I'm going to pitch in a vote in the middle ground. Warrrreagl has a paranoia about children and parents, I've noticed. And yes, there are parents that seem to think they're extra important to everyone because they have kids. However, neither side seems to see us in the middle ground.
We have a "baby hummer", though I consider it a reasonable stroller. Yes, it's got four double-wheels... and they don't fall off or break when you go up a curb. It's got cup holders. You know why? It's fucking hard to push a baby stroller, full of baby, AND hold my mocha. What's wrong with that? Yes, we put out shopping bags in it... mostly in the basket underneath the seat. That's what it's there for. I agree, it's not a shopping cart, but having the baby AND Old Navy bag in the cart, again, makes it much easier to push, especially by one's self.
Okay, part two...
Yes, YOU can go the fuck around. If it's a small clothing aisle, and you have to walk two feet the other way, I'm not all that worried. At the same time, I'm not going to run you down, and I won't ask you to move when I can go the same two feet the other way. Seems fair, right?
Next, there is no "armed parent militia"... those that you speak of are just assholes. They'd still be assholes even if they didn't have a baby, stroller, et cetera. Hell, *I'M* an asshole, and I think those people are assholes. That should say something.
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I'm not getting out of your way because you gave birth.
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Getting out of the way of a mother with a stroller (at least one filled with baby, not bags) is just polite. It's the same reason you get out of an old person's way or open the door for a woman or anything of that nature. Courtesy, even in the face of those horrible monsters called "mom". Man, where is all of this anti-parent, anti-child hostility coming from here at the TFP? Oh, that's right, it's coming from Warrrreagl...