A MUM has revealed how she was shopping in Aldi with her two daughters when she was accused of having a “fake” baby and trying to steal yogurt by another shopper.
Patricia Larkin explained how she had decided to take her girls – Rosalia, three and Eliana, two months old – to the shops, along with her husband.
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Patricia was carrying Ellie in a sling, which she bought because it was rainbow coloured and Ellie is a rainbow baby (a child born following a loss).
Meanwhile, Rose was riding in the trolley while Patricia’s husband had stepped away momentarily.
Writing for Kidspot, the mum-of-two explained: “Rose wanted yogurt and as I turned the cart to go back to the fridge, a woman remarked to me something to the effect of, ‘Wow, I don’t know how you’re handling that!’”
Patricia continued her shopping, dismissing the comment and continued to the tills.
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Once she arrived at the checkout, she noticed the same lady was ahead of them in the queue.
As the lady finished paying for her shopping, Patricia stepped forward.
“The cashier kept looking like she wanted to say something. ‘So,’ she said with a bemused look, ‘I don’t want to stir up any drama, but the woman ahead of you says your baby is fake and you were stealing yogurt.'”
Patricia and her husband laughed it off, along with the cashier, but once the mum was home, she took to her community Facebook page to voice her views on the matter.
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“Well, I don’t usually do ‘To the person who…’ posts but this one has me cracking up, so here we go,” she wrote.
“To the lady who told the cashier at Aldi that she thought I had a fake baby and was trying to smuggle yogurts out of the store – 1) My baby is 100% real.
“2) Yogurts are like $25 at Aldi. 3) I’m lactose intolerant and don’t consume any dairy at all.
“Thank you for the laugh, though. I really needed it because I was up all night tending to my (again, 100% real) baby.”
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And other users thought it was hilarious, with one commenting: “Omg seriously?! People have nothing else better to do lol. Your baby is absolutely beautiful!”
While another wrote: “Hysterical. And your baby is beautiful. So cute.”
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