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[helikedmyshoes]

There was a girl who got on the bus a few stops after me today. I got off at Diversey and went to the gym for about an hour, and when I went back to the bus stop to go home that same girl was already there waiting. Of all the bus stops in the city.

Also, it's interesting to see how people react to a cranky/screaming child. The looks of disgust, the annoyance, watching the mother carefully and judging her on her parenting skills. And really, most of the time the mother fails. But I wonder about that pressure. Do they get embarrassed? Do they want everyone to fuck off? Dare they challenge anyone to do better? Do they even notice?

All the energy I had before has been sucked away, and I feel weak and weary.

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[cynddylan.livejournal.com]

Having helped with my ton of nephews(there's 8 total now) I can assure you that most people taking care of kids probably do react in one of those ways, or all of them. I know I often feel like people are judging me and I don't really like it. I think people who are reacting with annoyance and so on don't understand just how hard a job it is to take care of children, and that people can't automatically make children behave. It actually really irks me when people get annoyed and have the looks of disgust on their faces.