Originally Posted by DianD
There are people everywhere who tend to carry a "frank license." Where they get them, I don't know! Seem people will attack over the silliest things. In the past, I have been verbally abused for not having children..."Whats wrong with you? Aren't you ever going to grow up?" My personal favorite is "Who has the problem, you or your husband?" I used to cringe, but now I say," Well, I did have 6 children, but they were noisy and wanted to eat all the time, so I just dropped 'em off out in the country!" By the time they have recovered, I've turned on my heals and walked away!
Went grocery shopping on a low budget week years ago, and was running a total on paper. Grouchy old lady comes up behind me, looks over my shoulder and says loudly "Why not just buy a calculator?" I turned around and said, "Why not just mind your own business?" Her husband burst out laughing and said to his wife, "She sure told you!"
People don't scare me anymore!
You made me think of the time I was standing in line at the bank with my young son , about 4 or 5 years old, and he was acting up ( a real handful) so I scolded him and said something like "wait till I get you home " or something like that and I probably swatted him on the behind. Can't remember the exact words I used , after all it was about 45 years ago. A little old lady behind us was making tsk , tsk sounds because she thought I was a terrible mother acting this way. I turned and said to her, Do you want him? Never opened her mouth again !