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• Friday, April 28, 2006 06:54 PM

  some people's sense of entitlement

  "A state rep. introduced the bill after hearing from a mother who paid for an extra $75 ticket for her nursing infant so she could attend a show with the tot."

  This is weird--I guess the idea was that if she bought a ticket, it didn't matter how disruptive the child was? What bugs me is the idea that money can buy anything.

  When I was a nursing mother (twice), I didn't expect to have to pay anything to bring in my nursing infant, who was in a sling or in my lap. But I also figured it was my obligation as a considerate human being to leave immediately if the baby was bothering other people. So I didn't go anywhere that I couldn't afford to forfeit the ticket price. Paid $6 for a movie, and hoped the baby would fall asleep nursing so I could enjoy the film. Sometimes that worked--hooray. But if the baby started fussing, I moved toward the door, watched the movie from the back, and hoped for the best. If the baby didn't stop fussing, that meant I had to leave. Tough noogies about the six bucks.

  I was really desperate to get out and do stuff when I had a nursing baby who couldn't be left with a babysitter, so I understand the impulse, but I would never expect other people to put up with my problems--even if I could afford to buy the place off.

  —not waving Read not waving's other letters
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