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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:59 AM Original message |
A woman just squeezed my 21-month-old son's cheeks and legs because he's so cute |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. HAHAHAHA "Those titties on your daughter are sooooo CUTE!!!" |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. or |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Do you remember that scene from sixteen candles where her grandparents greet her? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. LOL! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Relax! Most of the people in the world aren't so uptight about their kids |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I would never touch someone else's child... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. That may be the case, but I still find it rude here |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Currently in the USA it is absolutely against the laws of the culture |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
142. It's not ok to look at people's kids here? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. Ah, you are in the nation's heartland. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. And here it is not |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. I still think it is really really paranoid not to want to have people interact with your kids |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. For the umpteenth time, it's about courtesy; people should ask before grabbing |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. People spread disese. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
57. Here in the US, we don't want other people touching our kids because... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #57 |
64. I think you're right. It was more common 30+ years ago. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. How about the people |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. oooh, I hated that! |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
81. When they do that...Grab their butt annd remark loudly, |
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HopeFor2006 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. OMG |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Apparently pregnancy makes the woman fair game for all manner of grabbing |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Yeah, that one just confuses the hell out of me. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. I would break someone's nose |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. I had that happen three times when pregnant |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. My crazy friend once embarrassed a guy when he patted her belly.. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #50 |
66. Good one! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
93. Very true! |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. Good one! |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Turtlensue was in your neighborhood?? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I know! Our community standards have totally gone to shit. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. Very funny, douchebag! |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. If someone did that to my kid, I'd fucking punch them. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I'll give you a description of the woman |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Children will pay the price for this new, sterile world though |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. It's not about keeping kids in a sterile environment |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
43. wow, just how DID humans manage for millions of years? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. What part of "they should ask first" don't you understand? |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. I feel so left out. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. It's always charming to debate with a hyper-literalist |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
110. wait, who is the hyper-literalist? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. You were |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. The price of learning that they are allowed to their own bodily integrity? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, that's rude. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I love to talk to babies, they love it (and don't kid yourself, if you are fawning over |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
114. and frankly, what you describe is owed to babies |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #114 |
132. absolutely. Love a friendly baby! nt |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. F*cking Ann Richards did that to my baby. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Really, what else could you do in that situation? |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. My wife slapped a very old woman's hand away from our, then newborn. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. If your wife had tried to grab the old woman, how would the old woman have reacted? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. hey, she needed to be taught a lesson |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
74. At Olive Garden? |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Could have been worse, I guess... |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. That was weird... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. That's why I make it a practice |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ugh, I hated that. And people who wanted to touch my belly when I was pregnant, |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. If you don't care to talk about your vaginal ripping, then you have no business riding on the bus. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
92. nevermind |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Stay away from those NAMBLA ice cream trucks |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Sound advice always |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. Fewer things make me madder |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. That's an excellent point that I hadn't even considered |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
113. that is a different situation, for sure |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. I can't imagine how anyone would think it's appropriate |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. Lighten Up, Francis......What is more beautiful and wonderful than |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. That's all fine and dandy, but would-be-gropers should still ask first |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I still say deep-six the paranoia... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Do you understand that paranoia has nothing to do with it? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Grab, yes perhaps |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. We just have different thresholds of "appropriate" touching |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Apples and oranges... patting a cute kid on the head hardly |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Really? Grabbing a handful of flesh is acceptable when it's a baby? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. If it is non-sexual touch, what is the big deal? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. A stranger touching a child without the child's (or parent's) permission is just horrifying. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. Well, the parent is right there. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #72 |
85. Again, I think your posts suggest you have some fairly |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. I wrote the OP! The issue IS a matter of rudeness! And who are you to diagnose anyone's "issues?" |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #88 |
98. 85 wasn't talking to you about your issues |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. You're right--after I re-read the preceding posts, I edited mine to broaden the question |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. I didn't diagnose BI--and I'm not a he. In fairness, I |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Whoops! Sorry--I corrected the pronoun error |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. see #67 |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. I've now replied to 67 |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #88 |
102. Yes, I got that you wrote the OP---and I felt that your |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
145. Horrifying !? This woman't actions were "horrifying"? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. it "expires" after the toddler stage |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. If a child turns away from the stranger or tries to move his feet out of reach |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. that I certainly agree with |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. You think they way you feel is the way everyone feels |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. So I'm "intolerant" because I don't want strangers to grab my children without asking first? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. I didn't say you called folks evil |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. I see. |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
138. That still does not give somebody the right to touch a child |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. U Dawg!! Still, thread worthless without pudgy-cute baby pics, dang it!! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. LOL! I'll post a few tomorrow |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. hee-heeeee, bring it on!! |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
62. I understand your fears/offense taking |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. Again, the "bonding drive" is fine, but it doesn't entitle anyone to paw a baby without asking first |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
96. I think that some of us are saying that this has not become |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. I can see that. |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
63. I understand how you feel |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. When I took my daughter to meet her Sicilian relatives I don't |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
154. Everywhere I've been in Italy/Sicily it's like that. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
67. The rationalizations for REALLY inappropriate behavior in this thread are disturbing. Some of you |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Lighten up, Francis..."really inappropriate behavior" ??? "Therapy"?? |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. I think the BI might be referring to |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I was referring to the sick freaks who think it's okay to touch stranger's children without anyone's |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Thank BI for clarifying. I didn't know that's what you meant. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
103. must be really scary to view such a large portion of people as sick freaks |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
83. In fact, touching without asking *is* "really inappropriate behavior" |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #83 |
97. Apples to oranges....If I met your child and tried to shake |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #97 |
107. He turned away and kicked his feet. He's 21 months old--he's not going to lodge a formal complaint. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #107 |
117. Just as I don't grab adults in a work environment, I also |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. Well, that might be the bottom line |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #121 |
139. A simple "get your fucking hands off my child" would suffice IMHO |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #83 |
120. Again.....NEVER EVER go to South America. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. No shit? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Lol..yeah, but I was flashed TWICE while I was there. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
118. I agree with you re: boundaries, but I think that calls for therapy might be premature |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
71. Yeah and people don't mind touching a pregnant belly either. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I always wondered why that was..that people would touch, tap |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. It makes things a little awkward. You would never |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
125. My wife ripped some peoples arms clean off when they tried that on her. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
86. I think you are overracting, although I understand the parental protectiveness driving it. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. We were in the checkout line, which is approximately two inches wider than the cart |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
105. A simple "please don't touch him" would have been sufficient. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. I confess that it simply didn't occur to me |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #90 |
106. to me when she continued after you signaled was where the line |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. He's my second. The older one wouldn't hesitate to say "why is she touching me?" |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #86 |
140. He would have been justified using physical force to get |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #140 |
146. but less of an ass if he tried using words first |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
100. Lol....NEVER EVER EVER take your son to South America. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #100 |
112. and yet what a great experience it is to do that |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
124. this ended up being a pretty good thread |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #124 |
148. It would have been better |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #148 |
150. nah |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
126. NEWSFLASH: It doesn't stop with teh babies |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
127. My GOD, is there nothing that can't spawn a flamewar on DU? |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Not necessarily odd, |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. That's a good overview, but... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Cultural imperialist!!! |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #129 |
147. True. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #129 |
151. yeah but maybe YOU were the one in Rome, not the toucher... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. My kid, my Rome. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Thats just what I was thinking! |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
133. How about ask the offspring before you grab him/her? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Sure--but the offspring in question isn't much of a verbal communicator as yet |
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My Good Babushka (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
134. Hard not to squeeze these. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Aww cuties... |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #134 |
149. Yes, I see the problem... |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #134 |
153. I have to confess: |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
137. This 43-yr old just had a conversation about this with his mother yesterday |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
141. Babies are so cute, but she should have asked before touching your child. |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
143. I was THAT mom |
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