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[quote=Anonymous]Not sure why this incident upset me so much. The other day I sat down at a picnic table that was already occupied by a lady who appeared to be on her own.  It was the table nearest to the play area and I wanted to watch my 3 kids playing. I later found out the lady was there with her 3 kids and husband who happened to be playing on the play ground at the time. It was at a beach/lake so even though there was a play ground, not everyone there had children.  I was distracted and did not think to ask if the rest of the table was occupied. It was also a very large table.  As soon as I sat down I noticed she got up and left but did not think much about it. Later on my husband joined me and we went to play a little with the kids and then decided we wanted to sit down again. We returned to the picnic table and found that the lady was once again sitting there. As soon as my husband and I sat down, she said in a very loud voice :Look, [i]I'll [/i][b] move. There are so many other tables! " and she stormed off. She sat at the adjacent table for about 15 minutes when she was joined by her husband and 3 kids and they then left. My husband and I were both stunned.
I understand that I should have asked, but she just looked like she was on her own with none of the usual child paraphernalia. I'm not even sure why her behaviour upset me so much but it did. I felt small for not noticing that she might need the whole table and I just wanted to tell her that I was so sorry, I thought she was on her own or I would not have sat at 'her' table. I felt bad for irritating someone so much.  I'm not very territorial about such things and would not have noticed if it had been the other way around. 
Just wanted to vent[/quote]

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