tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post888138699174003740..comments2023-07-05T22:26:40.892-04:00Comments on Splendor in the Home: Those Rude Comments at the SupermarketChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662784804825998751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-70259747911462121452016-07-08T05:43:22.037-04:002016-07-08T05:43:22.037-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Shwetabloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945314996642903763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-43871137255982554322016-05-21T17:46:47.757-04:002016-05-21T17:46:47.757-04:00Thanks for the clarification. The way you explain...Thanks for the clarification. The way you explain it makes total sense. Sorry I was confused. MamaRochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744850673287667492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-6610417603311744462016-05-21T11:15:28.707-04:002016-05-21T11:15:28.707-04:00If anything, the comments Christine made in her po...If anything, the comments Christine made in her post could be taken as encouragement for women who plan on a larger-than-societal-norm family or have less than three children. I do think women ponder how they will handle situations in advance of having them. Also, there are quite a few blogger in the world who talk about receiving rude comments in public due to family size, so it is refreshing to see a different take and perspective that is relevant to the mommy blogging sphere and not the same ol, same olcortneighmchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268428609361972001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-6648331176382615272016-05-20T22:45:07.824-04:002016-05-20T22:45:07.824-04:00No, I'm not angry about the lack of comments! ...No, I'm not angry about the lack of comments! It's more like, I felt all stressed out for years in advance about this thing that so many other mothers warned me would happen, and it still hasn't really happened.....so I'm just wondering what the deal is. <br /><br />Maybe I *have* heard some of those "rude" comments, but I'm just not as sensitive to them as some people?<br /><br />Anyways, maybe my tone came off differently than intended, if you read this post as some sort of rant. It was an observation on how I find it strange that the more kids I have, the less comments I hear from strangers about my family....which, if I'm to believe what I've read on the internet (ha!), is the opposite of what happens for many families.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662784804825998751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-15910808982832627542016-05-20T20:16:31.006-04:002016-05-20T20:16:31.006-04:00Let me get this straight, you were all revved up t...Let me get this straight, you were all revved up to retort to an ignorant (or socially inept) person and now you're angry because you have to keep all your snarkyness to yourself (spell check doesn't show that as a word...I think it should be)? Maybe you're even bordering on agitated wondering what these people are secretly thinking about you that allows them to pass you by and not comment? (Sorry, with self-sufficient kids, the psychology degree is rearing its head)<br /> <br />I'll keep praying that, like me, you will gain love (or at least indifference) for all of these people over time. I really believe some of them are trying to engage and be kind and, in the moment, just say something dumb. Perhaps they are saying something rude but so what? Will you be spending any time at all with them? We are all called to be a joyful witness to the Catholic faith (called to it, succeeding sometimes, failing others, speaking for myself). RBF...there was a term I never, ever needed to know! LOL. <br /><br />I guess I'm trying (and failing) to say, the life you've chosen is good and right but completely and totally foreign to most of society. They comment on everything (FB) so why should your family be any different? Maybe not commenting or looking away is their attempt at kindness or maybe they don't really care about you or your family. <br /><br />I read on a blog long ago the reply, "yes, and my heart is overflowing" and I use it as much as possible.<br /><br />MamaRochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744850673287667492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-18296714681355937782016-05-20T10:25:59.809-04:002016-05-20T10:25:59.809-04:00I've come to realize that saying "you hav...I've come to realize that saying "you have your hands full" is a way of saying we have too many kids. We have 7 all together, though now 4 of them are adults. My response is...every day. Hollie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280003271034545736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-54001067897313499982016-05-17T15:17:02.319-04:002016-05-17T15:17:02.319-04:00Maybe many of the rude comments people get are fro...Maybe many of the rude comments people get are from acquaintances, not strangers? So it may depend on who you hang around and what your extended family is like. I'm like you. "You've got your hands full," is about all I get, though I do get it a lot.<br /><br />Back when I was a parent of only one boy and one girl strangers used to comment all time about my "Perfect family!" Now I have 5 kids and I sometimes get 'beautiful' but never 'perfect.' Not that we are anything close to perfect anyway, so it doesn't matter but I think that's interesting.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10449189050973961508noreply@blogger.com