Tuesday, June 12, 2007

You little brat..

At my aunt's daycare, where my daughter spends half the day, there is a little girl who bugs me. Most of the time I like kids (in small doses when they aren't related to me) but not this one. The second day I dropped Maddie off, she said to me "You were wearing those clothes yesterday." She is only four. This morning she said to me, "Why do you always wear those shoes?"

It really irritated me but I didn't say anything. Later I caught myself running through possible responses for the next time she strikes:

Because I have better things to think about than my shoes
A lot of people only have one pair of shoes, or maybe none at all
I do not, I wore the black ones yesterday!! So ha!

I really shouldn't have cared at all. But I think it took me back to middle school when I got "pulled over by the fashion police" (two older girls) for wearing high tops. Some things you just don't get over...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Add this to the list of reasons why I just don't want kids (until I have those moments where I really want kids).

If I were that little girls parents, I'd pack her a little suitcase, put her on a little plane and send her to audition to be the next host of What Not To Wear.

While she was gone, I would change the locks and if she didn't get the gig, I'd tell her they're always hiring at the iHop.

DM said...

Hahahaha Cole. :)

Steph, Brenda was telling me that the other day, the stuff that little girl said about your clothes and shoes and I just felt really proud somehow that I had escaped her searing gaze. Either I am varied enough in my clothing choices, or she just knows I am so far beyond her help.

PS: Your blog is lovely, simple, and interesting, just like you :)

Anonymous said...

NO, NOT ANONYMOUS... MGM...
i woulda said "shut up, bitch."
not really. that's no way to talk to a 4-year old. instead, say "your shoes are pretty nice, do you think i could wear them instead? NO I COULDN'T CAUSE I'M A GROWN-ASS PERSON AND IF YOU TALK TO ME LIKE THAT AGAIN, I'M GONNA ROLL MY EYES AT YOU SO HARD, YOU'LL THINK I'M DEMON POSSESSED!"
that's more how you should talk to 4-year-olds.