Dear lady walking around the lake with your delightful toddlers

[Dogsaresomucheasier]

You know when there is a bit of a pile on here where someone mentions sexism and everyone else insists their partner would never dream of xyz?

I’d really like to think you’ve had a word with yours!

My dog stopped to relieve himself while on our walk. I would never dream of doing anything other than picking up his waste and I can manage that without an audience.

I’m 5ft and female walking a breed of dog typically thought of as a good family pet. If you or your partner are labouring under the delusion he would have stopped to supervise a man and make sure he was a responsible dog owner, or remark,
”good choice” when I turned out to be so and he missed out on his civilian law enforcement moment, I rather suspect you are mistaken.

NAMALT-but yours is!

Yes this has been bugging me since it happened, yes I probably do need to get a life!

Huh?

You don’t honestly think she’ll see this?

Come again?

On the one hand I would bristle if a man did this with me; on the other hand, I am the queen of maintaining eye contact with dog owners until they start making moves towards clearing it up. I wouldn’t make a snarky remark, though.

She probably knows her husband is a twat and was waiting on you leaving so she could facilitate his watery death.

I don't get it...

I would have effusively thanked him for reminding me of my civic duty in such a helpful way. Or thrown it at him.

Could you try that again but less nonsensical?

He sounds like a twat. Imagine being married to that.
I bet he puffed up and boasted to her that you only picked it up cos of him.

Good choice indeed. Patronising twat.

so honestly it is a slightly cringey OP (sorry @Dogsaresomucheasier ) but it’s not as hard to understand as people are making out.

Woman is walking round lake with husband / partner and toddlers. OP is walking her dog. Dog has a poo. The DH/DP starts being officious and bossy ensuring the OP clears it up.

A man was patronising to OP when she was walking her dog. OP is imagining telling patronising man's wife that he's a bit of a dick.

Agree with you OP, he probably wouldn't have said it to a man. I bet the wife knows, deep down.

Op was walking her dog.

Man, woman and two young children also walking.

Ops dog took a shit.

Man stopped to supervise.

Op picked up the shit.

Man said "good choice".

You should have asked him if he wanted to pick it up himself.

Perfectly sensible post, and I agree with you @Dogsaresomucheasier

Why didn't you just tell him you don't need him to supervise you rather than writing a cryptic puzzle here?

It's very obvious that the woman's DP stopped to enforce OP picked up a dog shit and offered her a passive aggressive 'good choice' when she picked up said shit, which had nothing to do with his policing.

Am I reading it correctly that you are pissed off with a patronising man but are choosing to blame the female partner for not schooling him correctly on sexism?

You're right, sexism is everywhere. Like women holding other women responsible and scolding them if their male partner does something prattish.

Why is this addressed to the women? Given that neither of them are likely to ever see this then why not address the man directly in your post, it’s not her job to nanny him

Thrown it, definitely thrown it.

Meh. Many dog owners need to do better in this area and others. If people are getting snarky, I think it’s quite understandable.

Took my kids to the park this morning. Big pile of dog poo right at the bottom of the slide. Sure the OP isn’t responsible for the actions of individual dog owners but many people are sick to death of it.

This is exactly what I was about to say! How is the woman in any way responsible for this? You could just as easily say if he'd been walking with another man would you have felt the need to aim your comment at them?

I’m a bit under caffeinated but “LT”?

I got the rest 😃

Whats the wife and toddlers got to do with it. A bit of a twat said good choice when you picked up your dog poo. It was a good choice, many people dont bother.