Why can’t people mind their own business? Especially when they don’t know…

[Anonymous]

I am so sorry you had to deal with this- people really do need to learn to MYOB. As a school nurse, I wanted to tell you how happy it makes me to hear how you are empowering her at a young age to manage her T1D. I have several kiddos in my care at school who do exactly what you are doing with their Dexcom/phone. I always monitor it during the day and so do they and it is really helping them to understand that they are in control of their care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I'm sorry your kid had to deal with that, this is what all the folks that scream and scream about their expectation of having a "village" sign up for. The village might not always be to your exact liking and specifications.

They want a curated village. How are grown people not able to deal with the smallest slights?

Needing a village? What a joke. People don't help. People do things in their own interest.

[Anonymous]

Cell phones and social are a toxic plague destroying a generation.

OP: sorry your child is the most rare exception ever, and she did not do anything wrong of course.

But the bigger crisis is not the one-off experience she encountered.

[Anonymous]

OP there’s nothing you could have said that would have made that woman apologize or even feel bad. People like that lack any self awareness and think they are the main character in life. I think we all know the type. I’m sorry that happened to you and your daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I'm sorry your kid had to deal with that, this is what all the folks that scream and scream about their expectation of having a "village" sign up for. The village might not always be to your exact liking and specifications.

They want a curated village. How are grown people not able to deal with the smallest slights?

Yeah, no. Throwing out uninformed criticisms at strangers does not make you part of anyone's "village"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP there’s nothing you could have said that would have made that woman apologize or even feel bad. People like that lack any self awareness and think they are the main character in life. I think we all know the type. I’m sorry that happened to you and your daughter.

NP. I disagree, I think “It’s a device that monitors her diabetes” would have made the woman apologize and slink away in shame, but of course OP shouldn’t have to share her kid’s medical info.

Someday this woman will learn about these sorts of devices and, hopefully, feel like an ass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP there’s nothing you could have said that would have made that woman apologize or even feel bad. People like that lack any self awareness and think they are the main character in life. I think we all know the type. I’m sorry that happened to you and your daughter.

+1. I'm sorry, and I know the feeling of wishing later that you'd stood up for yourself/your DD. However, even if you gave the perfect response, I'm sure she would have glossed over the diabetes and thought "oh that's an excuse, just terrible to give a 7yo a smartphone."

[Anonymous]

Maybe ask your daughter how she might like to handle situations like that in the future. In each case maybe asks if she would like to educate or ignore the rude stranger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would have put that old biddy in her place. Her behavior was out of line regardless of the diabetes

Agreed. I’m normally a very calm and docile non confrontational person. I would have explained, not nicely that that iPhone is literally the difference between life and death and before she starts judging others should should be very thankful that her kid doesn’t have a life altering disease that can literally kill you every single day. What a B. I’m so sorry that thugs happens to you and your daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cell phones and social are a toxic plague destroying a generation.

OP: sorry your child is the most rare exception ever, and she did not do anything wrong of course.

But the bigger crisis is not the one-off experience she encountered.

Go away. You must be the lady at the park or one who would say something similar. Mind your business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP there’s nothing you could have said that would have made that woman apologize or even feel bad. People like that lack any self awareness and think they are the main character in life. I think we all know the type. I’m sorry that happened to you and your daughter.

NP. I disagree, I think “It’s a device that monitors her diabetes” would have made the woman apologize and slink away in shame, but of course OP shouldn’t have to share her kid’s medical info.

Someday this woman will learn about these sorts of devices and, hopefully, feel like an ass.

She did say in the OP that she said “that’s how she tracks her blood sugar” so she kind of said that, without explicitly mentioning diabetes, but the woman didn’t seem to care or respond.

I think people like this are so unimaginative and set in their ways and mindset that they literally can’t even imagine a 7 year old needing to monitor their diabetes. Like it’s so far outside the realm of what’s possible in their small minds that OP might as well have said that her daughter was, I don’t know, training to be the first tween astronaut or something. Unfortunately these people are everywhere in our society!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP there’s nothing you could have said that would have made that woman apologize or even feel bad. People like that lack any self awareness and think they are the main character in life. I think we all know the type. I’m sorry that happened to you and your daughter.

NP. I disagree, I think “It’s a device that monitors her diabetes” would have made the woman apologize and slink away in shame, but of course OP shouldn’t have to share her kid’s medical info.

Someday this woman will learn about these sorts of devices and, hopefully, feel like an ass.

She did say in the OP that she said “that’s how she tracks her blood sugar” so she kind of said that, without explicitly mentioning diabetes, but the woman didn’t seem to care or respond.

I think people like this are so unimaginative and set in their ways and mindset that they literally can’t even imagine a 7 year old needing to monitor their diabetes. Like it’s so far outside the realm of what’s possible in their small minds that OP might as well have said that her daughter was, I don’t know, training to be the first tween astronaut or something. Unfortunately these people are everywhere in our society!

That woman is vile and clearly wasn't going to apologize no matter what OP said. But just because she didn't apologize doesn't mean she did not inwardly feel ashamed. Her silence after OP told her about monitoring blood sugar makes me think she was in fact ashamed (since she is certainly not the keep-silent type).

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and I hate cell phones. Kids are literally addicted them.

I would simply have explained the medical necessity.

[Anonymous]

The OP will need to become stronger. You should hear the crap that is said to me about my daughter with Down Syndrome. Folks will talk as if she is not there and as if she cannot understand. My daughter has become very good at defending herself. Proudest mama ever.

[Anonymous]

What a garbage person that woman was. The hysterical anti-screen harpies are out of control. Mind your own damn business.

Sorry that happened to your kid, OP.