Stupid people

The best thing I did when we went through infertility was joining a forum. There is one particular thread that was incredibly interesting: People say the dumbest things when you're trying to conceive. Among them were "Are you SURE you want one of these..."

I'd like to point out that these stupid comments don't stop once you actually conceive (and birth) a child. While grocery shopping with my friend today, her son started crying. My son cried the two previous stores and I don't believe I got many funny looks and I tend to shrug off my baby crying because, well...there's not much you can do about it. I did rig up the Mei Tai to be able to nurse in public (OMG lifesaver). So, baby was crying because he demands his milk be a certain temperature (damn picky babies-Jack has to start on one boob and switch to the other at night or he screams) and that just wasn't happening in the grocery store. Understandable. Like Jack used to be, baby is so quiet that you almost can't hear him from the next aisle over. It's so cute and now I understand what people were saying when they said "just wait" about the screaming. However, some jerkwad cashier and someone else had the audacity to discuss, IN FRONT OF MY FRIEND AND HER SCREAMING SON, the most annoying sounds in the world. They compared it to torture tapes played while interrogating Gitmo prisoners. WTF? Seriously, dude, get over it. It's a baby. They cry.

Well, I was oblivious to this discussion because I was focused on getting us out of there quickly. However, I was appraised of the situation after leaving. I couldn't let this go. Well, my son had fallen asleep in his carseat, so I called the store and complained to the manager. He was very nice and understanding. He has two children and promised to speak to the employee that was rude. I can't stand for this treatment to anyone. As a mom, I know my kid is annoying when he screams. I also know that there's not much you can do besides feed or change such baby. Would these customers and employees rather we whipped out the diaper bag and change a dirty diaper on the tomatoes? Yeah, I'm thinking no.

This goes along with people being upset that babies cry on airplanes. They cannot control the volume of their voice. Much like these same people that cannot control their "inappropriate comment" section of their minuscule brains. I cry on airplanes and have been known to cry out loud because my ears hurt so bad. I remember one trip when I was 12 that was absolutely horrible. It was the same trip in which I moved to Washington. I was upset and crying already, so the pressure didn't help my sinuses or my ears. It was awful.

I really should write my art paper rather than post a blog. Oh well.