Why do people feel they must put you in a catagory? Like once you have a label you are better? Or easier to understand and accept?
I was grocery shopping today and several of the people who stopped to talk about the twins looked at them for three seconds and would say . . . "that one is the shy one and that one is outgoing . . ." or "This one is the troublemaker!" or any number of other labels for them. In every case they were wrong.
How can you judge a BABY like that? They say things about what they are going to be like when they are older, like a stranger who has seen them for only a few seconds would be able to give me some incredible insight into my childrens personalities that I, who spend 24 hours a day with them, might have missed?!
It really bothers me. Is it so difficult to look at a baby and say "wow . . . I wonder what she'll be like when she's older" instead of jumping to conclusions about her?
I don't know what my children are going to be like when they are older. I can make some guesses and wonder if I'm right, but mostly I look at them in amazement and wonder. I hope they never feel like they have to fit into a catagory . . .
1 comment:
What you need to cultivate is some smart-alek comments. Deliver them with the utmost sincerity, then watch your victims try to figure out if you are messing with them. Lots of fun! Since you have to listen to annoying comments anyway, might as well make the best of it!
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