Mom to little boy: Son, come get in this car right now and I’ll give you your glue…
Annapolis Mall
Maryland
Overheard by: Lila K
Mom to little boy: Son, come get in this car right now and I’ll give you your glue…
Annapolis Mall
Maryland
Overheard by: Lila K
Kid: Hey, where does the line start?
Mom: All the way over there.
Kid: Dear God. My glasses have fooled me yet again!
Kohl’s
Howell, New Jersey
Mom, oblivious to sons sliding on ice through parking lot: So, I guess we want a tree that’s really tall, but not too wide…
Lady, wincing every time boys slide near a moving car: Wow, those two must be a handful, huh?
Mom: Oh, yeah. Actually, I have three, but the youngest is at home because he broke his neck and he’s too hard to cart around.
Syracuse, New York
Little boy wearing necklace: Mom, can I change my name to ‘Elizabeth’?
Frazzled mom: No, I told you — that’s a girl’s name, and you’re a boy.
Little boy: Well, can I change to a girl?
Frazzled mom: Not until you’re eighteen.
Wegmans
Rochester, New York
Five-year-old girl running through aisles: Mommy?! Mommy?!
Mother: Mommy die. Mommy go bye-bye. Mommy drowned. Mommy go kill herself.
Payless Shoes
Huntington Beach, California
Child, about diorama: Mommy, is that real?
Mother: No, it’s all lies. Let’s go.
Museum
Washington, DC
Frustrated mom: For the love of God, stop crying! If you don’t stop, I’m going to shove you back in my uterus, close my legs, and never let you out!
Crying little boy: No! I don’t like it in there!
San Francisco, California
Enthusiastic teen girl: My 10-year-old brother wears lip gloss!
Irritated mother: Don’t tell people that!
Line for American Idol auditions
Dallas, Texas
Annoying mom: Is smoking good or bad?
Five-year-old son: It’s bad.
Annoying mom: That’s right. And how bad is it? It’s like eating everything at the top of the food pyramid.
Clinic lobby
Omaha, Nebraska
Overheard by: joe the xrayguy
Mom #1: Well, you are blonde, you know!
Mom #2: Yeah, well, I’m not blonde everywhere!
Mom #1: Well, I don’t know how that works…
Panera Bread
Norman, Oklahoma
Overheard by: Freelance Mama
