My trip to Hell....OOPS, I mean the Mall....

[fairymom]

I took the girls to the mall yesterday. I used to LOVE going to the mall. I was a complete mall rat. Even if I didn't have money, I still liked to check out all the new styles. Yesterday was the WORST mall experience EVER!

So, to begin with, I was walking through the food court, and I saw these 2 teenage girls holding hands. I thought this was awesome, 2 girls not afraid of their sexuality. I smiled at them, and kept on walking. Then a passed a table with a young girl and her father. This girl was probably anywhere from 8-11. She also saw the girls holding hands. She turned to her father and said "Look those girls are holding hands!" The father turned and said "That's fucking disgusting. I hope they rot in hell. I better not ever see you even talk to nasty perverts like that. There are children here, they should keep their dirty sex habits to themselves!" I was so shocked, I stopped dead in my tracks. I could not believe that this man was teaching his young daughter to hate. I was just disgusted. I just wanted to scream. This girl is still young enough not to understand what real hate is, and this jackass is teaching it to her! I seriously cannot stand people like that! They are just the ugliest people to me. I don't even want to be even remotely associated with people like that.

Then, later, I was letting Lily play in the playarea at the mall. I was just letting her run around, and she was doing really great for about an hour. Arwen was getting fussy, so I was trying to make her laugh, and I looked up, and on the otherside of the play area, Lily was picking up this baby (probably around 1)! I yelled for her to stop, but she didn't. I got up to run over there, but I wasn't that quick. I had to dodge other kids, plus I was holding Arwen. By the time I got there, she dropped the baby!!! She's only 2, so it's not like she really lifted him high, plus the floor is cushioned, but it probably scared him, and he started crying. I felt so bad. The mom started bitching at me for not watching my kid, YET SHE WAS ONLY 2 FEET AWAY THE WHOLE EFFING TIME! She couldn't have grabbed her son?!?!? Why wasn't she paying attention? She didn't even stop her conversation until AFTER I gotten over there and grabbed Lily!!! So I had to take Lily out of the playarea, which upset her of course. It was an accident, but all the other mommies were giving me death stares, like I was the worst mother on earth.

So, after she calmed down, and I gave her the best form of a time-out I could in a mall. I decided to by her a small cup of Dippin Dots Ice Cream (before the baby incident, another little girl was sharing hers with Lily, and she LOVED it) I buy her a small cup of Moose Tracks, and she sits in the stroller eating. As I continue to walk through the mall, I know without seeing that Lily is probably making a huge mess with the ice cream (I had already anticipated a mess, I had extra clothes with me), but hey, I'm ok with it, she's only 2. While walking I kept noticing at all these people were looking at me strange, and actually curling their lips in disgust! I look at Lily, and yea, she's covered in ice cream, but so what? They can't see the cup of ice cream on her stroller tray? It's not like she dirty like that 24/7!

What is wrong with people!?!?!?!?! GGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[missiongirl]

Sep. 24, 2007 at 12:43 AM

Oh yea, the joys of taking babies to the mall.  You'd think it would be better when you have slightly older kids but it doesn't get better.  I was like you - a mall rat.  I took my 8 years old daughter with me to IKEA on Saturday.  I will never go there again. (I said that the last time but for some reason I thought things would change).  I have to say that nothing like what you posted happened to me on Saturday but IKEA was so stinken packed and I hate that you can't take the cart to your car.  People are very rude at malls.  It sounds like that other mom was not paying attention and was good at blaming others on the spot.  I wish I could be more assertive while being rational in situations like that.  It takes time I think.

 

[M_D_Pie0406]

Sep. 24, 2007 at 12:54 AM GOSH didn't you know your like the worst mother there and everyone else's kids are just perfect!!!! LOL i hate people like that, or give you dirty looks because your kids are screaming when you won't let them run through the clothes racks and pull the clothes off, but when that does happen you still get the dirty looks even though your trying to get your kids together. It's like people forget what it was like to have an infant or 2 at the same time. I have had little kids come up to my daughter and play with her hair or her clothes and its when the kids mom isn't paying attention and when they do eventually come and get their kid and apologize i just say its ok. I think some moms are just so rude nowadays. Lots don't even know how to be a decent mom so they take it out on the ones who actually do pay attention to their kids. I'm sorry your day had to go bad.