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it's not just my un-childed state that makes me find this abnormal, correct?
I think it's good form to make a visible attempt to try to quiet a child in that case, though it often doesn't work anyway. But you can't look nonchalant while making everybody else suffer.
Oh, sure, I understand that often, not a lot can be done...but she hushed in the five minutes the flight attendant paid attention to her. And every time I turned a bit and looked (...it was a six hour flight, so that was many times), there was zero entertainment of the kiddo. I was pretty surprised at that. Not that I honestly expect you to spend six straight hours trying to entertain her (though at least with two of you, there's more of a chance to hand her off), but...
Poor kid sounds like she wanted some attention.
it's not just my un-childed state that makes me find this abnormal, correct?
Nope. There's a certain amount of understanding amongst fellow parents. However, if a parent appears to be doing nothing then understanding turns to condemnation pretty freakin' fast. I had a flight like that from Houston to Charlotte a couple of years ago that I deemed the "Jeffrey flight" after the old Cosby skit.
This was my account of the 'Jeffrey' flight.
But you can't look nonchalant while making everybody else suffer.
WROD.
There's no excuse for NOT trying to entertain your kids on a long flight. Just because you've learned to tune out your kid's crankiness doesn't give you leave to do so while everyone around you has to deal.
Fuck. Fuckity fuck.
Just twisted my other ankle while stepping out of the shower.
it's too late for that delivery of full-body bubble wrap, isn't it? :(
Facebook is confusing me. A girl from high school that I remember as a clove-smoking lesbian who ranted about how conformist everybody was is now married (to a guy) and is a stay-at-home mom, living in Greenwich, driving a station wagon, and organizing attachment parenting meetups. And her profile picture is a picture of her baby.
Well, I think the lesson there is that clove smoking high schoolers who think they are Challenging The Patriarchy are sometimes poseurs and/or full of shit and/or sometimes life just changes.
Sigh, getting into a debate on FB that I am in no mood to commit to, but I was annoyed and said something. No, it was not about the healthcare debate.
For years, my doctors have been telling me that, if I lost weight, it would take pressure off my joints and my knees and ankles would hurt less.
I've lost 20 pounds since May. Those doctors were all liars.