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BG!!
Awesome to have you back! I'm so glad you had such a great time, and it sounds like you know how to do Disney right. Don't try to do everything, just slow down and really enjoy what you can do. (And I really hear you about the line for the Pooh ride. My younger daughter, who has been a Pooh fan her whole life, just came back from a trip to Disney with her friends that was a combo Graduation/18th Birthday gift, said that the waiting area was just awesome, so much so that she wanted the line to be longer!)
I've never met your husband and I'm proud of him.
He sounds like a really good man. I am impressed that he stood up for that child, but even more so that he managed to do so in a way which was also compassionate for the father. He'll probably never know just how large an impact he had on that child's life.
And I'm sorry about the crying child. I feel the same way when I see parents treating their children that way, even down to the "to you have any idea how many years of therapy it's going to take to get over what you're doing to your child?" Don't be too hard on yourself for not speaking up, it's a delicate situation coming between a parent and their child and usually doesn't work out as well as it did with your husband. You usually just end up getting called obscene names.
I am glad that you were able to be so happy that you cried (totally with you on Toy Story 3) while at the same time being able to feel sadness and grief for the pain around you. You sound very alive.
It's good to have you back, really missed you!
AG
Awesome to have you back! I'm so glad you had such a great time, and it sounds like you know how to do Disney right. Don't try to do everything, just slow down and really enjoy what you can do. (And I really hear you about the line for the Pooh ride. My younger daughter, who has been a Pooh fan her whole life, just came back from a trip to Disney with her friends that was a combo Graduation/18th Birthday gift, said that the waiting area was just awesome, so much so that she wanted the line to be longer!)
quote:One dad was yelling so hard at his son, my husband actually walked over and put his hand on the dad's shoulder and very gently said, "You're making memories here, dad. Make sure they're good ones." The dad stopped and looked stunned...then sad. I have never been so proud of my husband.
I've never met your husband and I'm proud of him.
He sounds like a really good man. I am impressed that he stood up for that child, but even more so that he managed to do so in a way which was also compassionate for the father. He'll probably never know just how large an impact he had on that child's life. And I'm sorry about the crying child. I feel the same way when I see parents treating their children that way, even down to the "to you have any idea how many years of therapy it's going to take to get over what you're doing to your child?" Don't be too hard on yourself for not speaking up, it's a delicate situation coming between a parent and their child and usually doesn't work out as well as it did with your husband. You usually just end up getting called obscene names.
I am glad that you were able to be so happy that you cried (totally with you on Toy Story 3) while at the same time being able to feel sadness and grief for the pain around you. You sound very alive.
It's good to have you back, really missed you!
AG
Hi BG,
Lovely to hear from you and to hear about your trip. I've never been to Disney, but it sounds amazing.... and very well worth that long car journey too. OMG what an amazing thing your husband did and said, I have just read it out to my husband and we are both sending cheers to him across the water. BG, I have walked round the supermarket many a time with tears in my eyes watching and listening to how parents are speaking to and behaving with their children
Thank goodness for people like your husband to be brave enough to start to make a change.
starfish
Lovely to hear from you and to hear about your trip. I've never been to Disney, but it sounds amazing.... and very well worth that long car journey too. OMG what an amazing thing your husband did and said, I have just read it out to my husband and we are both sending cheers to him across the water. BG, I have walked round the supermarket many a time with tears in my eyes watching and listening to how parents are speaking to and behaving with their children
Thank goodness for people like your husband to be brave enough to start to make a change.
starfish
Welcome back BG!!
So glad you had fun at Disney. I want to go, too!
It's really lovely what your husband did. It's a very understanding way of telling this dad that he isn't doing his best right now.
19 hour car ride sounds hell-ish, but I'm glad it wasn't like that for you.
I think I'll go to Disneyland Paris to check it out
this all made me wanna go even more!
How many days would you need to see all of it?
So glad you had fun at Disney. I want to go, too!
It's really lovely what your husband did. It's a very understanding way of telling this dad that he isn't doing his best right now.
19 hour car ride sounds hell-ish, but I'm glad it wasn't like that for you.
I think I'll go to Disneyland Paris to check it out
this all made me wanna go even more! How many days would you need to see all of it?
Welcome home BG!!
Glad the trip was full of happy memories - and it sounds like your H opened the door for at least one other family to have happier memories rather than the alternative. I have only been to Disney once, but I love, love, loved it!
It always gets me when people are like that in public - they don't think anyone watches or notices, but sometimes it's hard not to.
19 hours?! Well, the Jetson's are awesome, so I guess that is helpful
Anyway, welcome home!
Glad the trip was full of happy memories - and it sounds like your H opened the door for at least one other family to have happier memories rather than the alternative. I have only been to Disney once, but I love, love, loved it!
It always gets me when people are like that in public - they don't think anyone watches or notices, but sometimes it's hard not to.
19 hours?! Well, the Jetson's are awesome, so I guess that is helpful
Anyway, welcome home!
BG ~ It's wonderful to hear about your trip! Welcome back!!! ~jd
p.s. It's hard for me too when I see parents being cruel to thier kids. That was super amazing what your husband did.
p.s. It's hard for me too when I see parents being cruel to thier kids. That was super amazing what your husband did.
Welcome back! I'm proud of your H too. That's so awesome. Have a lot of Disneyland memories, some good and some bad. Glad you guys made some good ones!