She's just a baby, but my three year-old and I were shopping in a department store when she pointed at a lady who was browsing the isles in front of us. She said "look at her." Oblivious to what was initially going through her head, I thought she was pointing at a music CD on the shelf. I said "yes, I see, the CD." She said, no, her, I peered through the line of site from her tiny little fingers to the back of this lady's head. I said "You know we don't point at people." My baby said, no, her, she's fat." I was mortified and almost cried. I know the lady heard my daughter, too, because she turned her head slightly as though she were about to say something, but when she saw my embarrassment, she walked off. I have always taught my daughter proper manners and I always seem to know what to say, in most every situation, but I was totally at a loss for words.
What would you do if you were the stranger/what would you do if you were in my shoes?
2006-11-26
17:43:46
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Toddler & Preschooler