Do you secretly judge parents by their strollers??

[Anonymous]

Ancient tribal women who carried their babies in papooses must really have not given a s$it about their children.

[Anonymous]

What i love, is the kid in the MOST expensive stroller, with two parents who "can't afford" to take care of their own kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I lived in Ireland for a year and everyone there seemed to have very expensive strollers/ prams/travel system/pushchairs,etc. or really high-end like Maclaren umbrella strollers. Now in my hometowm huge Graco, Baby Trend and Chicco Travel Systems Rule! Along with cheap umbrella strollers. In my opinion strollers in Ireland and Europe, look so much nicer, have better features and are classy compared to what I see at home back in small town USA. The other day I saw these two trashy dressed, Ghetto, low socio-economic looking woman walking together pushing their children in a Stokke and a Maclaren in my local Mall, I almost had to double take! It did just not add up and made me wonder how they knew about or were able to afford those types of strollers from the way the looked and acted.I guess in a way I was judging, , I found myself questioning their lifestyle and stories, it just seemed so out of place!

You suck for the following reasons: 1) you revived this thread; 2) you pretend to ask a question but in reality you're just airing your prejudices under a veil of anonymity; c) you actually waste some portion of your day thinking about how other people came by their strollers; and d) you revived this thread.

[Anonymous]

I used to judge when I had 1 kid. I went on a lot of stroller walks.

With 2, I could care less. I don't have time to look at and judge your stroller.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE! <hurries off to resurrect other classics, like Onesies = Trashy>

Jeff must have needed a media boost and dug up this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I lived in Ireland for a year and everyone there seemed to have very expensive strollers/ prams/travel system/pushchairs,etc. or really high-end like Maclaren umbrella strollers. Now in my hometowm huge Graco, Baby Trend and Chicco Travel Systems Rule! Along with cheap umbrella strollers. In my opinion strollers in Ireland and Europe, look so much nicer, have better features and are classy compared to what I see at home back in small town USA. The other day I saw these two trashy dressed, Ghetto, low socio-economic looking woman walking together pushing their children in a Stokke and a Maclaren in my local Mall, I almost had to double take! It did just not add up and made me wonder how they knew about or were able to afford those types of strollers from the way the looked and acted.I guess in a way I was judging, , I found myself questioning their lifestyle and stories, it just seemed so out of place!

I work with homeless women who push their children around in very expensive (donated) strollers.

I donated my very expensive stroller after I was done using it. 2 years and it was still very nice. We also donate expensive clothes and baby toys. Why exactly should poor people not have nice things? I'm done with them....it's fine.

Oh, and if you think Stokke and Maclaren is expensive, you aren't that well off, sweetie.

[Anonymous]

No, just because you have a nice stroller does not mean you are rich. Plenty of people with average means splurge on an expensive stroller.

[Anonymous]

Not 'judging', but I find myself making assumptions about their disposable income if they have an expensive stroller. I realize that it could have been a gift/ donated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I lived in Ireland for a year and everyone there seemed to have very expensive strollers/ prams/travel system/pushchairs,etc. or really high-end like Maclaren umbrella strollers. Now in my hometowm huge Graco, Baby Trend and Chicco Travel Systems Rule! Along with cheap umbrella strollers. In my opinion strollers in Ireland and Europe, look so much nicer, have better features and are classy compared to what I see at home back in small town USA. The other day I saw these two trashy dressed, Ghetto, low socio-economic looking woman walking together pushing their children in a Stokke and a Maclaren in my local Mall, I almost had to double take! It did just not add up and made me wonder how they knew about or were able to afford those types of strollers from the way the looked and acted.I guess in a way I was judging, , I found myself questioning their lifestyle and stories, it just seemed so out of place!

You suck for the following reasons: 1) you revived this thread; 2) you pretend to ask a question but in reality you're just airing your prejudices under a veil of anonymity; c) you actually waste some portion of your day thinking about how other people came by their strollers; and d) you revived this thread.

Thanks for putting me down, I had no idea it was bad to post a thought, I didn't know there were rules on"reviving threads". In reality I was just stating an opinion on thoughts I had and found myself shocked I was judging about a stroller, and giving my reasons why I probably did at the time. We are human, and we all make mistakes and at some point judge one another, whether you want to admit it or not we all have done it. You need to grow up, and you get a life for coming on here and taking the time to put someone down " a stranger" who admits their own faults.

[Anonymous]

The poster who revived this thread should feel bad for calling two mothers "trashy" and "ghetto".

[Anonymous]

No.Don't know much about the different brand of strollers.Don't get the hi and skinny ones....bugaboo?
Brought mine from Europe.
Was great for a winter baby-ABC Design I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The poster who revived this thread should feel bad for calling two mothers "trashy" and "ghetto".

They are descriptions, not what they are being called. It is explaining how they appeared.

[Anonymous]

My brother got a Stokke for $1,500. Sales guy sold it to him saying it was the Benz of strollers. He likes that it's expensive and that it's more prevalent in very affluent neighborhoods. But he couldn't fold and unfold the thing the first time, Stokkes are not intuitive. When I saw that I laughed to myself and thought I'd get a practical cheaper one and got a City Mini for my baby, all the while thinking I was wise. Well, I see now why the City Mini is so much cheaper than the Stokke. City Mini is good value, but it has downsides that the Stokke doesn't have, and I almost wish I also had gotten a Stokke. So in conclusion, I try not to judge people about their strollers though I used to think all Stokke and Bugaboo owners had money or were trying to impress people if they didn't have the money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE! <hurries off to resurrect other classics, like Onesies = Trashy>

Wait, onesies are trashy? How did I miss that thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE! <hurries off to resurrect other classics, like Onesies = Trashy>

Wait, onesies are trashy? How did I miss that thread?

Yes, here's one thread: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/108594.page

Pretty amusing really what will get some people all worked up. The 2-3 women who thought that was trashy sound pretty shallow.