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<blockquote data-quote="mrscatinthehat" data-source="post: 289320" data-attributes="member: 2063"><p>I grew up with a family that was very um I am not sure of the correct word. I didn't know they were different until I got out on my own. I did day care in my home for several children of varied skin tones. One day I was on the military base we were stationed (myself and easy child's father) and one of the officer's wives (don't ask how I knew this you just do) looked at me with my five children the oldest two being very tan the middle two being paler than pale and the youngest being tan again made a huge snide comment about me being a parent to all those kids and the obvious mixture of races. In truth I wasn't even old enough for the oldest to be mine. Instead of correcting her about her assumption they were mine I just turned and said that I cared for all of my kids and that it wasn't any of her business.</p><p> </p><p>I had it happen again in GA when I walked into an airport with easy child and her best friend. Both of very different heritages and I again said it was none of that person's business.</p><p> </p><p>It truly boggled my mind that someone could actually make a comment like that to a stranger but then I thought back a few years to a car ride with my oldest brother when he had made a similiar comment about someone in the road walking. At the time I was in middle school and he was an adult and it still struck me as very wrong and he apologized to me for the comment. </p><p> </p><p>I had not really understood where he had gotten it until I went to bring a guy home for Christmas one year and my mom actually asked me what race he was. I said he was part of the human race. Did it matter beyond that? She told me that I knew it did. I was aghast at that comment.</p><p> </p><p>It really bothered me the day I found out easy child had used a certain unacceptable word toward a boy. When the mom had stopped by to ask easy child said yes (I think my head spun off my shoulders looking daggers at her). I give the mom a lot of credit because she asked why. I think she was as suprised as I was that easy child had said yes (of course for different reasons.. me because I couldn't believe she had said it and the other mom because she couldn't believe a kid would be honest about it). When easy child told her the awful thing that her son had called her and said she wanted to hurt him back the mom was very understanding and gave her a whole list of names that she would not remotely car that she used if she just didn't use that one. Believe me easy child and I had a lonnnnnnnnnnng talk about it afterwards.</p><p> </p><p>I just have never understood why people do those stupid things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrscatinthehat, post: 289320, member: 2063"] I grew up with a family that was very um I am not sure of the correct word. I didn't know they were different until I got out on my own. I did day care in my home for several children of varied skin tones. One day I was on the military base we were stationed (myself and easy child's father) and one of the officer's wives (don't ask how I knew this you just do) looked at me with my five children the oldest two being very tan the middle two being paler than pale and the youngest being tan again made a huge snide comment about me being a parent to all those kids and the obvious mixture of races. In truth I wasn't even old enough for the oldest to be mine. Instead of correcting her about her assumption they were mine I just turned and said that I cared for all of my kids and that it wasn't any of her business. I had it happen again in GA when I walked into an airport with easy child and her best friend. Both of very different heritages and I again said it was none of that person's business. It truly boggled my mind that someone could actually make a comment like that to a stranger but then I thought back a few years to a car ride with my oldest brother when he had made a similiar comment about someone in the road walking. At the time I was in middle school and he was an adult and it still struck me as very wrong and he apologized to me for the comment. I had not really understood where he had gotten it until I went to bring a guy home for Christmas one year and my mom actually asked me what race he was. I said he was part of the human race. Did it matter beyond that? She told me that I knew it did. I was aghast at that comment. It really bothered me the day I found out easy child had used a certain unacceptable word toward a boy. When the mom had stopped by to ask easy child said yes (I think my head spun off my shoulders looking daggers at her). I give the mom a lot of credit because she asked why. I think she was as suprised as I was that easy child had said yes (of course for different reasons.. me because I couldn't believe she had said it and the other mom because she couldn't believe a kid would be honest about it). When easy child told her the awful thing that her son had called her and said she wanted to hurt him back the mom was very understanding and gave her a whole list of names that she would not remotely car that she used if she just didn't use that one. Believe me easy child and I had a lonnnnnnnnnnng talk about it afterwards. I just have never understood why people do those stupid things. [/QUOTE]
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