I have been wondering this to myself several weeks now; What the hell kind of person shaves their legs at the community center pool showers? Why do people do this? It is gross! I don’t want to see you shaving your body hair, I don’t want it clogging the drains of the communal showers. I bet this is the kind of person who dyes their hair at the gym so they don’t have to clean up any spots at home. LOL, I am sure though that these people are probably grossed out by me taking my son into the ladies dressing room at the pool even though it is clearly booked as “Waterbabies” swim class-time when I (and about a dozen other moms) am there.
I wouldn’t want them to hurt themselves in a wild shaving accident because I disturbed the delicate balance they have going on the slippery shower room floor. No, that would be very bad. (Hehehe, just picturing it in my mind.) Now I feel better.
Submitted by G.F.
I just started reading your rants and dont know if you’re male or female. Now, if you’re a male taking your kid into the ladies room then its different.
You also dont say how old your kid is. 6 mths? 9 yrs?16? Makes a difference. It probably dosn’t actually even make a difference if said kid is male or female, if the kid is under 6 but i get the feeling your son is older, much older? Is he a teen? Well, ok then maybe it would matter to some women, everyone has their quirks, even you, ok. Now, lets get down to nitty-gritty, is your “waterbaby” really a baby? Is the child in question your other son - the babies big brother who came along for the ride? What makes a difference is how much you observe of your kids behavior while in there.Is he staring or otherwise bothering anyone?
Some mothers are so dense, enjoying their outing and they don’t notice anything. Women strip and change in change rooms and actually get naked, ok.
Just cuz he’s quiet dosn’t mean he’s being good. Are you using the opportunity to teach him about life, breasts, pubic hair or something?
Let me tell you about my experience with a woman who brought a 10 yr old girl to Curves with her, even though rules clearly state no kids, for some reason probably a good sob story she was allowed to stay while 5 lbs. overweight mama did the circuit.
I am extremely overweight, thats why i go there to excercise ok. Well, this kid is totally and completely fascinated by me, watching me huffing and puffing my way around. She’s never seen anything like this kind of freak show before and nobody else caught her eye, just me. She was mezzmerized to the point of being in a trance; she couldnt take her eyes off of me and i’m not sure if she was even breathing. I felt so embarrassed in front of a little kid! Now, ok, i know i have a problem, but its MY problem and believe me i would never have gone there had i known i was going to scrutinized like that. My problems are not meant to be shared with children viewing me in action, panting, sweating blubber rolls, cellulite, scars and all. All women who go to Curves have a similar problem in varying degrees, and understand and know enough not to stare ok. Meanwhile mamas totally oblivious to her child, thinking her sweet darling is being so good, nice and quiet like she told her to be.I felt like slapping both her and her staring trancelike skinny zombie bug-eyed kid.
It wouldnt have done any good to approach the management, after all they let her stay and wouldnt i feel stupid saying that a child was looking at me; make her stop? So i tried staring right back at her and when i got near enough to speak quietly i said “don’t stare, its rude” Another round and i asked her if she’d like a picture. Much to my dismay this made her laugh; well, more like snicker. I was humiliated and near tears. I am over 40 yrs old and yet was put down by a 10 yr old who shouldnt have been there in the first place. You have no idea what its like to be observed like that, even by a child, like i said, i have my problems and am trying to deal with them ok. Hell i dont even have kids! I let my membership go at that business because of this incident. jeeeessusss lady, save the other women a hassle and get a babysitter next time. The other women there in the change room are not there for your sons viewing pleasure.
Lori
August 12th, 2007