Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Have Kids? You're Not Entitled to Fun

 



In March of last year, Florence police pulled over a young woman for driving under the influence. The woman, who was innocent of underwear, proceeded to flash her nether regions not once, but twice. Besides a DUI, the inebriated driver was charged with two counts of indecent exposure.

We saw several in the Shoals defending this woman as a responsible mother of two toddlers. Responsible? We seem to have missed that. These commenters felt that the young woman was entitled to have some "fun" from time to time. Our take is that at best it depends on one's definition of fun, and at worst, a mother of a young child should be home sober with her offspring.

Now we have a beautiful young mother shot dead shortly before 2:00 a.m. Sunday in Tuscaloosa. We're sure she felt entitled to go to a club on a Saturday night to have some fun. Yet that decision cost her life. 

Our takeaways: 1. Be sure to have "fun" that's legal and in a safe place and 2. If you have a child, you have a responsibility to put it first for 22 or so years.



1 comment:

  1. You left out the young woman shot dead at the truck stop in Muscle Shoals a few years ago. She had a husband and two kids at home.

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