to the old stinky fuck in the grocery store last night… yes my 6 week old is cute, yes he has chubby cheeks…what the hell is wrong with you? You go to touch his face? You stink like smoke and booze and hes “just so cute i couldn’t resist” You’re lucky i grabbed your arm before you touched him or it would of been broken…
keep your hands to yourself dirty old man!
You do not know me you smell like ass… get the hell away from my baby
—ARGH
This article appears in May 7-13, 2009.
Ewww. Some people just need to be restrained inside a boiling bathtub for a week. Sounds like you need to buy that baby a tee that says: “My Space Bubble Has a Radius of Twelve Feet. DONT FUCK WITH ME!”
I hear you OP. I know people love babies, but some of them need to think before they act. I’ve had people share the shit out of my son by getting right in his face before he (or I) even realizes they are within proximity.
Presumably the OP doesn’t mind at all when attractive people ooh over her little bundle of joy. And I’m guessing that he or she has a few friends or relatives that smoke and like a drop, and may wish to admire the tot…is the OP going to take them apart too?
Just basic, ugly hypocrisy. Unfortunately the odds are his or her kid is going to grow up to be an ass too.
You’re probably right, Realist, but stinky and boozy certainly doesn’t help the matter. People are unpredictable when they drink and a boozy stranger headed for a newborn is not smart. My alarms would have gone off too.
Fuck, while I agree that anyone coming up to a child to pinch their cheeks is rude, the dirty old man remark is just agist and sexist. But then me being a man I know we’re all evil and perverted.
There’s a woman who pretty well lives at a Tim’s near me and she is always approaching people and kids. Is she a sexual predator? No but she is certainy annoying. But the first time she came up to my grandchild I told her not to and not a problem for me since.
Believe it or not people, whether old or young, male or female, actually like children and have no nafarious intent.
You are ridiculous, Realist. There is nothing wrong with the OP wanting people who touch her baby (strangers especially) to appear clean and sober.
How would you feel if someone were to go in for a touch of something both precious and vulnerable to you with filthy hands and sour breath? It doesn’t have to be a baby, it can be something else you view as both precious and vulnerable. Are you getting the picture yet? Morron.
Scooby, I draw the line at drunk people wanting to do something that they are physically unsafe to do. I also recognize that babies don’t give a flying fuck about whether people are clean and sober…if they did then lots of parents would have problems.
I somehow doubt that the “old stinky fuck” was looking to do anything other than tickle the kid’s precious chubby cheek. At most. And unless the “dirty old man” has Ebola it’s hardly going to do anything to the toddler.
This is simply a case of someone having an extreme attitude to smelly people. Maybe their own shit doesn’t stink, I dunno. Personally I’d be pleased if people who “smell like ass” keep to their own airspace, but I wouldn’t lose it if they didn’t…unlike the OP.
I do wonder if the OP behaves the same way with family members or friends who have been drinking, when they want to admire the baby. Somehow I doubt it.
OP Here..
Realist.. i do have friends/family who smoke.. yes do they hold or touch my child with smoky hands? NO.. they wash them first or they dont touch him.. why should he have to stink like them? i wouldnt want smoky hands on me either.
People who are drinking dont hold him either.. all it takes is a stumble and hes dropped
the main point i meant to make was not that this stinky guy tried to touch my child.. the point was this person is a stranger (by chance stunk) and tried to touch him.. Would i say something to a clean person who tried to touch him? you bet your ass.. with all the shit going around in this world you never know who has what on their hands.. just think of the amount of people who don’t wash their hands after the bathroom :S
my child.. not yours.. keep your hands to yourself..
I have a 2 year old and everyone use to want to touch him (big cheeks). I agree with the no drunk strangers touching my kid.. no drunk male or female touching my kid … and the smelly thing – well kids pick up enough shit off shopping carts and play grounds…they don’t need help getting dirty from adults… so dirty people shouldn’t touch my kid either. I’m friendly…but I do have personal space…I talk to everyone in the stores…and I let my son (who’s becoming a parrot) talk to everyone. But respect the personal space people!
Like I said before a simple “Don’t touch my baby, please” would have prevented the problem.
But Tim …what if the man was in mid-grab and she had to react…I know a simple “don’t touch my baby” should have been sufficient – but in mid-grab? I agree she doesn’t need to threaten to break his arm…but at the same time…I would grab someone who was grabbing for my kid.
To OP: fair enough. I didn’t get the impression from your original post that it was the “stranger” aspect you were primarily objecting to. You’ve cleared that up.
Like I said, I myself would object to a drunk handling anything I cared for, child or expensive digital camera, doesn’t matter.
Babies love drunk people. Who doesn’t? They’re hilarious!
Osmotic transfer of swine flu from intoxicated persons is dangerous. Pre-emptive beating of all gregarious drunkards in the vicinity of the baby would be wise.
Only if the drunk was in Mexico. You have a better chance of getting hit by a car.