Today this was magnified, I had to voluntarily go into a baby store to get some bibs for my niece, I'm planning on embroidering them as a present. Walking into, and around that store surrounded by mothers, babies and everything cute and baby related has to be one of the hardest things I've done in a while. I got back to the car and had to take some time to get myself sorted.
Life Sucks!
I've started feeling like that when I go any where that has a baby section. I avoid it like the plague. Then a few days ago I had to pick up some baby wipes to take to the event. These were to be found in the very middle of the baby aisle. I was with someone at the time and I just had to walk straight down it, not looking either way until I knew I must be near. They were of course by the nappies. Nappies are odd for me. I have no intention of using the disposable ones for my own child - I've seen too many successful uses of re-usable ones for my brain to allow me! - but there is something about the feel of them that is quintessentially *baby*. Maybe because I can't smell, the feel of things is so much more important. Either way I had to stand there, confronted with row after row of nappies and pick up and walk away with just the wipes. Why that seemed as hard as it did I couldn't tell you, but it was.
ReplyDeleteI think the best thing to do in that situation is exactly what you did. Keep your chin up whilst you're there, go in, get what you need and then give yourself some space afterwards.
And sometimes life just sucks.