djm99 said:My brother proposed to his wife while they watched the Fireworks show in Epcot. The whole family was there in tears (we'd didn't think he'd ever find anyone).QUOTE]
I don't think I want to know! but I am very glad you were all wrong.
lol
and I agree with you about the PDA's.
little kisses, hugs, arm around waist, holding hands = awwww!
making out, hands in SO's back pocket and elsewhere = ick!!!
On a related note, yesterday I took my 2 yo nephew for ice cream. An older man came in w a lady and he had his arm around her. My nephew says to me "a man and his sweetie!" It was sooo cute!
coffeeandfags said:Ok, ive just spent the last 2 hours reading all these posts and cant believe nobody has mentioned my pet hate!
Dont you just hate it when you are standing waiting for the bus (sometimes for a long time) and when the bus arrives, so do hoardes of wheelchairs.....no thats not my hate. My pet hate is when the wheelchairs go on first (and rightly so!) they always have hoardes of extended family board with them!! . I have no objections to one family member boarding but not as you sometimes see, families of 5 and 6.
The fact is that if mine and other peoples kids have stood patiently in the heat for 20 minutes or so waiting for a bus, why should a whole family be allowed to stroll on at their leisure just coz one of their party is in a wheelchair??!!
I am disabled myself, and my disability means i dont sweat from one side of my body, therefore making me mighty hot in Florida (im from Scotland, not much heat here im afraid!), but if i can stand in line for the buses, then im sure these "extended families" could do the same!
djm99 said:You are brave - you are asking for it!!!
Mortlives said:Mind you, we weren't taking up 3 seats on the bus, either. Is that, actually, more what you were concerned about? Not so much the getting on the bus, but was everyone in the party taking a seat?
This is sometimes not what it looks like.coffeeandfags said:Yep, that makes me really angry when they grab all the seats at the back thinking nobody will notice them!!
Your situation with your son is understandable, but what i was more referring to is parties of say 10 or 12 people getting on because "grandma" is in a wheelchair. Surely one person could get on with "grandma" and the rest join the line. If they have to wait for the next bus then C'est la vie!! Im sure if loads of small children can wait in line for the bus, then "grandma" and her helper can wait at the next park/resort for the rest of the family!
No offence to grandmas by the way!!!!! Just trying to make a point.
SueM in MN said:AND.... we have encountered people making rude comments like "they (DD in her wheelchair) shouldn't be allowed on the bus. Her wheelchair takes 3 seats that people could sit in" (I guess a response would be, I will give you the seats if you take my DD's disability. Another response would be - we were here before you, her wheelchair is taking 3 seats, but 2 of us are standing, so you wouldn't have gotten those seats anyway.).
thanksilliram said:Isn't it sad that anyone has to endure snide comments (for ANY reason)? The fact that someone makes you feel bad enough that you have to "think up" responses beforehand is pitiful. It's just too bad that people take out their frustrations or unhappiness on complete strangers.
coffeeandfags said:Ok, ive just spent the last 2 hours reading all these posts and cant believe nobody has mentioned my pet hate!
Dont you just hate it when you are standing waiting for the bus (sometimes for a long time) and when the bus arrives, so do hoardes of wheelchairs.....no thats not my hate. My pet hate is when the wheelchairs go on first (and rightly so!) they always have hoardes of extended family board with them!! . I have no objections to one family member boarding but not as you sometimes see, families of 5 and 6.
The fact is that if mine and other peoples kids have stood patiently in the heat for 20 minutes or so waiting for a bus, why should a whole family be allowed to stroll on at their leisure just coz one of their party is in a wheelchair??!!
I am disabled myself, and my disability means i dont sweat from one side of my body, therefore making me mighty hot in Florida (im from Scotland, not much heat here im afraid!), but if i can stand in line for the buses, then im sure these "extended families" could do the same!