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dear lady in the grocery store,

Shopper's Corner - Santa Cruz, CA Creative Commons License photo credit: kzamani

Thank you for not asking me “if I know what causes that” when eyeballing my four young children while I paid a hideous amount of money for groceries for our little family.

Thank you for telling me that my daughter was beautiful, and for handing me my receipt without further comment.

Your silence on the matter was a victory of self-restraint. (Yes, I could read in your eyes what you were thinking.) But you didn’t say it. You didn’t force me into answering it with some trite, Hahaha comment that I didn’t really mean.

(I come up with great answers, by the way, when I’m back in the car, but never in the moment. So you saved me from that.)

You made my shopping experience much better.

Sincerely,

A Happy-but-irritated-by-instrusive-comments-from-strangers Mom.

Discussion

There are 2 comments battling for the truth!

  1. You know what causes that right?

    Words by jose on 0 8 August 11 at 11:55 am | #

  2. my recent answer to that question (4 kids and obviously pregnant with #5) Was, “Yes! We LIKE what causes it!”

    Words by Amanda Akin on 0 25 August 11 at 11:59 am | #

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