I've been noticing a troubling trend lately that I'm finally going to take the time to address-- but as I did with the last post, I feel the need to preface my comments with the following:
I love children. Anyone who knows me knows I love children. I like to believe that children enjoy me as well-- and I have it on good authority from a certain 2 year old in Nebraska that I am "not scary". I respect mothers. I'm in awe of their patience and resilience and the never ending nature of their work. I like to think that the mothers I know like and respect me. They have, on occasion, even dared to LEAVE their children with me for short and long periods of time.
To put it briefly? Sarah=Not a Baby or their Mama Hater
That being said....I have to address the aforementioned troubling trend I have noticed of late (mostly of random women I see on the street....NOT people I know just so we're clear)-- and that is the trend of the Aggressive Mommy. Now, don't misunderstand me..... I don't mean they are aggressive with their kids. No, no, no. The Aggressive Mommy is the woman that likes to engage in what I call "Abuse of Stroller Privileges"
Ever get tired of waiting for the cars to stop driving back and forth in the Walmart parking lot when you're trying to walk out to your car? Well, the Aggressive Mommy solves that problem by sticking her baby-filled stroller out front of her like a battering ram and just marching into traffic. After all, what sort of horrible person doesn't slam on their breaks when faced with the sight of a stroller through their windshield?
Ever get get a bruise on your shin while standing in a narrow aisle at Target? Well, it is your own fault for being in the path of the Aggressive Mommy who is using her double stroller to clear the row for her brood. She's got the mechanical girth to make you move and she's not afraid to use it.
Ever watch a woman with a stroller the size of a small SUV try to navigate the glass vase section at your local department store? The Aggressive Mommy lets everyone know that it is stupid corporate America's fault that the aisles are so narrow-- and it never occurs to her that she might use a smaller stroller and/or not take a toddler into the breakables section. That would be discrimination!
I don't know. Maybe I'm out of touch. Trust me-- I get that strollers are an important part of any mother's outing (especially with multiple children)...but at what point did they become a method for stopping traffic and herding people. Has it always been this way?
April 16, 2008
The Aggressive Mommy Syndrome
Posted by Sarah at 10:34 PM
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3 comments:
Oh, yes! When you were a baby had this great yellow double stroller! XOO KJT
Ha!
I think what appears to be "abuse of stroller priviledges" is really women who can hardly manage to push the thing. At least that is my excuse.
I am sure I was guilty of barging out in the parking lot or the like, but it comes from the fact that once I got my huge double stroller going, I didn't want to stop. It took SO much energy to push and steer that thing that I started counting it as a work out. Mostly, I would just get it going and try to keep from running over people so I wouldn't have to stop, pick it up manually to reposition it (b/c there is no steering the thing) and get it going again. I am sure I looked like some crazy women on a mission (I was!)
So, for what it's worth, there's my excuse ;)
I like this post. Mainly because someday you will have babies, and I'll be interested to see if I can print it off and throw it in your face. :+)
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