Monday, October 15, 2007

Today I am wondering if I am overly cautious or just realistic about the world we live in. For example, yesterday, while in line at Target, the man behind me began commenting an how cute Kayleigh was and asking questions like, has she ever been to Disney World, and noticing juice in my cart, is she a juice lover. He also noticed the shirts I had in my cart for William and asked if she was my oldest. I, of course, was vague in every answer to this questions because it kind of struck me as strange. If a woman asked those questions, I probably wouldn't think twice about answering them; but a man interested in my children puts me in protection mode. He was probably just a nice guy trying to make conversation in the long line, but I was uncomfortable. So, I wonder have all the stories on child predators made me too cautious/suspicious of people or is it better to error on the side of caution in this case?