Comments on: Nature makes me Sanctimommious

By: moosh

moosh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:35:08 +0000

We camped in the National Forest last Wednesday and no one else was there. It was wonderful. I have camped in a State Park and heard my neighbors having sex all night. I don’t know which is worst moans or screaming kids.

By: MaryP

MaryP — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:38:50 +0000

This is why I no longer camp. We tried again two years ago, after a gap of about eight, and people are still just as inconsiderate about lights-out and quiet time (which in our closest park doesn’t start until ELEVEN, gawdelpme), that we ended up leaving a day early. We left EARLY, and we left LOUD. Call me petty, but it felt goooood when I heard someone from the worst-offending campsite moan, “Oh, GOD, why can’t they shut the f%$ up?” I figure we were making him prematurely aware of his hangover.

By: Amy-Go

Amy-Go — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:51:16 +0000

Since Sammy managed to get away from me and behaved in a manner which required lifeguard intervention THREE TIMES this weekend – resulting in the pool supervisor warning us that he would be banned from swimming if I could not control him – I will be the one to represent Crappy Parents Everywhere. “I’m sorry!” she said in a squeaky voice, and slunk quietly away in shame…

In my own defense, a minor amount of neglect is the only way I can parent Sammy and STAY SANE!

By: Aimee

Aimee — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:35:54 +0000

I agree with Elizabeth — you gotta find the funny in it to survive something like that. I find that can work with badly behaved adults, too.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:37:03 +0000

Give it a week or teo and you’ll all be giggling about it… remember those terrible kids that got mama’s goat? We camped when I eas a kid, in tents and now those are the funniest memories. People say we’re making them up, but it would be too difficult for the seven of us to collaborate that well.

By: Flea

Flea — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:58:46 +0000

Fontana Dam, NC. Much quieter. And the firefly display is to die for!

By: Cele

Cele — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:00:17 +0000

This is why I NEVER go to Pizza Parlours.

By: David

David — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:30:05 +0000

Wait, what happened to the whole ‘watching them put trucks together’ thing? Oh, silly me. That’ll be Monkey’s trip, right? *grins and ducks quickly*

By: lonek8

lonek8 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:51:03 +0000

there is no rule that you have to be a perfect parent to point out when others are worse at it. there is nothing worse than parents who will not even attempt to control their children in public. especially because these people are also usually the least tolerant of anyone else interrupting their fun. And I deeply sypathize with the situation you were in – our backyard neighbors routinely throw loud outdoor parties that last past 11pm and their 3 year old is running around screaming the whole time. But they also never bothered to put a railing on their deck and she falls off at least once a day. It makes me feel so “sanctimommious” to criticize them, but really. Bad parenting is bad parenting and I don’t have to be perfect to admit it.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:23:25 +0000

Norma, google: “define: STFU”
and here it doesn’t stand for “Southern Tenant Farmers Union”