Whenever #7 and I leave the house to run errands, I do most of the running and she rides along happily in her sling. She snuggles in and snoozes while the grandmothers we pass sigh in appreciation and a bit of envy at the sight of the little pink bundle which I am privileged to get to carry. But yesterday...yesterday three different women at different times came up to me to take a peek and all three jumped when #7 grunted and moved in her sleep.
"Oh my goodness!" They exclaimed. "I thought that was a doll in there!"
Really? I'm a grown woman. There are no other children with me. Why on earth would I be toting a baby doll around in a sling? Am I giving off that kind of aura of crazy? Look at me from the side....do I look crazy to you?
9 comments:
That is hilarious !
There are, sadly, grown women who DO do that.
The crazier the better...although no one asks if my 20 pound tub of love in a sling is a doll. 'Takes all kinds!
I am looking at my computer sideways, and you look normal to me.
If I ever become one of those women who carry around a doll pretending it's a real baby, I hope someone takes me to a doctor.
Weird! Not only do you look normal, you sound normal. Is there something you are hiding from us? LOL
Scary - have you read "Children of Men"?
Google "reborn dolls" to get a real taste of CRAZY. Gives me the heebie-jeebies!
Sadly, I've seen people have less of a reaction to the people (usually women) who cart their DOGS everywhere to a woman carrying (or wearing)a small baby.
I heard the phenomenon of a grown woman carrying around a doll in public is particularly bad in Japan with elderly women...ones that either don't have grandchildren, or don't get to see theirs very often...sad.
Weird!
Cathmom5
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