I took Cheech to a local toy store on a chilly afternoon last week to get some indoor play time away from home. We were minding our own business, playing with the choo choos, when and older kid (probably about 3 or 4) walks towards us with her shiny hot pink scooter with purple tassels. As much as I've tried limiting pink in her life because I wholeheartedly believe that girls should have more options in this world, I swear, the kid is attracted to the color like flies on shit.
She starts moving toward scooter girl with the biggest grin on her face and before she can get even two feet away from her, scooter girl ferociously shouts at her, "No, my cooter!" I stood there stunned, partly because I was amazed by that funny word that came out of her mouth, but mostly because her smug dad did NOTHING while his kid acted like a such a brat. Now that I'm a parent, I come across these types of kids and those types of parents all the time. It amazes me, really.
Cheech inches a little closer, and scooter girl, again, shouts, "NO, MY COOTER!". So I let out the biggest belly laugh. And it felt good to laugh at the little jerk and her big jerk dad. I leaned down, took Cheech's hand, and as we walked away I said, "Come on, Cheech... you've got your own cooter, too."
Maybe she was just asserting her boundaries. I'm not fond of people touching my pink cooter with out being expressly invited to.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to type up these type of moments with my future munch. ...and he or she will NOT have a big jerk dad. Foo!
ReplyDeleteThe last line of this made me laugh out loud. So sorry that you have to put up with jerky parents/kids. I see those types all the time at Disney World and it's so disheartening.
ReplyDeleteThose people are all over Orange County... You made me laugh out loud :)
ReplyDeleteI hope her dad jots that one down for the books, so at her sweet sixteen party, everyone can have a great big belly laugh at the time that Little Miss learned how to say no to unwanted advances. She should teach lessons.
ReplyDeletei'm sorry, i can't stop laughing at the word COOTER.
ReplyDeletealso, what a douche of a dad for letting her carry on like that, thinking she's so cool with her hot pink cooter.
Hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI loved this story! So good.
ReplyDeleteI belly laughed so hard at this story. Well done, C!
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