Mom at Park (M@P): What a cute baby!
Post-partum Me (PPM): Oh, thanks! She's wonderful.
M@P (juggles gurgling 16-mo-old on lap): My husband and I can't decide whether to have another baby or get a dog.
PPM: Um. (wonders how to urge her convincingly that another baby is loads of fun, joy, and the best gift one can give one's first child. First child enters to complain; second child urps.)
M@P: Babies are just so much work.
PPM: Well, babies last longer than dogs.
M@P: Ah. Yes. Well. That's true.
PPM (wonders where that came from): And dogs are messy.
M@P: Well, yes.
PPM (concludes she needs more sleep)
4 comments:
"concludes she needs more sleep"
Oh I do hate it when I find myself in those situations. I just know there was something clever and convincing I could have, should have said. Usually think of it two days later.
If someone ever said that to me I would probably speak without thinking and declare that is by far the dumbest comment I have ever heard. It wouldn't be my proudest moment. That poor child. I mean, imagine having to say years from now, "We were going to have a brother/sister for you but instead we got Rover." Good luck getting that dog to pray for your soul after you die, silly Decatur mama! I bet I can guess the park you were at.
I suspect I would have a really hard time not laughing at someone who said something like that.
I love your response though...children last longer! They certainly do. For eternity.
My husband says: Your dog will never say, I love you, mama.
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