They say to never do this: don't ever vent, pick a fight or antagonize on your blog. It is bad etiquette. Well, okay, let's think about me. I don't fight...unless it's truly important. I don't antagonize: THAT'S just childish and asking for a fight. Which I don't do. Vent? Yes, I do that.
So let's just SUPPOSE that something like this MIGHT have happened to someone LIKE me. Kay? Then you can tell me if you'd have bent the etiquette rules as I have done so...so carelessly today.
Let's suppose that there was a kid (a kid you didn't know, had never seen, nor had your children mentioned before) in your neighborhood. Your children knew who he (or she) was but didn't associate with that person because it was RUMORED that he (or she) was a troublemaker, jerk, and all around not-so-nice kinda guy (or gal).
Then let's imagine that while this wienie is in your neighborhood he/she sees your kids and several others playing a pickup game of kickball. He or she decides to join and immediately begins to argue, stomp and disrupt the calm that once was a friendly game. While the disenchanted children disperse, the wienie rides around calling out to various children...including yours. YOURS are waiting for some other (barely but more) fun kids to emerge from their house to play something new. While waiting in the street, said wienie picks up rocks. Yes, picks up rocks and throws them at the house containing the (barely) more fun kids. FABULOUS. YOURS go over and say "Hey! cut it out. Those are our friends." Wienie makes some very ummmm ugly remark and rides away on the wienie-mobile.
You know none of this as it occurs. Nope. It blows right by you until three days later when the mom of the (barely) more fun kids (also known in some imaginary circles as "Monsters Inc.") comes out of her house and threatens your kids. Is it simmering yet? Or did you hypothetically boil over? THREATENS YOUR KID AND DRIVES AWAY.
How could this happen?! You might wonder. Your kids come in pale as ghosts and begin to tell you:
"She came out of her house and said "If you and that (explicative) kid EVER throw rocks at my house again, you're gonna get it." vrrrrroooooom exiting at a realistic 35mph.
Supposedly, I know I would be a wee bit frustrated or perhaps a titch ruffled. Especially when you consider the goings on in this imaginary place with these supposed people. Someone might say there was theft involving these (barely more) fun kids or vandalism. Hmph. But NOW you wanna threaten (supposedly) my kids and then speed off. At no time calling to discuss, implicate, complain or even MENTION the incident with an adult.
Wow. Good choice to attack a third and two fifth graders and speed away. Well, I just want to say that I have ground my molars down to stumps...hypothetically. I have clashed with her before, unfortunately but justly. I have paced an imaginary track around my dining room table in shear fury but have patiently awaited her arrival home.
I'd like to discuss this further with her. For real.
Wienies away!
