Maybe parents become desensitized from listening to years of screaming. Or maybe they think to themselves, oh they're just a kid being a kid.
No. Ok? No.
I wasn't allowed to run around, screaming at the top of my little girl lungs. And when I ventured to, my Mom was all over that shit. I know it's super old school and probably a cancelled turn of phrase, that kids should be seen and not heard, but I'm still here for it.
My Special Man Friend ("MSMF") and I were in Palm Springs last weekend. And it was awesome.
Except for the grubby ass kids screaming shit at each other even though they were face to face in the pool or jacuzzi. Kids must know they annoy the shit out of me because it never fails that they'll slowly draw closer from wherever they're hanging out, like I'm some go-fuck-yourself-kid homing beacon. Search, annoy, destroy. Repeat.
There was one girl in particular with such a high pitched scream and yell it pierced my ears. My neuro disease makes me super sensitive to lights, sounds, etc. especially when my threshold is low. After what felt like an hour of non-stop screeching I finally said "HEY! You guys. STOP! It hurts my ears. You don't need to yell. You're right next to one another and can hear each other just fine." They quieted down but as kids do, eventually their voices picked back up because they have the consideration and memories of turnip.
Kids are not smart or malicious at the age this group was at but like I said, kids and I are like magnets. After the " you can hear each other just fine" chat and their subsequent we-do-what-we-want-at-the-vocal-levels-that-we-want, MSMF and I went for a dip in the jacuzzi. Like clockwork, here they come. They just haaaadddd to go in the jacuzzi. We were out!
I recounted the interaction with the kids to a group of grown ups in the jacuzzi later the following evening to which MSMF added, "Yeah, she told them to shut up!" Now, see here. I don't think telling anyone to shut up is particularly smart or sexy. Even in the heat of an argument. No one ever listens and it just proves to piss yourself and anyone else off even more. And I certainly wouldn't tell someone else's kids to shut up! I'll tell the parents to tell their kids to shut the fuck up but I wouldn't directly tell the kids to silently drown themselves. Little pricks.
People love to make excuses for their kids bad behavior; "they're kids", "they're not hurting anyone", or "what's the big deal, they're just playing?" This is a tough one because I get it. You gotta grocery shop, you gotta travel. You gotta live life and if you have a kid it's made a shit ton harder, especially when they're really little. However, I recently read an article where someone wrote a note for a mom, her sister, and their combined 4 kids saying "kids should be seen and not heard". The mom and sister were indignant which blew my mind. They weren't at fucking Chucky Cheese or the local playground. The kids were running around, screaming and dancing, in the middle of a restaurant.
Put a leash on those God damn things or do what my mom would do if I was acting the fool; grab the inside chonky fat of the inner thigh and pinch! That'll shut a kid right up!
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