I can only think of one particularly nasty enccunter about ten years ago---I was out getting my mail, and a little girl rode up to me on her bike and asked if I had any kids. I thought, "Aw, she doesn't have anyone to play with and she's lonely." I said no, and she said, "Good, because they might be fat like you."
Poisonous stuff from a kid who couldn't have been more than 8 or 9! I'm sure she absorbed that attitude from her parents, and unless she was a wicked little thing, I doubt she was trying to be hurtful. I took a deep breath and said, "You know, being fat or thin doesn't matter as much as whether or not you're a nice person."
And I took my mail and went inside and just shook my head. People wonder why I'm not fond of kids? Because too many of them have been raised with no manners or courtesy whatsoever! .
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Date: 2010-08-19 12:00 am (UTC)Poisonous stuff from a kid who couldn't have been more than 8 or 9! I'm sure she absorbed that attitude from her parents, and unless she was a wicked little thing, I doubt she was trying to be hurtful. I took a deep breath and said, "You know, being fat or thin doesn't matter as much as whether or not you're a nice person."
And I took my mail and went inside and just shook my head. People wonder why I'm not fond of kids? Because too many of them have been raised with no manners or courtesy whatsoever!
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