I had help today! 😀
Slave… I mean Alex
He even took some pictures for me!
His favourite
But the real adventure didn’t start until we came across the lady playing catch with her unleashed dog.
Me: (holding Alex by both hands as the dog is running towards us) He’s afraid of dogs.
Lady: Oh, he’s friendly.
Me: But he’s afraid of dogs.
Bitch: (looking around me at Alex who is straining to see where the dog went) Does he want to pet him?
Me: (hanging on to Alex for dear life so he doesn’t run into traffic) No, he’s afraid of dogs.
Psycho bitch: But he’s smiling…
Me: (in my head) Hey fuckflap! Have you ever considered how shitty you would feel if a kid got run over by a car because of your friendly fucking dog that you won’t restrain because you obviously know my son better than I do? Wake the fuck up and listen to me! HE’S AFRAID OF FUCKING DOGS!!!
In reality I said nothing because the dog had run off again. I should have said something.
lindaghill.com 
September 10, 2014 at 10:20 pm
I think you should register and trademark fuckflap. I do not fear dogs or most any other critter, but women that use the word “fuckflap” at least intimidate me. LOL love it!
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September 10, 2014 at 10:22 pm
Haha! I don’t think I’ve ever actually used it on anyone out loud – I’m far too polite.
I’m still giggling over your comment. Thanks for that. 😀
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May 21, 2013 at 9:27 am
I look forward to seeing “fuckflap” show up in the Urban Dictionary any day now. I choked on my coffee on that one.
Seriously, though…what is it with people that do this? When I tell people I am deathly afraid of snakes, they start emailing me pictures of them.
I love dogs, but they rank right up there on the Top 10 List of Fearful Things for a lot of people.
Keep ’em on a leash, fuckflaps! 😉
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May 21, 2013 at 9:38 am
I know, right? The same thing has happened to me with spiders. I don’t think she was being intentionally cruel; she’s just plain dense.
Thanks for the comment. I needed the laugh this morning 😀 That last sentence will be forever part of my repertoire. haha!
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May 18, 2013 at 8:35 pm
my experiences like this often end with the same thought, “I should have said something…” I do wonder what kind of life I might have if I just spoke up – every time. Probably not the best one, but perhaps more satisfying. 🙂
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May 18, 2013 at 10:37 pm
Yes, the what-ifs. More satisfying until it gets you arrested. haha
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May 18, 2013 at 2:02 pm
I think you should have told her what you were thinking. But mostly is sad to see how’s people are blind…I mean if someone is scared you can see it!
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May 18, 2013 at 2:12 pm
If nothing else I think in hindsight she should have been told so that she doesn’t let it happen again. But… moment lost.
Then again perhaps she would have been too dense to understand. From my perspective of 10 seconds worth of interaction she already had a bad track record.
Grrrr…
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May 18, 2013 at 3:53 pm
I agree on the dense part. If a mum is telling something about her son and you keep saying something different, you’re just too dense…end of the story. The problem is that there are way too many people like this! Cheer up and cross the road next time you meet her!
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May 18, 2013 at 3:54 pm
I certainly shall, thank you 🙂
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May 18, 2013 at 4:08 pm
😀
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May 18, 2013 at 1:30 pm
And this is why we love you.
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May 18, 2013 at 1:44 pm
😀
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May 18, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Can you send me a quick email at readfulthings@gmail.com so I can verify your email address and send you a contributor invite please?
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May 18, 2013 at 12:56 am
I am a dog person, but I still get really peeved at owners who don’t leash their dogs. If you don’t have complete voice control over your dog it should never under any circumstance be off it’s leash. In fact, here it’s the law for your pet to be leashed. You had such amazing control. I think I would have gone off on her!
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May 18, 2013 at 9:34 am
It’s a law here too but she was on her own property (until the dog got to the sidewalk) so I don’t know what the rules are for that.
Yeah, I’m just too damned laid back for my own good sometimes 😛
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May 19, 2013 at 2:52 am
I don’t know the law about that here either. But she still should have gotten a clue, dang!!!
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May 18, 2013 at 12:00 am
Some people just think they can get away with telling you what you should do instead of putting in some effort themselves. I hate such people. What was the bitch thinking? She was assuming that you don’t know what your child is afraid of and she found out in a minute. And she was feeling good about herself for knowing better what other people’s children like. Nuthead.
Btw the first part of the post about Alex helping you out was really sweet. Made me smile 🙂
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May 18, 2013 at 9:42 am
She probably still doesn’t understand what she did, which is why I should have said something.
Alex enjoys helping 🙂 I’m glad it made you smile.
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May 17, 2013 at 10:48 pm
Every neighborhood has a crazy lady….you were just unlucky enough to have contact with her.
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May 17, 2013 at 10:52 pm
Ehhh, renters. She’ll be gone in a couple of months. And her little doggie too! *cackle*
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May 17, 2013 at 10:59 pm
Ha ha!!
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May 17, 2013 at 8:10 pm
Put that boy of yours on a leash!
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May 17, 2013 at 8:33 pm
I’ve been tempted. He’s Deaf …he doesn’t always know what’s coming and if he wanders off it’s impossible to call him back or get his attention. Then again, if I learned how to lasso I can kill two birds with one stone… haha
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May 17, 2013 at 8:41 pm
Lol. Some kids are just deathly afraid of dogs, no matter how irrational or what the reason. Dog people may not understand this. I’d never understand it either but for the fact hat my best friend growing up was petrified of them for no known reason. He was a big boy and would literally sprint to safety if even a chihuahua came near him.
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May 17, 2013 at 8:45 pm
Yeah, two of my kids are like that. It wouldn’t be the first time one of them ran into the road to get away from a mutt that just wanted a sniff. And like your friend, I have no idea why.
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May 17, 2013 at 4:58 pm
“fuckflap” – it almost hurts, it’s so funny.
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May 17, 2013 at 5:01 pm
I knew you’d like that one. hehe
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May 17, 2013 at 4:57 pm
Yes! It’s a different perspective, but the same, story, really.
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May 17, 2013 at 4:59 pm
Wops, I meant to write this above, in reply to your reply to my reply, but I did something wrong and here I am, replying to myself. Oh well. Time for bed.
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May 17, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Lol. Get a good nights’ rest. And thank you again 🙂
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May 17, 2013 at 4:56 pm
First, oh my god that is the cutest person I’ve ever seen — and he looks JUST like you. He’s to die for.
Next, ugh. Anyone who is alive knows you don’t ever push the dog thing — on anyone. I don’t want anything physical pushed on me and neither did Alex. People are scared of dogs, wake up, it’s ok, just respect, yada yada.
But oh, my dear, that was a deep belly laugh you gave me when I read your emphatic rant. You -do- know what I mean. Your psycho was showing and I always enjoy reading that. Thank you for another interesting day in the life in progress.
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May 17, 2013 at 5:06 pm
It’s like she was thinking ‘I love my dog so everyone must love my dog’. I’ve seen it before but this one really took the cake. The conversation I had with her is precisely word-for-word. It’s like, what part of these 4 words do you not understand? Oh god, here I go again.
😉
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May 17, 2013 at 5:10 pm
Oh and thank you.I smile like that the whole time I’m doing my paper route too – no wonder he looks like me. haha
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May 17, 2013 at 4:44 pm
I have the opposite: after a couple of traumatic experiences, my dog is afraid of children. But she is small and cute and it always happens that some mother or, more often, grandmother, without even bothering to ask me, tells the child she is with that it should go and pet the cute little doggie.
I keep my dog close and explain that unfortunately she doesn’t like children. The woman, undaunted, arguments that my dog is so small and cute, probably meaning that since her child is so small and cute, too, it’s a sort of match made in Heaven. Eggs her child on.
The child wobbles toward my dog. I stop whatever I was doing in preparation for having to pick her up if it doesn’t give up.
It comes closer. The dog barks. The child falls on its cute little bottom. It starts wailing.
The woman gives me a dirty look. She picks the child up making a great fuss as if my puppy had dismembered it.
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May 17, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Some people are so sure they know something that they get tunnel vision, ignoring everything around them. We can only hope their stupidity eventually bites them in the rear and not an innocent bystander.
Thanks for sharing a different perspective. 🙂
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May 17, 2013 at 4:06 pm
Wow. Some people are denser than a brick wall.
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May 17, 2013 at 4:06 pm
You got that right.
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May 17, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Yes it’s obvious that you have no control over your son while this total stranger knows exactly how to handle your child………….. Not;-)
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May 17, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Alex smiles at everything… even when he’s crying he still tries to smile.
Ugh! People sometimes!
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May 18, 2013 at 7:13 am
😉 hug to Alex
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May 18, 2013 at 9:30 am
Delivered, thank you 🙂
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