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Do you mind if I say something to you?

30 January, 2014
Posted in: Family, Ireland

These words rarely bring good news. I am tired of acquaintances and, indeed, strangers, telling me to wear a helmet on my bike. It is hard to rehearse the pros and cons of this argument with a passer-by. If people would stop telling me that my handbag will be stolen because I have it in my basket, that would also be welcome. During a lifetime of cycling, including in rough parts of the city, no one has ever tried to pinch my bag and nor have I heard of anyone ever having a bag stolen in these circumstances. Do me the credit of thinking that I have considered the risks and it’s a chance I am prepared to take. Or as I say to my nearest and dearest, “Have you idiot-proofed that suggestion?”

The other day, as I was shepherding the children out of our local cafe, a woman approached me, “Do you mind, if I say something to you?” I tensed up. “You have a lovely way with your children.” This is quite the nicest thing a stranger has ever said to me. Swings and roundabouts, I suppose.

Do share the most annoying thing that people say to you.

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  1. Oana says

    30 January, 2014 at 22:27

    My parents, to my 1.5 year old, passive-aggressively commenting on something I’ve just told them not to do to him (such as offer him sweets again, or let him be too rough with the dog): “oh, what does your mommy know anyway”.

  2. Peggy says

    31 January, 2014 at 12:26

    I am a redhead in a land of blond (Belgium). No one dares tell me anything I dont’t want to hear.

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