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To feel i should have said something??

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theladyevenstar · 09/02/2010 21:19

I was walking through my local highstreet today DS2 in his buggy snoozing, bags of shopping etc when it started to snow- admittedly not heavy!

Anyway crossing the road was a Mum carrying her newborn baby - A nice sight on first glance until you think about the fact it had started snowing and said baby had no blanket or jacket on

So there i was thinking the baby really could do with a snowsuit/blanket at the very least and a hat when i get stuck walking along with this mum and her friend - not talking to them mind. So being nosey curious i took a glance at the mother and realise she is about 14yrs old and SMOKING while she is holding this delicate baby.

As if that wasn't bad enough becoming even more Nosey curious i listen to her conversation with her friend...

"Yeah and her baby father said i was out of order buying a new handbag and not its nappies but it ain't like me muvver will leave it with none is it"

"nah he wants to get a life you don't need him d'ya i mean ya muvver will elp ya"

"anyway thn he said i was chavvy cos of the bag and i told him it ain't his problem what i spend the money on i mean he might gimme it but come on i need to look good don't i"

and so the conversation went on.............

I really wanted to tell her to grow up but i never

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compo · 09/02/2010 21:24

well at 14 she can hardly grow up can she?

fandango75 · 09/02/2010 21:25

she might have walloped you with said handbag

theladyevenstar · 09/02/2010 21:26

I never said a word, i just walked past

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fandango75 · 09/02/2010 21:29

tis sad indeed - feel for poor baby. Still best you said nothing though

theladyevenstar · 09/02/2010 21:32

Compo, then (no offence meant to ANYONE)she shouldn't have had a baby.

Sadly where i live it seems daily there are more and more teenage mums

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derrymac · 09/02/2010 21:37

Probably best not to say anything, for your own safety - you never know what the reaction might be these days. If you actually knew her it might have been worth reporting her to social services but we can only hope they are keeping an eye on her considering her age. Hope the baby's gran is better at caring and will take over! Funnily enough I went thru something similar last night - a couple, late 20's, taking baby supermarket shopping at 8.30 pm, when it had been snowing all day(baby about 5/6 months). Why couldn't one of them have gone and left baby in bed?? As if that wasn't bad enough, they then stopped outside shop to rub off their scratch cards for about 10 minutes, whilst baby lay in buggy - it was bitterly cold and I watched, shivering in my car and wished I could say something.

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