I carried my son (after he was born, that is) in a sling, too. A lot of people from other countries, particularly the Middle East, were smilingly approving of the warmth and closeness inherent in that method. I loved having him close to me, and we’ve been close ever since. It was really cool having my hands free, too. 
He’s right. Endangering kids isn’t funny. That’s why he was with his father.
Bah. I’m not a huge fan of the police when they get a little uppity, although I can understand that he was trying to do his job.
No I don’t. I think that if my SPOUSE comes up from behind and grabs my kid, picks up my kid, or walks off with the cart my kid is in, it would not initiate a panic attack. Do you really walk around all day thinking your kid is in constant danger of being kidnapped? That around every corner lurks an evil man just waiting for you to let your guard down?
I could understand this maybe if your child was at the playground some distance away and the silhouette of a man runs by and snatches your child. I could see the screaming and yelling and the anger when you find out it is a relative playing a cruel joke. But your husband walking off with the cart that is right next to you? I mean geeze… It’s your husband. Presumably the father of that child… I dont get it.
It’s GOTTA be! I am not trying to be a dick in any way. I am just not getting it.
No more mouselings then.
Except he wasn’t walking, Bear he was moving fast enough from behind her that all Mouse_Maven saw was a blur. And, as Mama Zappa explains, it takes time to resolve “blur” into “recognizable person”. If something you don’t recognize is moving rapidly away from you with your child, your first reaction is not going to be, “My spouse is being an ass”, it’s “something is stealing my baby, CHARGE!”.
All of that, grabbing the cart, seeing it go, reacting to kid being snatched, takes place in a fraction of a second, much less time than it even takes to tell it. And in that fraction she was focused on cart and baby, then after that she could move her focus to the guy who took them. Same kind of reaction that causes people to grab for a knife they’ve dropped, instead of letting it fall. It’s instinct, then thought. And unless Mouse Spouse was wearing something distinctive he would have looked like anybody else there.
I don’t have kids and I’m irritated at him for pulling that. I’d have freaked out too.
Idiot move on his part. Here in Texas, some well-meaning bystander might well have shot your husband in the leg for you before you had a chance to sort things out. 
I’m a guy, and I get it. The joke MouseSpouse pulled is not remotely funny.
I’m a guy, childless, and I get it.
Fair enough.
Chiming in to join the chorus of Mouse Spouse was a total and complete moron. Definitely at least one leg in the wood chipper.
Don’t ever underestimate the protective instinct of a mother.
God, I don’t ever even want to have children and I get it. He’s a good egg, but he deserves a kick for this one.
Count me in as another childless guy who gets it. MM’s reptile brain was clearly in charge at that moment. Danger -> react. You don’t really get that when you’re reading about it after the fact. Your cerebral cortex can’t take it all in at your leisure.
For the record, I am childless, but must have overdeveloped mommy instincts.
FWIW, y’all are really bad spellers. It’s not spelled “leg”, it’s spelled “testicle.”
Testicle in the woodchipper? How about a woodchip in the testicle?
Yeppers - male, two kids here (both a long way from babies) but not dumb enough to scare a first-time mommy with a fake abduction. That shit do not be funny, and I value my life and testicles.
One of the scary things about kidlets is the primal reactions they trigger on a tenth of a second notice. You are browsing around in Shop-Rite going "let’s see - which aisle is the shampoo - I see grass seed is on sale, we probably should pick some up - maybe we should have tacos for din - **OMIGODTHEBABYISMISSINGTHATMANGRABBEDHIMKILLKILLKILLKILLKILL!!!
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“Oh, it’s you. Ha ha - very funny. Sorry about severing your jugular with my canine teeth.”
Regards,
Shodan
So you understand the mother’s reaction. As a father, would you have had the same reaction?
Do reptile brains have enough parental investment to respond to threats like that?