Originally Posted by La Texican
Here even strangers in the grocery store feel free, almost privileged and obligated to talk to you if you're walking around with a baby.

Likewise! And while the offensive-to-me comments tended to die down once DD was old enough to understand them, they didn't go away completely. A cashier once told DD-then-6 that she ought to be on "Jon and Kate Plus Eight," for instance.