I have found that when you travel with small children you will encounter 2 types of people at airports: the Real and the Righteous. The Real people really feel for your stress of trying to get from the front door of an airport to the gate. “You forgot to take Nicholas’ milk out of your bag before you when through security…no worries.” Or “Maggie needs to go potty while the plane is still reaching cruising altitude that the Captain has not turned off the seat belt sign? Well we don’t want an accident do we.” Those are the Real. Real people who have been there before. “Just leave the baggage cart here.” “Can I give you a hand?”
Then comes the Righteous. You can see these people a mile away. They give you the “How did you ever think you could travel by air with 2 small children and it not be a disaster?” Or “I see you are trying to get your kids shoes off while they are crying and hungry, but you are delaying the rest of us VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE FROM OUR VERY IMPORTANT WORK.”
I usually smile with the smile that says, “Yes you just saw me bribe my child with ice cream to get her through security.” Or “yes I just let her watch Hanna Montana on the portable DVD for the 12th time because we are delayed here for another hour.”
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