My walks with my kid are filled with endless, “mind your step! Be careful! Watch where you go! Who put this here? A person can trip and get hurt! Who threw this garbage on the ground? Littering is not OK! Let’s pick it up and take it to the trash can. Careful, there’s a big puddle ahead! This looks too slippery, I’m not sure it’s a good idea to go there.”
I hope everybody understands that the cautious, orderly individual issuing these statements isn’t me.
“the cautious, orderly individual”
Is she cautious about herself or is she trying to protect dumb awkward mommy from herself?
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I think it’s both. Remember the way syr threw tantrums when she was a toddler? She’d find a comfortable spot, arrange herself carefully on the floor, straighten her clothes, and then proceed with the tantrum.
But there’s definitely some compensation going on for my . . . particularly endearing qualities. 🙂
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Hilarious. 🙂
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I’d definitely be one going off about littering …..
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I hate littering, too. I come from an aggressively littering culture and I know how ugly it makes everything.
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