We had
arrived early at the school, so we stood at the gates minding our own
business when a young woman with a small child joined us. She didn't
speak or acknowledge our presence, but proceeded to berate a small
child that was unfortunate to have her as a mother. She constantly
swore at the poor helpless little child who was desperately trying to
cower away from her. I could take no more and turned to ask her to
think about the way she was treating a defenceless child when a voice
from further down the road screeched, “You've got some nerve
turning up here, you bitch!”
I
looked down the road to see a large woman who seemed to think that an
egg-stained tee shirt and leggings that were obviously designed for
someone ten stone lighter than her was the height of fashion, walking
up with a look of hate on her face. The sight of these two neolithic
blubber-monsters squaring up to each other set all my snob genes off
at once. One of my pet hates is the awful TV programme, the 'Jeremy Vile
show' and I now seemed to find myself stuck in the middle of an
episode of this loathsome programme. Both of these ladies(?) seemed
to have the physique and the dentistry of the average hippo! They
both swore at each other then one accused the other of sleeping with
someone or other, then the other claimed he loved her...you know how it
goes. Then they both launched into a bitch fight.
This was all in
front of their children and in front of the school gates. I can't
begin to tell you how angry this made me feel! I had no interest in
stopping the fight, I would go as far as to say that I would have been happy
to let them beat themselves senseless, but then they started off from the
point of being senseless! I was deeply concerned about their children
and about the children that were about to leave school. But if I'm
really honest I was really angry that little Harleigh would be
confronted with these two morons as she left school. We, as a family,
have nurtured an environment for Harleigh where she feels safe and
free from harm. She is surrounded by love; we all have our arguments
with our partners, but we have them when she is not around. This also
goes for her parents. It is important for her to have a childhood of
fun and make believe as she will have the horrors of life inflicted
upon her all too soon when she gets older.
One of
the children of the two battling blubber monsters started to cry as
both women rolled about on the floor pulling each others hair and
scratching and biting. Their clothes were now ripped to reveal bras
that were definitely not expected to hold back such a mountain of
flesh. My wife picked up the child and comforted her while I went
into the school to ask that the children be kept in while these two
oafs were outside. Before I reached the doors of the school the fight
stopped, mainly because of their love of cigarettes. It's hard to go
ten rounds when you have the lung capacity of the average budgerigar!
Both women made some more threats to eah other then wiped away the blood
that was seeping from the scratches on their faces before walking off
back down the street.
The woman whose child my wife was comforting
shouted at her child to come with her. My wife asked the child if she
wanted to stay with her. One thing about my wife is that she is only
small and slightly built and has never had a fight in her life, but
she will stand up to the biggest bully when the time comes. The woman
kept on shouting at the child and my wife kept on reassuring the
child that she could stay with her if she was scared. Suddenly the
woman mellowed and said, “Come on love, I'm sorry, did I scare you?”
the child nodded and ran to her mother. They then walked off down the
road.
By now
there was a crowd outside the school gates all of them ignoring the
fight.
“Who
is going to pick their children up?” My wife asked a large man in a
track suit smoking what looked like a much-needed cigarette.
“Their
oldest girls will come up for them now!” He replied taking a long
hard drag on his cig. “They do this all the time. Don't worry, they'll
be friends tomorrow!”
I can
never quite understand why people live such lives, why they make
themselves so miserable. Surely as a parent you want the best for
your children? You don't need lots of money to make your children
happy, you just need to give them your time and love and security. I can't
believe that these people can be so selfish as to put their
convoluted sex lives before their children.
My son
and his partner have taken Harleigh out of the nursery, which is a
shame as it was very good, but not if she might have to encounter
such behaviour. I hope that the future for the children of these
women is much happier than their childhood seems to be!
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