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UPDATE: ArizonaMoms.Com removed the page containing comments mentioned below, presumably after one of the not yet de-fanged mommies informed me that not only should people "like me" (read: people who love dogs and dare to introduce discussion of dogs into that involving children) not have children but that when we do, we will likely be one of those moms who leave them in hot cars to die. Welcome to Phoenix, y'all! :)
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I seemed to have ruffled the feathers of a couple Arizona mothers during a discussion on ArizonaMoms.Com of whether airlines should institute child-free air service. My comments are at the very bottom of the page.
Before you jump to conclusions, I didn't suggest that their brats should be confined to the cargo section, only that perhaps MAYBE SOME dogs...
are better behaved than SOME babies and therefore should not be charged airfare when babies-on-the-lap travel for free.
Ok, now feel free to flame me on my own blog.
are way too invested in the lives and opinions of others. So let's be honest. Some pet owners love their dogs more than some human owners love their children. Some dogs are better taken care of than some children. Mommies all over the world can whine about that and get as huffy and offended as they want, but it's true. A friend of mine is wealthy and young[mid 20s] and she doesn't have children yet, but she does have a yorkie who sleeps in a designer moses basket dressed in pure organic cotton. The yorkie's meals are specially prepared for her. She gets whatever she needs whenever she needs it and she's a very happy and remarkably well behaved little dog. Turn on the news, wait five minutes, and you'll probably see a mugshot from some person who's neglected, abused or murdered their own child. Or just go to Wal Mart and watch people. Not too long ago I was at a wedding and a young woman a few seats up had a small dog in her lap. The dog didn't bark, yip, anything through the entire wedding. Too bad the same couldn't be said for about half a dozen screaming, squirming brats.
Well, well, well ... aren't the Mommies at Arizonamoms.com a fussy bunch. Do they offer parenting classes or just judgments about people they don't know because the people like their dogs and their babies?
Bubblin' you're going to be a great mom and I'm going to be a great auntie!
Miss you bunches!
Oh, how I love my Karen Bates, let me count the ways!!!! :):)
Did Phil tell you how jealous I was that he got to eat lunch with you recently? Email me: betsy.yates@gmail.com.
...about the minds of parents who think "baby on the lap" is a good idea in a plane---where's the oxygen mask for *the baby*? And if "baby on the lap" is dumb in a car----why is it acceptable in a plane?
And, please. You're *at least* smart enough to roll the windows down, when you leave the baby in the car!!! *grin*
Anne.
I would most definitely roll down the windows!
So, I polled the BlogHer community and the one person who found my post responded as such.
I think I'm in the minority on this issue.
IMHO if one has to argue a moot point like dogs vs babies then said person feels unempowered in life. Duh. But in the context of the original argument re: babies riding for free, then I agree with you. When it comes to commercial flight it's all about weight and space. Why does a baby ride for free if a dog the same size has to pay?
Under 40 pounds should just be FedEx'd. It's more economical, and if it pinches out a poo, it won't gross out everyone in the next 6 rows.
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