Comments on: In Her Shoes

By: frances

frances — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:50:58 +0000

You did the right thing, that woman sounds insufferable, and nothing you could say would have changed that. She probably would have started a nasty confrontation with you, which is the last thing you need. I would have felt the same way you did though.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:33:26 +0000

It sounds like the mom was having an out-of-control moment given she was validating her mood with comments. Hopefully she realized it later and apologized to the child. I think initiating a conversation with someone this time-pressed would only further stress her out. I think there is nothing to do here except offer glances of support.

By: Michelle Walker

Michelle Walker — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:55:04 +0000

I think I would try to engage the woman in conversation. Maybe I would try to be helpful and say something like, “How dressy do the shoes have to be? Some of the Merrils are pretty dressy looking when they are brand new. Would these work for you? Maybe I would ask her what the occassion was – if she felt like opening up this would give her an opening” The worst thing that could happen would be that she would be rude to me – but that would be preferable to sittiing there and listening to her pick on her 6 year old.