
I am admittedly a VERY private person. In fact my husband and I both are. Meaning, we don’t post pictures on social media. We don’t share our birthdays with others. We aren’t fans of PDA. Etc etc. we are both introverted. And prefer to not be the center of attention.Anyway- it really bothers me when people approach me when I’m with my kids (4, and 1) and just go on and on about how cute they are. And want to take pictures of them. Or even worse touch their hair or something.I’m asking this because today, we went out to coffee at my husbands work. And a woman he works with (they aren’t close by any means) approaches us SEVERAL times to comment on how cute our daughter is, and touches her, then takes pictures of her. Which to me, is weird! Even more odd, tells us that we should have another baby and give the baby to her.I know she is harmless and just being weird. But this is so odd to me!! I guess I have extremely high boundaries and am very closed off in general which I’m sure plays a part in me being uncomfortable.But- I don’t get it? I guess what I truly don’t understand is why people treat children like they aren’t the same as an adult, meaning. You wouldn’t walk up to a random person, touch them, comment on how beautiful they are and take their picture. Now, if you did. It would be creepy!! So why isn’t it also creepy to do this to a child?I wish I had the guts to just say hey that’s weird can you give us space. But I have social anxiety and clam up at confrontation. 😓I’m just curious about others experiences with this, even if it’s semi related, I’d like to know! via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/33NSpd6
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