Hi ladies, just what to know what you would of done if this happened to you... bit of background.. Im a mother of 2, they are 14 months apart.. like everyone we have our good days and our bad days.. well yesterday i was out with the kids doing stuff that i need to get done and my little girl screamed the shop down for over 30 min i left what i need to do and took them back to the car.. while i was putting her in the car i yelled at her( mind u never yell like that) i felt bad after.. when this lady started to say stuff under her breath i asked her what she said and she told me that my dd would turn out like that, she also kept saying stuff under her breath.. i asked her a few things and she kept yelling at me that that is why kids these day turn out like they do.. Any ways im a nice person im someone that would help a mum out if she had screaming kids and ask if she needed help.. i did have a loving mum that stoped and asked if i was alright and she was backing me up about this lady.. i ended up telling this lady off, would like to know if u would of done the same or would u of kept ur mouth shut while is was telling me im a bad mum.. please help im still so angry about it...
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I'd tell her to mind her own, that she knows nothing about you and your family so if she has nothing nice to say then keep it to your self.
You were dealing with a tantrum and some lady decides to say that you are a bad mum, she's lucky she didn't say anything like that to me I have enough shit that I would have been very pissed off and ended up going on a rant and lecture for an hour to her that the reason the world is screwed up and kids aren't good (mind you I don't think that I have had so many wonderful teenagers who have been of more assistance to me then adults who whinge about teenagers lol) is because of judgemental idiots who have nothing better to do then criticise someone who is obviously having a shit day. You handled it great.
Kids throw tantrums in shops (it's why I take my ipod lol), parents get frayed tempers, nosey bitches are going to bitch regardless. It's the expected cycle, just let it go (btw, in the heat of the moment I would have probably thonged her).
If I had encountered a woman like that, my blood would have been boiling so I would have told her off too. It's none of her business and I would have told her so. Children throw tantrums, no matter how they are parented so don't let her words get to you.
I know a mum who had a random lady tell her to hit her kids once... One of the kids has autism! Just a fine example of other people have no clue what your life is like and have no right to tell you what to do or badmouth you! People like that deserve to be told off! Good on you!