I just got back from a long weekend with my in laws, including SIL and her BF.
we stayed in a lovely house, but there were quite few flies in the conservatory. one afternoon, everyone was in the conservatory when i walked in and was horrified to see SIL's BF hoovering up the flies on the ceiling with the hose attachment of the hoover
now, although i can see the comedy value in this post, i was absolutely fuming. everyone was hooting with laughter, but i was furious about the message this was sending to dds, aged 2 and 4. how can i expect them to learn respect for living things, with this behaviour as an example?
am i over reacting? how is it that the other 5 adults all thought that this was acceptable/ funny??
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Cruelty to living things?...am i over reacting?
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noonar · 09/11/2006 19:41
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