I am a people watcher. I love sitting in a public place and observing others. One of my favorite things is how people protect their personal space.
For instance, in an elevator everyone stands
equidistant from each other:
Sometimes I like to mess with the elevator people a bit by shifting my position
ever so slightly as to create
imbalance and watch the subconscious
chaos ensue.
Obviously
karma has been watching and taken action to balance the world, because my off-spring have an entirely different take on the elevator scene.
Let me state right now that I don’t let my children ride elevators by themselves so this is purely hypothetical:
I have noticed this phenomenon at home.
Where ever I am the room is completely
imbalanced.
Where ever I walk it is
crowded.
Where ever I pee it is
accompanied.
What a huge
waste of square footage.
I am selling the house and moving into the minivan.
At least there they are strapped in an equidistant formation.
Yes, equidistant formation is good. Preferably with at least an arm’s space in between children.
Soooo sad. And, soooo true!
Swet dreams (in your minivan)! LOL
So they accompany you into the loo, eh?
Weird.
I myself try to have a two-foot zone around me at ALL times – my kids (with the exception of the teenagers) really don’t care about my ‘zones.’
Except for the bathroom – they REALLY don’t want to go there. 🙂
LMAO are you sure you aren’t living in my house? Couldn’t tell you the last time I peed by myself, or cooked dinner without J hanging on my leg.
One day I will have peace and tranquility…I know I can have it now but it would require a straight jacket and well ya’ know, no white after Labor Day.
Add a 50 pound dog to that and you have my house!
Sometimes I think my 3 year old would climb back inside me if he could. That’s how little space I get.
xoxo, SG
a woman with a plan! i love it! 🙂
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! OMG! So. very. true! Even with assigned seating, such as the dinner table, where a foot or hand must creep over. Andy doesn’t understand it when I tell him the kids make me claustrophobic.
I remember doing an experiment like this in class . . .
We were supposed to “invade” people’s personal space. It was quite fun . . . though scary.
As for those kiddos . . . they love their mama! Plus, can you imagine the complete 180 that’ll happen when they realize they want nothing to do with their parents??? Still, it would be nice to pee alone.
You know, I ponder these same space issues almost every minute of every day that my kids are with me. Moms must have some kind of magnetic pole embedded within that attracts their kids without regard to location. It’s endearing and yet very annoying all at the same time.