In my day...blah blah blah...

Yesterday I was sitting at the bus stop with Ella and Benjy when a nice elderly lady came and sat down and started chatting to them. She told me how wonderfully Benjy was talking and said how polite and beautiful Ella was, it was all very lovely
Then she asked me where we were going and when I told her just up the hill to kindy she got really cross and told me we should be walking!
And then! I got the full spiel with use of the actual phrase "In MY day"! Apparently she had to walk 15 kilometers to and from school on a gravel road without shoes, rain, hail or sunshine. I was in internal hysterics! She told me I'm too soft on Ella, catching the bus to kindy so that she's not too tired by the time we get there and that she'll wind up fat if I'm not careful. (Those of you who know Ella will be laughing at that one!) She said that she wasn't trying to upset me but that mothers today just don't know what's good for their kids and that things are too easy for them, with a wink and a pat on the arm.
I had to laugh, I'm sure she actually thought she was passing on some really helpful wisdom to me

Aww, that poor old biddy <insert condascending tone here!!>
lol gosh i hate when people do that, as you said imure she was just trying to be helpful but ya know!!?

I love how random strangers (bus stop strangers are a classic example) feel obligated to dish out parenting advice.

I wish someone would offer to teach me how to darn socks, lol! DH is always sporting holes in his and refuses to get rid of them!
Sometimes I really look forward to being old and having that as an excuse to be blatantly rude and opinionated

LOL Emma, I bet that shut her up! (In the nicest possible way of course)

Edited by caraMel

funny caramel..even my own Mum is like this every time i see her she keeps asking me to ask the doc about pulling back E's foreskin in the bath...in my day we did that if you don tit will get infected...i have told her that we dont do it these days and why 694 times but still she doesn't believe me.. and the same with biting him back and letting him cry*sigh*!! and shes only 56 (in her day at Xmas they got oranges an fizzy drink blah blah blah) :)

pah!!! in MY day i had to walk THIRTY kilometres in the snow to school , then thirty kilometres back, then i had to chop piles of wood for the fire , and then feed the horses and then i DIED , and the next day i had to walk THIRTY kilometres AGAIN!!!!

Back in my day I used to stand in cow pooh to warm my feet after walking 15 miles in snow to get to school *rolls eyes* WHATEVER Grandma

Maya wrote: caitlynsmygirl wrote: pah!!! in MY day i had to walk THIRTY kilometres in the snow to school , then thirty kilometres back, then i had to chop piles of wood for the fire , and then feed the horses and then i DIED , and the next day i had to walk THIRTY kilometres AGAIN!!!! Ah yes, but did you have to do it all in barefeet?

Barefeet?! bare feet?! i didnt even HAVE feet .

*gasp* did you have to walk it too??