Today I was coming out of an appointment, shivering from the cold table I laid on forever and I noticed a crowd of people that had gathered at the front of the building. I gave the valet my ticket and kind of peeked over to see what the hubbub was about.
There was a young woman with triplet girls, trying to get them into her car. I'm not kidding when I say there were 10-12 people crowded around her stroller and the car.
"Honey! how do you manage!" "Oh My God! Are they triplets!" "Uh uh, no thank you, you are a better woman than I" "Were they natural!" "Are they good babies" "Do you have help at night!" "OMG!"
I felt so bad for this poor woman. All she wanted to do is load her 3, 5 month old triplets into her car and these people would not leave her alone. They kept getting in her way and goochie-gooing the babies. She was trying to keep her focus as to, have I buckled "A" in properly, where is "B"s pacifier, is "C" upset right now....etc. Yet people felt that she had become community property along with her babies.
Being a mom of twins I get that a lot too. Question after question. Including my most hated question, "Were they natural?!?" How that is anyone's business, I have no idea.
I was about 5 seconds away from stepping in and asking the crowd of people to please step back and give the lady some space. But, my car drove up and I thought it best to just leave her be.
So, here is my public service announcement to all out there. If you see a Mom of Multiples, leave her alone. She does not care if you think the babies are cute. She does not care if you know someone who also has multiples. Hell, she does not even care if you are a multiple. She is busy, stressed and trying to focus at the task at hand.
The best thing you could do is a polite smile and walk away, or if you have more balls, ask the crowd of people to take a step back, the freak show is over.
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