Last week, as I was in the city center and my daughter was happily in her pushchair sucking her thumb a man came to me and told me to cover her thumb in salt so she would eventually give up the habit. Imagine! I was like, yeah right, next you are going to tell me that if salt doesn't work to soak it in bleach..., so she stops sucking, and breathing all together...
Another time I was beaten (beaten, phisically assaulted!!!)by an elderly mad woman, in the gold souk because it was cold (20 degrees, Cold????) and how dared I to take my baby out in such a freezing weather conditions.
It happens, and so what. They mean well. Really. They love to give advice and to be helpful. They do it out of kindness and so it should be appreciated. Even if the advice is WRONG, even if they are what we would call "plain rude", they don't mean to. I suggest you smile and thank them and forget about it. Never argue. And many times the advice has been really good and helpful!
Last week, as I was in the city center and my daughter was happily in her pushchair sucking her thumb a man came to me and told me to cover her thumb in salt so she would eventually give up the habit. Imagine! I was like, yeah right, next you are going to tell me that if salt doesn't work to soak it in bleach..., so she stops sucking, and breathing all together...
Another time I was beaten (beaten, phisically assaulted!!!)by an elderly mad woman, in the gold souk because it was cold (20 degrees, Cold????) and how dared I to take my baby out in such a freezing weather conditions.
It happens, and so what. They mean well. Really. They love to give advice and to be helpful. They do it out of kindness and so it should be appreciated. Even if the advice is WRONG, even if they are what we would call "plain rude", they don't mean to. I suggest you smile and thank them and forget about it. Never argue. And many times the advice has been really good and helpful!