And you thought you hated the dentist!

So a little while ago I was sitting in the pediatric dentist office while my kids were getting their teeth cleaned and I happened upon a situation that was just begging to be blogged about. This poor mom of 4 kids, 3 of which were actually there for the dentist and one that was too little, so if my estimations were right she had 4 kids all 5 and under! Enough to drive anyone bonkers and the fact that she also spoke in such a low and even keel tone made me want to ask her what she was on and who her doctor was so I could score some.

SO here is the scene as it unfolded: The youngest kid, who had to be about 18 months or so had apparently thrown up and couldn’t go to his day care. Mistake #1, cancel the freaking dentist they will get over it! BUT apparently she was under the impression the whole waiting room wanted his germs so she was there like a champ. At some point that morning she had grabbed her husband’s phone so she had called him at work to come and get it and the baby and take him to the pediatrician who is located right down the street (which is also mine so I might get to witness another show at some point) Meanwhile her phone is also blowing up because of some problem she is having at work, so her husband shows up to get the baby, and the 2^nd youngest kid that was already done and take them both to the pediatrician while she waits and is dealing with her work issues. She was actually gamely trying to work out whatever the issue was and was asking him what he could take off and help with. He responded with “I wasn’t planning on taking off the whole day”, to which I would have thrown his phone at him, but she actually took that pretty well instead of screaming at him why he thought his job was more important (told you she had good drugs) She eerily  pretty calmly started calling around for a sitter… SO just when you think this guy is in the clear she drops a bomb on him (to which we all in the waiting room can hear) she asks him in front of everyone there: “would you have come up here if I didn’t have your phone?” Mistake #2, ever heard the phrase ask a stupid question….  To which he responds “well, probably not” Mistake #3- what a freaking dumbass!! LIE TO HER YOU IDIOT!!  She then looks at me and asks me if I could believe he just said that… I was pretending to read a magazine and trying to look like I wasn’t eavesdropping on her (but hey don’t live it out right in front of me if you don’t want me to blog about it). I told her the same thing I tell all of my girlfriends which is: “he has a penis”  seems to answer pretty much any dumb male thing…

 I looked at this whole situation from a bunch of different angles and actually ran it past a few males to get their opinions. I really can’t tell you who is more to blame in this situation… I can understand her frustration and desire to ask a question like that… and I can understand his “I was only being honest” answer which I’m sure he clung to like a drowning man that night as she ripped him a new one… but my professional opinion on this is they are both morons! She really shouldn’t have asked that question because she KNEW what he was going to say, and he never should have answered it truthfully because all it was going to do was piss her off… At the end of the day all she was looking for was some support which she was obviously not getting from him. The secret correct answer to this entire debacle would have been for him to not even answer, give her a hug and tell her they would work out the babysitting issue and everything would be fine… and they act like we are so hard to figure out!