You tried

By well okay then - 10/09/2012 04:39 - United States

Today, while shopping, I saw a little girl and her mom. The girl was pouting so I tried to cheer her up by asking her if she was a princess, because she was so pretty. She smiled but her mom looked at me with disgust and told me to, "Get lost, pedo." I'm a 17-year-old girl. FML
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Same thing different taste

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iHeartRKO 5

I would've then asked the mom if she was a wicked witch, because she was being a bitch.

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fatalwish 6

some people are terrible human beings at least you dont have a daily interaction with her... gotta feel bad for that child though she has to deal with her on a daily

Shouldve started actually sounding pedo-ish

If I had a daughter and a teenage girl came up to her and tried to cheer her up I wouldn't think "pedo" wtf!

SuiGeneris01 2

You told that little girl something her own mother wouldve never said to her.

Toothbrush12 9

I remember when I was twelve, and I was in a museum with my mum. A lady of about twenty-seven came up to me and said "Bless you, your curls are so beautiful. You're a very pretty young lady!" It gave me a massive confidence boost. Whenever I felt down, I thought of how someone out there had appreciated what I do have instead of concentrating on my other aesthetic faults. You made that little girl feel really special, whatever her bitch of a mum says.

I love how people seem to think it's so inappropriate to say this to a stranger's kid. I work at Walmart and the cashiers usually try to interact with the children, often because the children will say "hi" or something, but more often because it's the nice thing to do. Children, when they're not in their little stranger shy period of time, need interaction with human beings other than their family. Also, how in the world is that child supposed to ever make friends if she's taught to fear strangers from a very young age? Teach her to be cautious, but don't tell her every person coming up to them is a pedophile.

This. You're often damned if you do, damned if you don't with some parents. With some, if you so much as blink in their child's direction - regardless of whether you were actually looking or just thinking about if you had enough garbage bags at home - you'll get screeched at and called a pedophile. With others, if you don't acknowledge their precious baybee's thirtieth rendition of, "Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi!" you're a horrible heartless person who's going to put their kid in therapy because they happen to learn that not everyone is there for their conversational entertainment. It's so many levels of ridiculous that it makes me feel bad for guys, who often have it even worse on the "OMG PEDOPHILE!!" accusations. :/

I totally misread that, though it said that the little girl was 17 and she told you to get lost....

Krissylynnfoo 1
JBsGirlee 7

It's ok, you sound like you would be great with kids!