What Made You Cry Today?

maryam · 06-09-2013, 05:34 PM

Stupid people at the park not watching their kid and making me fall off my bike.... There was bloodshed and everything.... People need to keep an eye on their kids. This four ish year old ran across the bike path, I swerved to miss her and ran into post and went over the handlebars. The real kicker is, the monster was HEADING FOR THE RIVER and her parents were 60 feet away, all LA LA LA LA not even watching her.

And then they yelled at me to look where I was going. I was looking! Otherwise, it would have been a much worse accident.

firecat242 · 06-09-2013, 05:37 PM

Watching the ASPCA commercial where the dogs and cats need care and a forever home. Why do we treat creatures this way?

06-09-2013, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by maryam

Stupid people at the park not watching their kid and making me fall off my bike.... There was bloodshed and everything.... People need to keep an eye on their kids. This four ish year old ran across the bike path, I swerved to miss her and ran into post and went over the handlebars. The real kicker is, the monster was HEADING FOR THE RIVER and her parents were 60 feet away, all LA LA LA LA not even watching her.

And then they yelled at me to look where I was going. I was looking! Otherwise, it would have been a much worse accident.

As a daily cyclist I am made solely responsible for the safety of other people's children and/or dogs on a regular basis. It drives me bonkers.

I hope your injuries heal quickly.

maryam · 06-09-2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Daktari

As a daily cyclist I am made solely responsible for the safety of other people's children and/or dogs on a regular basis. It drives me bonkers.

I hope your injuries heal quickly.

Thanks! If it happened again, I'd hit the post again instead of the kid... I'm trying to think of it this way... 4 year old was running full tilt towards a river without an adult close enough to save her if she fell in. Both of the adults had their backs to the river at the time, so they wouldn't have seen her go in. So it sucks that I'm all banged up, but the kid's alive. Not smooshed, not drowned, not missing... That's good, right?

Sparkle · 06-09-2013, 07:02 PM

stress + worry + low blood sugar = the overwhelming anxiety trifecta.

Scots_On_The_Rocks · 10-08-2013, 03:48 PM

Usually this type of thing doesn't bother me, but today, having one of my head-start kiddos say I was ugly and fat, managed to get under the armour and leave me feeling a little raw and sad. It never ceases to amaze me how cruel little ones can be.

LaDivina · 10-08-2013, 07:44 PM

Unexpectedly hearing a song that reminded me of something that was lost.

Fortunately, it was immediately followed by one that reminds me of something I've gained.

DMW · 10-09-2013, 05:46 PM

URL:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/

Starting at the 22 min mark. Put tears in my eyes. A woman in a shelter and working was going to get her first apartment and she doesn't get it because
Of the govt shutdown and the help of some federal funding from HUD.

Dior Hall is her name. And what an example of strength she is. Amazing.

06-10-2013, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by maryam

Thanks! If it happened again, I'd hit the post again instead of the kid... I'm trying to think of it this way... 4 year old was running full tilt towards a river without an adult close enough to save her if she fell in. Both of the adults had their backs to the river at the time, so they wouldn't have seen her go in. So it sucks that I'm all banged up, but the kid's alive. Not smooshed, not drowned, not missing... That's good, right?

Absolutely! It's always best to avoid hitting a living thing despite the elbow/knee skinning potential. I would rather aim for the oblivious parents/owners muwhahahaaa!

bkisbutchenuff · 06-10-2013, 05:51 AM

.....assumptions.....

thedivahrrrself · 06-10-2013, 08:12 AM

Everything.... it must be getting close to pony time...

cinnamongrrl · 06-11-2013, 08:31 PM

My clients have been married for 57 years....

He was puttering around doing this and that while she sat in the living room...when he finished he said to her, " Ok babe! I'm all yours now!"

It just touched me...after all these years...they still enjoy their time together...

06-09-2013, 05:37 PM	#2
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06-09-2013, 05:34 PM	#1
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