We live in a fairly small community. We see a lot of the same people around town. Sometimes it is nice, other times, not so much. There is this lady. We see her at Farmers Market, and most recently Target. The first time we saw her was probably close to 2 years ago.
Every time we see her, she asks if Zach likes horses. Then she asks "Does he have Down syndrome? I can tell because I am a doctor. He would love my horses." Then she will talk to him and ask if he likes horses. She says that she has 7 or 8 Clydesdale horses and that he would just love them. She always says over and over that she is a doctor. She always swoons over Zach, yet never remembers us or his name, even though she always asks his name.
The first time we met her, we actually were kicking ourselves for not getting her card, and that horse therapy might be a good thing. But every time after that, she got creepier and creepier. The 2nd or 3rd time we saw her, she told us she wanted to open up a $100K trust fund for him and if I remember right, she said something about adopting him. One morning at Farmers they were also having a art/wine thing so we were wandering. She would not leave us alone. The kicker was... she asked me "Was he born with it?" (referring to Down syndrome)... I felt like saying "No, he caught it from another kid", I mean come on, if she was really a doctor, she would know what Down syndrome is and that of course he was born with it!
Anyway, today we run into her at Target. She saw my kids (but didnt really see Zach's face yet) and says "Do they like horses" and then she started talking to Zach. That is when she said "Does he have Down syndrome? I can tell because I am a doctor" ... then she starts asking him if he likes horses and home made chocolate chip cookies. He totally shut down and would not talk at her. Hardly made eye contact with her. Which is not at all like Zach.
Whenever we try to walk away from her, she will follow us and just keep going on and on.
Today it just really got to me. I am not the kind of person to just be rude to her, but I don't know how to get her to leave us alone. She really annoyed me today. On so many levels. I have never hid Zach or anything like that, but for her to make such a big deal about him having DS bugged me. Everyone in the aisle totally turned and looked at him.
If only I could be mean and just tell her to go away. The hard part is, I don't know that she would remember the next time we saw her.
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