Let me start by saying that my wife and I are childless by choice, and we have little interaction with children. I was bullied by the other kids as a child for many, many, years as well.
Children attempt to speak to me or get my attention by staring and waving or saying hello from their perches in shopping carts, and their parents seem to condone their behavior. What happened to teaching children not to talk to strangers?
I’m being dead serious when I say that you should consider getting psychiatric help. There is something wrong with you when a child simply says hello to you and you react with anger. It is not normal. It’s also kind of nasty.
Children are everywhere. They’re going to wave to you, and talk to you, and it’s perfectly OK. They have poor impulse control because they are children.
If I were too friendly toward children, I could be perceived as a threat.
Sorry, but this is a bullshit excuse. First, it is men that people are afraid of with respect to children. I’m not even sure if it’s true that men are more of a threat, though I suspect it is, but the fact is that no one expects strange women, particularly affluent white women, to be a threat to their kids.
Second, it’s not like you’re running into these kids in a dark alley. They are there with their parents, and those parents permit them to wave at you or say hello. Responding in a friendly fashion is completely normal in this case. It is refusing to respond that’s frightening, as you have noticed.
As I said, I have little contact with kids, but if a child waves at me, I smile and wave back. It’s a big deal for the kids, and it costs me nothing, and I enjoy making some kid’s life a bit more exciting.
You should see a therapist for your anger issues.
I’m not being insulting — you’re exhibiting rage at children doing perfectly normal, friendly things and it’s going to keep diminishing your life until you deal with it.
Overall, your articles are hostile and mean-spirited and petty and you come off and angry and miserable. After I finish this, I’m going to block you, because your articles don’t make me more informed or happier.
You should deal with this because you’re making yourself and everyone else around you unhappy with your mental illness.
