I needed to go to the grocery store this morning so I told my son afterwards we would go to McDonalds so he could play. We went to one I hadn't gone to before but looked like it had a cool play area. After getting our yogurt and drinks we headed over to it. It was closed and some man was cleaning it. I think my face looked more disappointed than my sons. I wanted to curse out the manager and tell him to clean the play area at night when no children are going to play in it; not at 10:30 am when toddlers need to expel some energy!!!
I held back my anger and we moved on to a park that I saw was close by. It was located by a school, but there was a fence dividing the two. My son was climbing and playing on the jungle gym when some lady yelled, "Mam, mam, you are not supposed to be over there!" I yelled back," Isn't this a park?" She said that during school hours no one is allowed to play at the park, not til after 2pm! Really?!?! I wanted to yell, scream, jump the fence, and slap her silly! Instead I apologized and told her I was unaware of that rule.
As my son and I left I saw a sign with park rules and sure enough at the bottom it stated that the park is used by the school exclusively during school hours.
I gave up and took my son home and let him watch one of his favorite shows.
To think I curbed my temper twice within a matter of 1 hour astounds me. A couple years ago this story would have gone a whole lot different. I am not sure what has changed my willpower; it must have to be due to my son in some way, plus age makes us wiser right? Or does my age make me weaker?
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