Dear Anonymous.....

In response to my recent vent about Starbucks lack of parent-friendly accommodations, someone left this comment on the blog:

Anonymous said...
Gee, I am glad I am not such a bitter person. Sorry everything and everyplace on earth is such an insult to you. Sad, you could probably learn to be a much happier person. But do keep standing up for all those rights you think you deserve! Just found your blog browsing by. I shall look forward to your comments about my reply.

Just to clear things up a bit for this "anonymous" non-parent....

1. I am not a bitter person. I am a parent, which is a full-time job that is hard enough on its own without restaurants and coffee shops making it even harder by not having high chairs, changing tables and the like.

2. I never said that everything and everyplace (which is really 2 words: every place) on earth is an insult to me. Obviously "anonymous" has no kids or he/she would be able to understand the frustration that comes with having to change a poopy diaper in the front seat of a car when it's 35 degrees outside.

3. And yes, I do think that every parent deserves to be treated the same as any other customer at any establishment. Actually, we should be treated better...we're raising future customers. Non-parents just don't get it. Broken high chairs, negative attitudes toward kids, nowhere to change diapers -- things like that MATTER when you have kids.

4. Oh and for the record, I am a very happy person.

So, "Anonymous", I am not a bitter, unhappy person, I'm a parent who is often stressed to the max and annoyed to the point of exhaustion with the stupidity of non-parents.

And it's obvious that you just don't get it. So until the day comes when you have to change a diaper in the front seat of your car in the dead of winter because your local coffee shop doesn't have a changing table, how 'bout if you just shut the hell up.