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Originally Posted by eschwartz
I think that may be oversimplifying things.
From the sound of it, Hitch didn't say anything until it became rather obvious that the woman in question was not being responsible about having children.
... which isn't to say that I necessarily agree with that kind of rudeness, but I certainly understand it.
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It wasn't ONLY that the kid slammed me with the cart not less than 15x before I turned around. The 3 that could walk/run ran amok all over the store. The toddler with her--2 or so, I'd guess--screamed and cried constantly. Unfortunately, she apparently came into the store about the same time I did, and so they were +/- an aisle away from me at all times. The baby also cried non-stop. I'm sorry, but no matter HOW distracted she was, not noticing that her kid was mauling me with the cart? Yes, I was rude. But here's my theory on this: any mother so OBVIOUSLY and egregiously overwhelmed with trying to track FOUR kids, with a FIFTH on the way...IMHO, somebody needs to remind her that there
are alternatives to endlessly reproducing.
We see a LOT of very young moms--many not even out of their teens--with a LOT of children here in AZ. It's disturbing.
FWIW: I normally go to great lengths not to be rude. But, yes...I was provoked, not once, but repeatedly. Does it excuse it? Possibly not. However, I strongly suspect that anyone else in that situation would have said something far worse than I did. At least I didn't spank the little bugger, which he royally deserved.
Hitch