”s and unsolicited comments. Here are the 7 dumbest things that people have said to me at the grocery store while out with the kids:
my kid screams sometimes... & no, I wont give her a cookie cause you are annoyed.
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::What is the dumbest thing someone has said to you while out with your kids?::
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Twitter: lilmscreant
October 4, 2011 at 10:18 am
A) in regards to my 6-month old daughter “A Girl? But she’s wearing BLUE!” um.. yeah. A Blue DRESS.
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Twitter: TeniBear10
October 4, 2011 at 10:36 am
Wait. You have three kids, and someone reacted as though that’s a lot?! What the hell? I’d hate to see what they’d have said to my great-grandmother (18 kids!) or either of my grandmothers (6 each)… Or me sometime in the future (aiming for four living + our son who died)
Dumbest thing someone’s said to me… Well, the dumbest was the midwife who asked if I wanted to know the sex of my son. But that obviously wasn’t out shopping. Maybe the woman who asked a million questions about how “hard” I was finding breastfeeding. She wouldn’t believe me when I said I was having no trouble.
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Twitter: adayinmollywood
October 4, 2011 at 10:44 am
Something along the lines of “I bet you won’t go for a third!”
It’s usually when both boys are acting up. But come on. The state of my uterus is not up for discussion.
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Geez! Some folks just don’t understand polite.
I tune out all that nonsense so I don’t remember most of the stupid things people said.
When the kids were babies I do remember a lot of people asking me if they were good babies. Uh, she’s 3 months, of course she’s good.
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Twitter: adriennemay
October 4, 2011 at 12:40 pm
I don’t remember the exact comments but I look young and my son is bi-racial so people usually assume I am/was a 16 year old mom or I am the nanny. I am 26 thank you and yes, he is my son.
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“Are they all yours?” is my favorite.
Some people have no manners.
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Unbelievable! Sometimes people are so clueless! Great post! I’m a 3-kid mom too. Except mine are 18,21, and 24!
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Twitter: mytimeasmom
October 4, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Sometimes people amaze me at what they will say. It’s like they don’t think before speaking.
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Twitter: randi094
October 4, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Um, wow. This list is insane! I have one daughter who is 28 months. I had a friend actually insinuate that I “chose” a large age gap between kids. Actually, no, I’ve been TTC since April and what you said is very, very hurtful. Ugh
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Devan, you always make me smile!
My kids are just shy of 6 years apart. When I was expecting the second time people would look at me with my 5 year old and one of the following would be said:
1. Oops?
2. Was this planned?
3. How come you waited so long?
I look young too so now when I tell people that I have a 21 year old and a 15 year old they ask if I was a “really young” mother.
Twitter: daddyrunsalot
October 4, 2011 at 1:54 pm
My favorite is “you must have your hands full” anytime I’m out with mine.
When asked their ages (they’re 7 months apart), I love the looks I get when I explain that “my wife is very understanding.”
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“It looks like your boy is going to be thick!”
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Twitter: LaceyJane
October 4, 2011 at 6:52 pm
wooowww!!!!!!!!! Great post!! I am barely into my second trimester and people are already saying some pretty astounding things to me. I’ll have to start writing them down for a future blog post.
One I got recently:
“Are you going to breastfeed? Breastfed boys make the best lovers!!”
….um- what?
Well Devan…as you know I am a mom of 10 month old twin boys. The stupidest question I always get is….”Are they identical?” Are you kidding me, did you even look at my babies??? One has brown hair and brown eyes and olive’ish skin and the other has blond hair and blue eyes and is fair skinned….Anyway the response when I say no is usually “well, you never know” Ummm ya, identical means identical my boys are not!!!!
The other thing people do is they walk up to me in a store and say..”twins?” and the 2 responses I always want to come back with are 1) “Twins??what? where did the other one come from?” or 2) “Twins? OMG what happened to the other one? Honest, I had three when I walked in here”
My life is going to be full of stupid questions…
Mine has to be the dental assistant who asked why I would shorten my daughter’s femine name to a boy nick name.
I had an old lady come up to me and my approx 6 month old son and say, “How precious! I don’t see how anyone could think about hurting a baby.”
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And I’m like…the first thing you think of when you see a cute baby is to think of people hurting babies? That was just weird to me.
Twitter: handshomeblog
October 6, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Some people really have no filter! I used to get asked if C and S were twins all the time. I just looked at them blankly. At the time S was 11 months and C was 2. Yes they are close in age but an 11 mo-old and a 2 year-old do look a lot different. I was also asked once “when I was due” when S was wrapped in a Moby. Her head was sticking out for crying out loud! I just have to laugh though.
Twitter: beckyjwebb
October 11, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Oh my goodness. This is sad and so funny at the same time. I hate it when people always say “wow, you have your hands full” when I’m with my two kids. And, then I’m thinking yeah, and you know I want more kids…
Are they all yours is definitely one I get.
Considering how much alike my boys look, if they aren’t all mine, then none of them are.
Then I get “Are they twins?” pointing to my oldest and middle. And then when I say no, they point to middle and youngest and as if they are twins. Idiots.
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