Rude comment (what would you have said?)

In My Humble Opinion
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I am the oldest of seven. I have met people that have made similar remarks to my parents. I have always wanted to deck anyone that said things like that. Do they think some are not worthy of life?! That some should not be here?! That is one of the few things that I really get pissed about.

Common remark: "Don’t you know what causes that?
Mother’s Response: "No. Why don’t you and your husband/wife come over some time and show me?

Another remark: “Are you Catholic?”
Responses: “Are you gay?”, “Do you have hemmoroids?”, “Are having a period?”, “How big is your penus?”

“Isn’t that illegal?”
“Maybe in China”

People often seem amazed or impressed, but they express it poorly, like “How do you keep track of them all?” Oh, yes, my parents always lose little kids. There may be more I don’t know about because they can’t keep track of them all.

Dumbasses are better off leaving their mouths shut, instead of opening them and proving they are idiots.

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My mother has lightened up nowadays. She remains polite with remarks like this:

That’s a good picture. How could anyone be rude about children like that?

So, SHAKES, what’s your point?

Average isn’t good enough.

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“The Shakers kicked us out after the first one, so we figured we’d go Catholic.”

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I’m saying that when you tell someone you have five kids, its likely that you might provoke a reaction out of some people. Except with MOST people the reaction would be something to the effect of: “Oh wow, good for you” or “Wow gotta admire that. I only have two and its about all I can handle” However there are a few people as I said in my previous post that are socialy inept. So their reaction is going to be something to the effect of what was said in the OP.

I’m guessing that the person mentioned in the OP didn’t realize she was being rude.

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Shakes, I hate to disagree, but as a mother of four, I’ve heard the same types of comments very often.

Another is the thoughtless remark…well, these three look like you, but this one doesn’t…

I usually respond with something simple and truthful…and they usually walk away abashed at having been so rude.

“Yes, the older two were my ex-husband’s, but now I am raising them alone.”

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Ohhh, I love this one too:

“You look SO young to have SO many children!”

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Well, SHAKES, I’ve found that most people that make remarks about a large family are being rude, whether they know it or not. They look at a large family as being strange or unusual. That’s not a generalization. The comments like"I have only 3 (or less) children and I can’t handle them them. How do you do it?" are insensitive and prove that these people don’t know much about large families. It seems they assume that the parents can’t handle it.

I have always wanted to say “What do you care if we are above average? That’s none of your business, so keep your mouth off.”

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Does this mean I have to stop using my favorite line when people make rude comments to me and my hubby about having three cats? My usual response is: Well, some people have three kids, and even more than that, but nobody says anything to them. Besides, when mine are bad I can lock them in the basement and social services doesn’t come to take them away!