Reply To: How would you react?

Aries-you may be older then I,but you have a lot to learn. Your age is NOT an automatic get out of jail free card. I’m sorry if you feel that way. For all I know,it might have been YOU that had this disagreement with me in shul the other night.

I was NOT saving a seat. My daughter was sitting there for the past hour and a half. She got up to go TO THE BATHROOM. Should I next time tell her to hold it in,lest some big,older bully threaten to steal her( legitimate) seat?? I think not. She has/had every right to be in that seat. She was there FIRST. fair and square. Nothing to talk about. The lady asked BEFORE she made her way down the whole row,if there was room for her. I said very clearly the last seat. SHE SAID OK. The seat in question is not any more or less un comfortable then any other seat in the whole shul. The only problem is since it is built on a second tier,the wall protrudes out a bit, there was plenty of room for her legs. It wasn’t a question of comfort. Had it been,I may have fel bad for her.

I will take this one step further and say that if this lady was my mother,I would be absolutely mortified if her behavior. That said as of today,and my mother is waaaaaay older then this lady. You do not teach children that older people have a right to anything they want because of thier age. Older people demand respect,but that respect has to be EARNED. in being obstinate,you are not gaining my respect.

I think Aries is very over the top here. PBA is exactly right.

And,you mention that I should teach my daughter at the playground with kids her own age how to defend herself. Absolutely. If it ever came to that,I would. This is why we hear so many stories of difffererent types of abuse taking place with our children. They are taught that an older person says jump,we must not ask why. We must obey blindly and jump. And then they are afraid to confront the adult. So they get away with it.

I will say it again. YOUR AGE IS NOT A FREE PASS FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT.

If I found a parking spot first,then you come up behind me,do I need to give it to you? If there is one more apple in the store and we both reach for it at the same time,but i got it first,must I yield to you simply because you are a senior citizen?? I think not. I can,if I WANT to,but don’t you go and assume that you have it coming to you.

Cuz you don’t. You really don’t.