tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post4277054096716729921..comments2023-05-31T01:38:48.081-06:00Comments on a queer family grows in redneckville: Don't call me "Mom"mama Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16387999962349978268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-77594527747928411482010-12-31T22:34:57.353-07:002010-12-31T22:34:57.353-07:00great post, i never really thought about it, but i...great post, i never really thought about it, but its so true!!!IWASNTBLOGGEDYESTERDAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054455347275782284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570876680747280215.post-56662016265613555442010-12-31T22:21:11.125-07:002010-12-31T22:21:11.125-07:00Hi! I like your blog and this particular article. ...Hi! I like your blog and this particular article. Yes, it's annoying when people act like they know better than you with regards to parenting or for any topic that is none of their business. I agree with your article.<br /><br />I am single, chubby, 37, i don't have kids, I know I'm not young, but many people who know me say I look years younger my actual age ... but I find it annoying that when I'm alone shopping, when strangers, vendors, drivers randomly call me "mommy". I know they assume I'm married but what's annoying is finding these old-looking strangers calling me mommy. I find it disturbing or I dunno what they mean by that, but it's definitely improper. I understand they're vendors, drivers, maids or gay parlor attendants - maybe they don't have proper orientation about manners, etc.<br /><br />But still, I wonder where their common sense is. Because they lose customers with their assumption or calling a stranger "mom" or "dad". right? <br /><br />Like, an old driver called me Mom. I don't mean to sound insecure, but common sense lang... WTF was he thining, he's younger than me? Same with a parlor filled with gay beauticians, asking, "Mommy, would you like to get a rebond?" or a store attendant saying "Mommy come buy your kid a t-shirt here." duh?<br /><br />The irony of it, when I meet street children or students, they call me "Ate", not "Mommy", not "Tita". Strangers in my neighborhood who are kids or teens think/said I'm just in my 20s. They got surprised when they found out I'm older than their moms, who were my former schoolmates. <br /><br />Maybe my looks are chronoligically confusing to different people, but my topic here is old people without common sense.<br /><br />I mean, if old strangers call me "mom" and young strangers call me "Ate", it makes me realize young people have more common sense in dealing with strangers.<br /><br />I still think it's safe to call people we don't know as "miss", "maam" or "mister", right? It is polite but not judgemental of a person's age or figure, right?<br /><br />Stranger "momming" is indeed annoying and bothersome, especially if you're single and not with a kid. :D <br /><br />Have a nice day!Marcellehttp://marcelmarceau.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com