Grumpy Old Men

[wayfaringwordhack]

This, I took Soëlie out for a walk in her mei tai, and we passed a gathering of four old men standing by the boulodrome (where you play "boules," aka petanque), smoking cigars. Bonjours were exchanged, some more heartfelt than others.  On my way back to the village, only two men were left, and when one judged that I was out of earshot, he grumpily said to the other, "I just hate seeing babies carried like that..."  Then I truly was out of earshot and didn't hear the rest clearly, only that something "incites others to..." do something, probably something as equally wrong and rebellious as wear one's baby.  o.O

Comments

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

Ooh, a fill-in-the blank!

incites others to... have more babies and DESTROY THE PLANET!

incites others to... spontaneously get cavities from the cuteness overload

incites others to... sponsor a World Vision child

incites others to... wear purple and pink spotted clothes and tapdance in the streets?

Ignore them. They're either cranky or still stuck in the mindset that baby-wearing means that your child will grow up to be spoiled, clingy and namby-pamby. Either way, they're wrong.

*HUGS*

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*rofl* Thanks for the good laugh. And yeah, duly ignored. I keep waiting to see them/him again so I can them a great big smile.