Was at Towson Tavern with my son for dinner tonight (we're in Baltimore for the week for lacrosse).
So, we're sitting there, enjoying our crispy sprouts when the 4 women in the booth behind us started talking about the masks for kids.
Ain't. Happening.
Potatus and his handlers/Overlords have overlooked one tiny obstacle. You can screw around with the general populace and lemmings. Fuck with our kids? Mamas everywhere, from all walks of life, will rain holy hell.
Max looked at me and said (and I quote) "holy shit. I thought you were the only mom who was this pissed."
Listening to those ladies, I could see him kind of let loose a little tension. Just hearing others who aren't me or somebody he knows saying the same gives him a little hope that we haven't all lost our frigging minds. I'm beyond sick and tired of people telling our kids they're walking death stars. We've known since about April 2020 that is a flat out lie. But way to weaponize and destroy children, you evil, soulless asshats.
Walking around Annapolis earlier today (where Max was more than once complimented about 'escorting' his mother
...it was a good day with my boy that I very rarely get. Just us), a woman standing close to us in line with a bunch of other people (we needed ice cream) asked her 4ish year old boy if he wanted his mask. The little boy looked up from playing around with Max before looking back at his mom and said, emphatically, no mask! Mom looked at me and kinda half smiled. I guess she just needed that little boost of support without it being obvious. It's okay Mama. Your boy is just fine breathing fresh air and being a little boy. He's not bothering anybody.
Know what? If that's what is needed, I'll give that support. My kids are older. I can and always have called bullshit. I don't give a flying fuck what anybody thinks about me or my decisions for my kids and, as I'm sure y'all know by now, I'm real good at being an absolute bitch when it's called for.
I promise I only use my bitchy super powers for good.
(He's almost 17. I let language slide as long as it's not directed
at me and he knows when to reign it in. After all, he's my kid. Not like he learned it from the mythical asshole neighbor kid.
)
*Loved Towson Tavern, btw. Great food, great atmosphere, great service.
Edit: the ladies were railing on mandated vacs for their kids, too. Yeah... that's not happening either. No way in God's glorious creation is my teenage, hyper athletic, perfectly healthy boy (he's been prescribed antibiotics exactly 2 times in his entire life) getting this vaccine for something that a) He's already had b) is not a huge threat for his health and c) carries any risk for heart issues.
No freaking chance. None. Nada. Nyt. Zilch. Fuck no.
