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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)I get your rant, but what I don't get was your robotic smile and silence. Or anyone else's. If I may rant back--it drives me nuts when people let such parents get away with letting their children act this way.
Life is too short. It really is too, too short to be nice to people who do rude things like this. If the holiday is ruined by the kid already, why not make sure that the parent knows what they've done and maybe won't do it again in the future? Don't rant here--rant at the moment to the parent. Rant loud, rant in their face, and make sure they know that this isn't acceptable. Not now, not ever. Tell them, "Your child is in my house--" or whomever's home-- "not yours. And in this house, they must be well behaved. Here is what they are doing, and they aren't allowed to do that. Stop them, or leave."
And if your rant so offends them that they never come back with their kid into your life, well, that's win-win, isn't it?
Rude people get away with such things because polite people are afraid to be rude. And that's just stupid because it means that the rude people get to do anything they want, not be punished for their rudeness, while the polite people, who should be rewarded, get punished.
Yes?