A woman at my 7 year old daughter's dance class today asked how many children I have. I patted my belly and said, "This is number 7."
She gave a a stunned look before replying "Oh my, that's way too many."
The very next thing in my mind was the song "Boy for Sale" from the musical Oliver!.
That's just the sick way my mind works. People are rude and I answer with Broadway musicals. No smart retorts, just quiet humming and a little chuckling to myself for the next half hour.
Honestly, what does she want me to do with the overages?
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I am always shocked how often people feel he need to share their opinions. Congratulations on your beautiful family!
That poor, poor woman. Just imagine how horrible her own children must be (through her fault, her most grievous fault ((Catholic joke)) to have that attitude towards even other peoples children. UGH! -Loretta
I always imagine that their purgatory will be in a daycare...
Who the heck says something like that? REally. Ugg. Although I could spend so much time thinking and writing about that - I'mm to excited that someone else has broadway running through their mind at all times. LOVE IT.
Sometimes I get online and look up Broadway shows and airline tickets to NYC. Ummmmm, what the heck? We've got 3 kids 3 and under over here and sometimes I wonder how all the bills will be paid. I just need to keep the dream alive :0
*urp*
I was just reading funny comebacks for rude remarks about large families, but I have to go find the link. They're very good!
Ok, here's that link. http://www.ncregister.com/blog/snappy-answers-for-stupid-questions-about-your-big-family
My personal favorite is "we'll stop when we get an ugly one"!
Okay, I'm going to go at this from another angle. Not everyone says those type things as an insult. Sometimes it is just a reaction from shock. I'm not saying that this person wasn't insulting, I'm just saying not everyone means to be.
No manners, that woman. She isn't God or you; she doesn't get to choose how many children are too many.
Too bad people in real life don't break out in song and dance.
Even if it was a case of the mouth reacting before the brain could stop it, any decent person would have realized that what they said sounded rude, apologized, and tried to cover.
Barbara - Absolutely.
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