pamperedlinda
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I had a show last night with a family that is just weighing on my mind, and not in a good way The show was fine, the guests were fun and I got some bookings, but it was just the life-style of the host's family that really bothered me. The home was clean in an okay neighborhood, my best friend actually used to live in the house across the street 15 years ago! But, it's definatly not the nice neighborhood it once was, kinda run-down now. The host's family was just utter chaos! She has 4 kids, age 7-15 (which I guess that in itself would be chaos, lol!) As I was setting up, the kids wouldn't keep their hands off my stuff...touching EVERYTHING! I was nice and answered their questions about what my products were as I was setting up, but the 7 year old kept handling everything (and her hands were not the cleanest, kwim?) I asked her to wait just a bit and she could help me once everyone got there...hoping that her mom would take the hint and shoo her away...not so much :yuck:
Anyhow....that's not what bothered me so much. It was mostly the 7 year old and the family dog that pulled at my heart. (background: for those of you who have met me, you know I'm short, barely 5' tall and I'm think I'm average size for my height, probably wouldn't hurt for me to drop a few pounds.) Well, this 7 y/o was huge! (I was shocked when she told me she was 7) I was wearing shoes with 2" heals last night and the 7 y/o came to my nose and she probably out-weighed me by a good 10-15 pounds! The family dog was a dashound and he was so fat he looked like a seal! The 13 y/o was huge too (and really needed a new bra :bugeye, the 2 oldest were boys and average size and so was the husband. The entire time I was there all they did was eat junk...chips, chicken wings, pop tarts...anything they could eat with their hands (omg, the 7 y/o ate the pop tarts like a sandwich and I have no idea what was in between) The dog followed everyone around and they fed him whatever they had in their hands (poor thing). I know it's none of my business, but I just wanted to slap my host and tell her too look at these kids and the dog (and in the mirror!). It's just heart-breaking to see someone train their family to eat/behave like that.
Anyhow, thanks for letting me vent. It's just bothering me and makes me sad....and thankful that I was raised better and that I'm raising my son better.
But when you think about it, this is our future society and that worries me!
Anyhow....that's not what bothered me so much. It was mostly the 7 year old and the family dog that pulled at my heart. (background: for those of you who have met me, you know I'm short, barely 5' tall and I'm think I'm average size for my height, probably wouldn't hurt for me to drop a few pounds.) Well, this 7 y/o was huge! (I was shocked when she told me she was 7) I was wearing shoes with 2" heals last night and the 7 y/o came to my nose and she probably out-weighed me by a good 10-15 pounds! The family dog was a dashound and he was so fat he looked like a seal! The 13 y/o was huge too (and really needed a new bra :bugeye, the 2 oldest were boys and average size and so was the husband. The entire time I was there all they did was eat junk...chips, chicken wings, pop tarts...anything they could eat with their hands (omg, the 7 y/o ate the pop tarts like a sandwich and I have no idea what was in between) The dog followed everyone around and they fed him whatever they had in their hands (poor thing). I know it's none of my business, but I just wanted to slap my host and tell her too look at these kids and the dog (and in the mirror!). It's just heart-breaking to see someone train their family to eat/behave like that.
Anyhow, thanks for letting me vent. It's just bothering me and makes me sad....and thankful that I was raised better and that I'm raising my son better.
But when you think about it, this is our future society and that worries me!