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Jan. 26th, 2007 08:46 pmWe spent a long time in town today, resulting in dirty and tired boys. Now that they’ve all had showers, we’re going to play a family game of “Mario Party 7”. Always makes for a good time.
While we were out and about today, I stood up for Connor’s personal space twice. I’m very proud of myself. When we first moved here, I felt hesitant to tell people to leave the kids alone because I didn’t want to be rude, I felt shy, I felt baffled about what was happening, etc. It’s a difficult phenomenon to explain. Today, we went to visit a tower that we see every time we cross the bridge over the Yangtze. This tower was used in the Ming Dynasty as a look out tower and various dynasties and factions have used it in the years since. As Connor and I were walking towards the tower, with me holding his hand, I suddenly felt him jerk backwards. I turned and a woman had taken his hand and was pulling him the other way. I sternly said “Bu yao” to her, which means literally “Don’t want”, but can also be used as “don’t do that, quit it, leave us alone”.
The second time was at Dairy Queen, which is located in a huge underground food court. While we were seated eating our ice cream, workers in the booth beside us were leaning over our table, petting Connor’s face. I waved my hand at them to shoo them away. They didn’t stop right away, so I did it again and they stopped. It’s a good feeling to know that I can stand up for them. I’m going to do it much more often.
While we were out and about today, I stood up for Connor’s personal space twice. I’m very proud of myself. When we first moved here, I felt hesitant to tell people to leave the kids alone because I didn’t want to be rude, I felt shy, I felt baffled about what was happening, etc. It’s a difficult phenomenon to explain. Today, we went to visit a tower that we see every time we cross the bridge over the Yangtze. This tower was used in the Ming Dynasty as a look out tower and various dynasties and factions have used it in the years since. As Connor and I were walking towards the tower, with me holding his hand, I suddenly felt him jerk backwards. I turned and a woman had taken his hand and was pulling him the other way. I sternly said “Bu yao” to her, which means literally “Don’t want”, but can also be used as “don’t do that, quit it, leave us alone”.
The second time was at Dairy Queen, which is located in a huge underground food court. While we were seated eating our ice cream, workers in the booth beside us were leaning over our table, petting Connor’s face. I waved my hand at them to shoo them away. They didn’t stop right away, so I did it again and they stopped. It’s a good feeling to know that I can stand up for them. I’m going to do it much more often.