This exchange happens every time Carrie and I go out, usually more than once:<\/p>\n
Complete Stranger<\/b>: (to Carrie) You’re so beautiful!<\/p>\n
me<\/b>: (to Carrie) Say, “thank you” sweetie.<\/p>\n
C.S.<\/b>: (to me) No, really, she’s beautiful!<\/p>\n
me<\/b>: Thanks!<\/p>\n
C.S.<\/b>: I really mean it, she’s beautiful!<\/p>\n
me<\/b>: Um, thanks. (to Carrie) Wave bye-bye now, we have to go.<\/p>\n
\nI realize that they are most likely sincere, since, well, I do have the most beautiful baby in the world. But a tiny part of me worries about two things. First, am I so ugly that it’s that shocking for me to have a beautiful baby? And second, is this person a stalker?<\/p>\n
I’m not a curmudgeon, really, but after the fourth or fifth such exchange in a single shopping trip I’m looking for the Candid Cameras…and for a discreet way out of the store. But then there’s always the cashier to get past…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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