I am getting really sick and tired of a good friend of mine calling her child "amazing" every five seconds. This has been going on for three years!
E.G. - "How is Child X?"
Friend - "Child X is Amazing. Child X is talking in almost complete sentances."
E.G.'s inner monologue - Well the kid should by 2 and a half!!
E.G. - "How is Child X doing at pre-school?"
Friend - "Child X is doing Amazingly well. Child X plays well with the other kids."
E.G.'s inner monologue - C'mon lady! The kid is 3. The kid is supposed to be talking by now and playing well with other kids. I was talking by then and playing with other kids as well. And I am sure you and your husband were too!
Child X has not cured cancer, does not compose music like Mozart nor have they brought Peace to Middle East or figured out a way to make fake breasts feel real. When a 3 year old does that, I will call them "Amazing," until then, you kid is normal and adorable, NOT A-FUCKING-MAZING!
I so want to go off on my friend and say just that, but I don't cause I'm a "nice girl." But I will warn you, the breaking point is getting closer.
Zzzzzt Zzzzzt
8 years ago
1 comment:
please have a recording device handy when you hit that breaking point. i would LOVE to hear what you say. :)
p.s. possibly the only thing more annoying than people fawning over and over about their kids MIGHT be folks that are self-congratulatory. i had to work a stupid special event on friday night and every fucking 10 minutes the special events goon kept saying HOW FABULOUSLY EVERYTHING HAD TURNED OUT. over and over and over and over. seriously, i wanted to bludgeon her to death.
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