I don’t generally spend much time wondering or caring what others think of my parenting when we are out and about. Usually, I am to occupied with trying to keep track of both girls. However, I had a moment today where I would very much have liked to have known what was going through one woman’s head as she listened to our conversation.
The scenario: a cold, slightly windy morning at the Farmers Market. We had just finished playing at the park and although it was getting warmer, we were all a little chilled but still needed to wait for Dan to finish playing his violin for the day.
The conversation: I had told Aneliese that we could get a hot drink (which she prefers to call a hot beverage) but then didn’t really feel like walking to a restaurant so asked her if she would rather get something cold at the market. She said that she wanted a hot beverage. So I said “okay, that’s fine, we’ll just go over to the pub for a beverage.” (We have gone before and it is family friendly). As we turn to head that direction, I catch the eye of an older woman who obviously caught my last sentence. And I realized how it must have sounded to hear a very pregnant woman telling her small daughter that they were going to the pub…for a beverage (I had missed hot). I thought about not saying anything, or about being embarrassed, but instead I laughed and said, “It’s not often you hear some one telling their three year old that they are going to the pub hey.” She laughed so I will just assume that she knew we weren’t actually headed for a pint at 10 in the morning. And each time that I have thought about it today, I get another little chuckle.
cute 🙂
Funny:)
We see it all the time here. In fact, we just went today for Sunday Dinner. Roast beef, mashed potatoes gravy and yorkshire pudding. It’s what you do, just take the family out to the pub. Still. So weird!