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prisbattySHE WROTE:
So I'm in the nuts and dried fruits aisle at the local Whole Foods Supermarket, and I am manically reading all the labels and ingredients in EVERYTHING I PUT IN MY BASKET.
A blonde yuppie in a business suit and a hands free head set walks by me and my twins, who are fighting over a rubber bat (ok, I admit, its a squaky dog chew toy. from last halloween...)
aand she stops and looks at them with this mixture of confusion and discust with a hint of a nervous smile and looks back at me
"Hello", I say loudly, cocking my head to the side.
"awww, I was just admiring the babies. Twins?"
"They sure are "
"Awww, are you a nanny?"
"Why do you say that?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just...you look....too young, to be a mother"
I laugh, "Too young or too weird?"
She laughs nervously, "How old are they?", she changes the subject by leaning over and cooing at my baby girl.
"They are 1 years old, or in goth, that means 106"
She returns back to her cart and says m"well, they are very cute" and begans to fill a bag with almonds.
I am still reading the label on a bag of gluten free pancake mix, and she is almost walking away when she says ,"You know, I am watching you read all the labels, I thought moms like you wouldn't be uptight or care about what your kids eat"
She tosses her hair and smiles..
I immedietley assess the situation-
yuppie
versus
freak
in the nuts and fruits aisle
blood shed
or
do the roll off ?
"Yeah, I like to know what chemicals they eat because this society is obsessed with giving children medication for absolutley everything so keeping them as healthy as possible so they dont join the race of overly-medicated, impatient, shallow lab rat future yuppies..if I fed them mcdonalds everyday, theyd be fat and less likely to be able to run from your bully, overly confident with half the brains spoiled t.v brat when my child says something quirky and slightly offensive"
ok...
thats what I WANTED to say..
what I really said was
"Yeah you should know, labels are like, everything" in an obnoxious valley girl voice.
She got offended and left.
I win
I REPLIED
I personally look at every moment like this as an opportunity to be an ambassador for all freakdom.
A dazzlingly brilliant epithet proving educated choices is more likely to deconstruct societal prejudices.
A quip will help lock their misconceptions in place.
I chose to 'get over' being offended years ago. They are 'normal' because of fear. If one chooses to say 'god bless' to me, why should I choose to be offended? They are wishing me well in the limited vocabulary they have. The best way to disarm them is to reply "and also to you."
Saccharin was indeed called for. Your earlier longer reply a gem... but why presume her kids are TV bully brats?
MAYBE the powers that be put her in your path to give you an opportunity t deconstruct her fears? OR maybe to teach you BOTH something about prejudice?
In any case, what did that incident teach ALL your children?
oh go shove it up your freshly waxed...
S.U.V!!!!!So I'm in the nuts and dried fruits aisle at the local Whole Foods Supermarket, and I am manically reading all the labels and ingredients in EVERYTHING I PUT IN MY BASKET.
A blonde yuppie in a business suit and a hands free head set walks by me and my twins, who are fighting over a rubber bat (ok, I admit, its a squaky dog chew toy. from last halloween...)
aand she stops and looks at them with this mixture of confusion and discust with a hint of a nervous smile and looks back at me
"Hello", I say loudly, cocking my head to the side.
"awww, I was just admiring the babies. Twins?"
"They sure are "
"Awww, are you a nanny?"
"Why do you say that?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just...you look....too young, to be a mother"
I laugh, "Too young or too weird?"
She laughs nervously, "How old are they?", she changes the subject by leaning over and cooing at my baby girl.
"They are 1 years old, or in goth, that means 106"
She returns back to her cart and says m"well, they are very cute" and begans to fill a bag with almonds.
I am still reading the label on a bag of gluten free pancake mix, and she is almost walking away when she says ,"You know, I am watching you read all the labels, I thought moms like you wouldn't be uptight or care about what your kids eat"
She tosses her hair and smiles..
I immedietley assess the situation-
yuppie
versus
freak
in the nuts and fruits aisle
blood shed
or
do the roll off ?
"Yeah, I like to know what chemicals they eat because this society is obsessed with giving children medication for absolutley everything so keeping them as healthy as possible so they dont join the race of overly-medicated, impatient, shallow lab rat future yuppies..if I fed them mcdonalds everyday, theyd be fat and less likely to be able to run from your bully, overly confident with half the brains spoiled t.v brat when my child says something quirky and slightly offensive"
ok...
thats what I WANTED to say..
what I really said was
"Yeah you should know, labels are like, everything" in an obnoxious valley girl voice.
She got offended and left.
I win
I REPLIED
I personally look at every moment like this as an opportunity to be an ambassador for all freakdom.
A dazzlingly brilliant epithet proving educated choices is more likely to deconstruct societal prejudices.
A quip will help lock their misconceptions in place.
I chose to 'get over' being offended years ago. They are 'normal' because of fear. If one chooses to say 'god bless' to me, why should I choose to be offended? They are wishing me well in the limited vocabulary they have. The best way to disarm them is to reply "and also to you."
Saccharin was indeed called for. Your earlier longer reply a gem... but why presume her kids are TV bully brats?
MAYBE the powers that be put her in your path to give you an opportunity t deconstruct her fears? OR maybe to teach you BOTH something about prejudice?
In any case, what did that incident teach ALL your children?
