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Yick, yet another case of "But no one could POSSIBLY ever get sick of having my baby around them!" >;P

Indeed. I no longer speak to these neighbors because I don't want to encourage their ridiculous behavior. Poor kid - what crummy parents!

That father was a jerk, plain and simple. And had he not had a kid, he still would be a jerk. And he might have laid into you for some other imagined slight, because, hey, he's a jerk, and chooses to misread instinctive reaction as "I don't like you."

PHTTH to him.

Pinecone....Please don't let the actions of that ignorant moron hurt your feelings anymore. 4 years is long enough. He sounds alot like the one I'm married to, temporarily, I hope. His kind is just more evidence that there should be mandatory pre-breeding tests/licensing. I wish something like that would happen to me in public. I would love nothing more than to let some sperm/egg donor have it for being such an idiot.

Well.....Solutions to the above 4 problems:

1. The kid that screamed and then the father became abusive towards the brat's victim: Over-react like crazy. Scream back. Act like you've been scared out of your gourd. If you're older, mumble about your heart. I have a heart condition and therefore can legitimately grab my heart in such a situation and mumble about "needing my pills" and the "fright giving me a heart attack".

2. Almost being run down. Get the license plate number. File a police report.

3. People blocking entrances and exits like they own the place. Walk past them like they are not there. After all, they are acting like you're not there and you're simply giving them the same treatment that they are giving you.

4. The unwelcome kid who would not leave and his mother - march the kid home & hand him over to Mommie Dearest. Tell mommie you found him roaming the neighborhood alone and were especially concerned for his safely as you have noticed an old van with blacked out windows slowly cruising the neighborhood from time to time lately and gee...what with all the sexual predators and weirdos around these days you felt that the child could possibly be in danger and just wanted to be sure he was safe and how worried you'd be if it was your kid and yada yada....

Great ideas Llyn. You're awesome. I really wish I'd gotten that lady's license number. Whatever was I thinking?

Frieda, You were thinking of your husband's safety!

Great suggestions, Llyn!

Ooh, I agree with Llyn re the screaming kid. Scream back. I have done this in the supermarket, and the look on the kids face was priceless. When the dad started to sound off, say "it's okay to scream in here. Your child was doing it, I just thought I'd join in". He can b***h all he wants, he's an [censored] anyway and you'll never change his mind. But if the kid gets screamed back at a few times he'll stop doing it.

As for the wanderer - call Child Services. Say he just appeared and you have no idea where he comes from. Once mommy dearest has had to explain herself to the authorities, she won't be letting him wander too far...

Argh. Some people are so so moronic it makes me want to barf.

Great ideas, Pikasam!

All I can say is that back when I was a kid I would have never gotten away with misbehaving in public. These days every trip to the grocery store carries with it the risk of being run into by a kid running wild with a grocery cart.

I like the screaming back in the kid's face. And that mother should be ashamed for letting her kid wander around the neighborhood unsupervised. I would of marched that kid back to his parents and say he was wondering around unsupervised. If it happened again, I would call child protective services. I would not say it out loud to the parents, just do it.