This Monday, 10/10/11, will be our third week leading Matt & Ramona’s “Mommy Issues Monday”. The topic next week is “What’s the most ridiculous thing someone said about or to your child(ren)?” We would love for Y-O-U to be part of the discussion each and every week! Leave your comments below and I will read them off during the interview. Even better, call in on Monday!
So here’s my answer to that question.
On me shopping with four children in Harris Teeter on any given day, ESPECIALLY when they were four kids under four years of age.
Random stranger: Are they all YOURS? (gasp)
Me: Ummm, no, I felt like it would be a lot of fun if I grabbed a few extra kids while filling up this brimming shopping cart. You know, I really like it when I pull up to the register only to find 8 boxes of Little Debbie Snacks that I did not authorize.
Seriously people. That is the most ridiculous and rude question ever. And four kids in a family is not that abnormal here in kid-centric Charlotte! I used to get asked that question EVERY time I went out in public.
OK, TAG, YOU’RE IT!!
So while in carpool on Monday, get off your facebook feed and join the Matt & Ramona facebook chat and call 704-338-2071.
Be there or be square!
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We were taking our 4 month old to South Africa (where his father is from) to be Christened. Upon hearing that most homes in South Africa don’t have central heat and air, someone asked me how our 4 month old would regulate his own body temperature if there was no air conditioning. My husband stepped in and said very calmly. Well I was born there and I turned out just fine. In fact, babies are born there every single day and are just fine. It was a combination of stupid/rude/ and just plain outrageous!
For 21 months now, people have been telling me how cute my little boy is. Only problem is I have a daughter! A bald 21 month old little girl. Poor little lamb!
My mother (born and bred in South Korea) watches our children on when I work. My children are fair haired and blue eyed. People are always assuming that she is their nanny and saying things like “oh that’s so cute that they call you grandma! you must be really close to them!” Um, yes, she’s really close to them b/c she is their real grandma!
Oh goodness, where do I start? My daughter is 1/2 Korean & 1/2 Caucasian, so we get a lot of odd encounters while out & about. I had one guy ask if she spoke Korean … she was 4 months old. I have also had a lot of people ask if her dad was ‘oriental’? Umm, rugs are oriental – people are asian.
I have dark brown hair and brown eyes. My daughter has very light hair and big blue eyes (she’s identical to my husband). One day while shopping, I was asked this question:
Stranger: Does she look like her father?
My response: No, she looks just like the mailman