Rather than dealing with the situation sensitively, she decided to be upfront with her annoyance.
“I told my friend it felt like I was at Disney with a baby and a 4-year-old,” she revealed.
Afterward, her friend proceeded to sit down on the ground and simply refused to stand up. That was her last straw, and she actually just walked away. Then, she bought herself some food and a coffee and drove home with her child – leaving her friend alone at Disney.
Now, in hindsight, she recognizes that there were likely better ways to handle this situation. That’s why she admits that she might’ve been impatient.
“I might be an ableist, too. After all, I did desire to take the easy way out by not dealing with it,” she said.
She noted that if they’d traveled to the park in the same car, then she never would have left her friend alone. Instead, she would have contacted her friend’s mom and gotten her a separate ride home.
Regardless, in the wake of this tense situation, she can’t help but wonder if leaving her friend at Disney due to the meltdown was really a jerky move.
Have you ever been in a situation like this? How would you have navigated it?
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