By Anonymous - 18/02/2014 16:31 - United States

Today, while waiting in line at a store, a toddler behind me was throwing a major meltdown while his father yelled at him, giving me a migraine. I turned to the woman behind me and said, "Can you believe this kid? I feel sorry for his mother." Turns out the woman was his mother. FML
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flashback.miss 28

the mother was probably embarrassed and distressed. hopefully it's not a daily occurrence.

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ChibiChibi_fml 27

"She was probably exhausted and knows the best way with a "meltdown" from a toddler is to ignore it till they're done and address it there" That might be valid except for the line about "while his father yelled at him". If she thought the best thing to do was ignore it than she would have told her husband to shut up and stop adding to the embarrassing situation. She didn't. She just stood idly by to allow her husband to handle the situation in a more annoying fashion. What should have been done is for one of the parents to take the obnoxious, screaming, brat outside and leave the other parent to pay. That way the other store goers don't have to listen to their child's inability to behave or the husbands idiotic hollering. That would have gotten the kid away from the oh so upsetting and exhausting hustle and bustle in the fist place.

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Alchemist_21 26

This is what happens when people stop believing in spankings. FYL

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Sniper_Chick4110 20

So what you're saying is your life is ****** because you only intended to whisper nasty things behind a persons back rather than saying it to thier face. Nice pair of balls you have there Anon.

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blackrose3033 4

I've done that. I turn red from embarrassment then I move on with my life and I don't care because parents should learn to control their brats when in public.

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thewife5 19

The dad "yelling" at him isn't helping anything. Kids are going to throw fits from time to time.. Yelling at a yelling toddler isn't going to make the kiddo calm down. I say F the toddlers life.

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Naoto_Shirogane 17

I also dislike young children and cannot stand their tantrums, but OP, sometimes one should keep negative thoughts and complaints to oneself.

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MasterBob_fml 14

So if both parents were there, one parent could have taken the kid out of line so as not to be an annoyance to others.

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skyeyez9 24

My niece and nephew (3 and 5) are horrid children and both almost always have massive meltdowns in public. Actually it doesnt matter where, they are always screaming, throwing things or kicking everything in sight no matter what. Every time. And my husband wonders why I dont want more kids. My luck the next one would be a little demon.

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Michaelgf 13

Remember OP, you were once that toddler

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sonictardis 8

probably one of the greatest comments so far.

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amisenho 11

#117: That's exactly why I don't want kids. I knew I was a little shit as a kid. I know for a fact that nothing that could possibly come from my womb would be any better than the trolling bully I was at home and around every other kid in elementary school. Some of us know how to pick and choose our battles; I'll stay away from the parenting one.

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