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[quote=Anonymous]You learn to make such awkward situations into ice-breakers:

Oh, I supposed you think you're better than me for using cloth diapers while I use Huggies.
---Nope.  I'm new around here, but most of my friend from back home use disposables too and think I'm weird, but it works better for me.  Hi, I'm Alice.  And the wiggly one is Larla.  How are you?

---Sunday morning sounds great!  But we'll be a little late.
Why?  Because you have church?
---Yeah, we're new around here and church is comforting especially since we didn't know anyone.  But we'll be there as soon as we can.
or if you don't want to mention church (or it isn't church)
---Oh, we just have a commitment first thing that morning.  But we'll be there as soon as we can.  We're looking forward to seeing you!

I've found that many people don't seem to know how rude their first comment is.  So, I try to avoid taking offense from a first comment and try to turn it into a conversation starter.  Respond, but don't react and don't be either judgmental or defensive in your first response.  Make the first response be one of "that's just the way it is or that it works for me." and open a conversation.  Sometimes it doesn't work, but it only needs to work once or twice before you'll start making friends.  Often people like the disposable diaper mom are feeling defensive for some reason and if you can calm their defensive instincts they're very nice.  For all you know, that mother's sister or sister in law is a rabid cloth diaper user who constantly gives her crap about using disposables.  I've found that if you keep early topics neutral, you can actually have more conversations with strangers who may become friends.[/quote]

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