Comments on: humilimom http://www.sophistimom.com/humilimom/ ensuring my family is well-read, well-bred, and well-fed Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anna http://www.sophistimom.com/humilimom/comment-page-1/#comment-4565 Anna Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:54:51 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=330#comment-4565 Oh, mercy. I've sooo been there. Our grandest fit throw was at the library in the middle of check-out so we had no escape. I apologized sheepishly to the check-out lady and said: "I bet this happens from time to time, doesn't it?" To which she responded icily: "No. Not really." Humilimom. Yes. I can relate. Oh, mercy. I’ve sooo been there. Our grandest fit throw was at the library in the middle of check-out so we had no escape.

I apologized sheepishly to the check-out lady and said: “I bet this happens from time to time, doesn’t it?”

To which she responded icily:

“No. Not really.”

Humilimom. Yes. I can relate.

]]> By: Teri http://www.sophistimom.com/humilimom/comment-page-1/#comment-3089 Teri Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:07:35 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=330#comment-3089 There is no reason to be humiliated, but there is also no reason to subject an entire store to a screaming fit from your child. March them out of the store immediately. Unless you were buying medicine... there really is no excuse to put everyone else (let alone you) through that. There is nothing you need THAT badly at Target. Try again another time, and if she starts to throw a fit again, you remind her of the last walkout. Worked for me...and my mom, and my sisters, and my girlfriends! :) There is no reason to be humiliated, but there is also no reason to subject an entire store to a screaming fit from your child. March them out of the store immediately. Unless you were buying medicine… there really is no excuse to put everyone else (let alone you) through that. There is nothing you need THAT badly at Target. Try again another time, and if she starts to throw a fit again, you remind her of the last walkout. Worked for me…and my mom, and my sisters, and my girlfriends!
:)

]]> By: a toy drive with delicious incentives! (i. e. a contest) | sophistimom http://www.sophistimom.com/humilimom/comment-page-1/#comment-953 a toy drive with delicious incentives! (i. e. a contest) | sophistimom Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:41:13 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=330#comment-953 [...] women’s shelter.  When they both threw major tantrums (akin to the aforementioned fit in the humilimom post), I had no choice but to leave the cart at the store.  The workers had to put everything [...] [...] women’s shelter.  When they both threw major tantrums (akin to the aforementioned fit in the humilimom post), I had no choice but to leave the cart at the store.  The workers had to put everything [...]

]]> By: MJ http://www.sophistimom.com/humilimom/comment-page-1/#comment-314 MJ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:14:33 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=330#comment-314 Don't worry. I had that scene tiimes 5 with my daughter. We were...I think...so much alike, so stubborn and so ready to draw the line in the sand. The other day my daughter, now 32, brought up one of those horror in public moments saying, oh Mom, I'm still so sorry about that, you must have been SO embarrassed, I don't even know why I did that! You were so patient with me. Well, all I could say is *sniff sniff* I'm just glad we can have this conversation! You mean I wasn't the world's worst Mom?? She tells me stories all the time of how amazing I was, and how much she was...oh golly, a child! So hang in there. Strong wills are tough, mother/daughter times can be rough. But, as I tell her, love covers a multitude of mistakes. We laugh so much now, about times that we thought, at the moment, we'd never recover from. It DOES get better! Don’t worry. I had that scene tiimes 5 with my daughter. We were…I think…so much alike, so stubborn and so ready to draw the line in the sand. The other day my daughter, now 32, brought up one of those horror in public moments saying, oh Mom, I’m still so sorry about that, you must have been SO embarrassed, I don’t even know why I did that! You were so patient with me. Well, all I could say is *sniff sniff* I’m just glad we can have this conversation! You mean I wasn’t the world’s worst Mom?? She tells me stories all the time of how amazing I was, and how much she was…oh golly, a child!
So hang in there. Strong wills are tough, mother/daughter times can be rough. But, as I tell her, love covers a multitude of mistakes. We laugh so much now, about times that we thought, at the moment, we’d never recover from.
It DOES get better!

]]> By: Abby (Thomas) Charest http://www.sophistimom.com/humilimom/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Abby (Thomas) Charest Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:21:08 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=330#comment-199 My mom just had a look that was worse than a wooden spoon. We should take lessons from her:-) My mom just had a look that was worse than a wooden spoon. We should take lessons from her:-)

]]> By: Kelli http://www.sophistimom.com/humilimom/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Kelli Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:26:28 +0000 http://www.sophistimom.com/?p=330#comment-45 Jaime, This is Ryan's mom. Your account of the Target incident was nice -- no, it was really, nniiice. I just wanted to assure you that MY children NEVER acted like that in the store. But that's because I was Mommy Dearest: I carried a wooden spoon in my purse at all times, after my mother suggested it. Her exact words were, "I wouldn't take those kids anywhere without a wooden spoon." And the world has been a better place for it. Keep up the good work, and never hide your shame! Jaime, This is Ryan’s mom. Your account of the Target incident was nice — no, it was really, nniiice. I just wanted to assure you that MY children NEVER acted like that in the store. But that’s because I was Mommy Dearest: I carried a wooden spoon in my purse at all times, after my mother suggested it. Her exact words were, “I wouldn’t take those kids anywhere without a wooden spoon.” And the world has been a better place for it. Keep up the good work, and never hide your shame!

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