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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of these are breath-takingly awful (OP here).  They make mine seem tame :)  And to the pps who have nicely pointed out that many people who say these awkward things don't know what else to say, or that they have good intent underneath it all: I agree, to a point.  There are some things that most people with common sense just know you should steer clear of.  As one pp mentioned, any kind of illness, delay that is obviously causing angst to the parent, anything with procreation, and especially death-these things should just be off limits.  PP whose child died, I am so so sorry for your loss, and doubly sorry that you had to endure crap from people who just should KNOW BETTER.  As I stated in my original post, a simple "I'm sorry, I feel for you" or something similar is just better all around.

In my case this morning, it's not like the person didn't know my situation with my DD, I had just finished telling her how discouraged I am today after a lovely weekend spent at parks with my DD...carrying her everywhere while children her age tore down slides, ran for the sandbox, and galloped to the swings.  When she came back at me with the whole "well, you should just be happy your DD isn't walking, it's less work for you", it just struck me as almost willfully obtuse and in-your-face cheery.  Is her situation the worst ever?  No, of course not, and I count my blessings often.  But it was getting me down at that moment, and it would have just been nice to hear some commiseration, or sympathy if that wasn't available.

The best part...she saw me later today, and exclaimed: "oh, I thought of something-have you ever stood right in front of her and held out a cookie and told her to come get it?  I found with my kids if I just expected them do it, they would!".

Seriously?  Seriously.[/quote]

i would have punched her.[/quote]

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