Parenting

Six-year-old: Piss piss pissy piss piss.
Unconcerned mother: Oh, look here’s the Crayola aisle!

Michael’s
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dad: Does Gracie love momma?
Toddler: Pshnoooooo.
Dad: Does Gracie love Elmo?
Toddler: Yeah!

Target
Nashville, Tennessee

College girl to college guy: So you won't marry me but you'll procreate with me?

Glendale, Wisconsin

30-something at table with friends: I'm telling you! Children are like one of those STDs that you have to live with for the rest of your life. They're like herpes or HIV. They will never, ever, ever go away. They will ruin your life.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Overheard by: So fucking teue

Young pregnant mother, gratefully accepting seat on crowded tram: Come over here and sit with mummy, Adam.
Four-year-old: Noooooooooo.
Mother: C'mon, Adam, come sit with mummy.
Four-year-old: Noooooooo (but slinks over and sits down anyway)
Mother: Better?
Four-year-old: You've ruined my life, mom.
Mother: Yes, honey, I know.

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Soap Oprah

Mother to toddler son, looking at cheese display: Look, charlie, Gruyere! Can you say “Gruyere”?

Whole Foods
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: GruyereLover

Concerned father, giving advice to someone else's kid: I would strongly advise against eating gum found in the bathroom.

Madison, Wisconsin

Overheard by: Amanda Postel

Woman, paying for breakfast: I had to beat up my son for this five dollars.

Deli Counter
Bethesda, Maryland

Overheard by: Minivet

Little boy to tour bus driver: Thank you.
Bus driver: Now that's a sign of good parenting.
Parent, as he steps off bus: Yeah. We're takin' him on a whiskey tour.

Jack Daniels Distillery
Lynchburg, Tennessee

Professor: I have kids. I might have grandkids, but with my children… that probably shouldn't happen.

Arcadia University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania