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<p>BREAKING TWITTER DRAMA ALERT: Comedian Jen Kirkman, author of <em>I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids</em>, is not very happy today. That&#39;s because she sat down to a coffee and&mdash;wouldn&#39;t you know it&mdash;someone&#39;s kid crawled under her table to slap her feet.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878651928699441152</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Okay, sure. We&#39;ve all been pestered by a random child at some point. But they are, you know, children. And if we want to judge the parent for this behavior, we can probably do that without tweeting. And even if we <em>do</em> tweet about it, we probably leave it at that instead of continuing to complain about children and parents in general. Right?</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mom should be doing something, but I think you can gently lead kid out from under and say “Excuse me, but you are in my space.”</p>&mdash; Sarah Orsborn (@erniebufflo) <a href="https://twitter.com/erniebufflo/status/878655176999133184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878655512442744832</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/DCElleTee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Tweets by DCElleTee</a> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878658387185106944</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878659142012944384</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/bigsnowtoday/status/878661426281426944</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878661557462462466</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878665432990965761</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She&#39;s probably happy he&#39;s being quiet. Not the best parenting but sometimes you pick the lesser disruption</p>&mdash; Mary Hasty (@maryshasty) <a href="https://twitter.com/maryshasty/status/878666582976716800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878666784857083905</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So where do you stand on slapgate? Is the kid a monster? Is the mom even worse? Should Kirkman just get over herself and stop talking about it? I don&#39;t think we&#39;re ever going to see agreement on this very divisive issue.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HOLY SHIT JEN ARE YOU OKAY????</p>&mdash; Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrandyLJensen/status/878659744176713728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why do ppl think everyone is enchanted/amused by their kids (and dogs)?!? 🙄</p>&mdash; Heather (@sassyheathen) <a href="https://twitter.com/sassyheathen/status/878652844328574976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At the expense of annoying others? That is selfish and rude.</p>&mdash; Friends of Stray (@AugustusLeopol) <a href="https://twitter.com/AugustusLeopol/status/878670193614094340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/herrwise/status/878671724686053376</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So there were basically two ill-mannered, childish, insufferable people in this story.</p>&mdash; COVIDeodrome (@Jezzerat) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jezzerat/status/878660119680122882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A simple &quot;no&quot; is a lot more generous than I&#39;d give anyone even a little older who tried that nonsense.</p>&mdash; Greg Packnett (@GregPacknett) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregPacknett/status/878663632309170179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kid was probably a Bernie Bro.</p>&mdash; 🍗🦠😷 THANKSTEVEN 😷🦠🦃 (@stevethefirst) <a href="https://twitter.com/stevethefirst/status/878656381456220160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/DCElleTee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Tweets by DCElleTee</a> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m so utterly exasperated by the expectation that it is my responsibility to be hypersensitive to the needs of mothers &#39;cause it&#39;s &quot;hard&quot;.</p>&mdash; It&#39;s Shark Week, Motherfuckers... (@Alysson) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alysson/status/878663071551692800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/ResistTilDeath/status/878663469624676353</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/JenKirkman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JenKirkman</a> Too depressed to shower or eat over here, as a 34 yr old mom with 2 small children under 3 I am living for your timeline!!!</p>&mdash; kate (@KATEstaysHOME) <a href="https://twitter.com/KATEstaysHOME/status/878665869546504192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Definitely. As a man I tend to get, &quot;oh you&#39;ll find someone,&quot; but women get the double shame of marriage &amp; kids</p>&mdash; John (@LysiosZeus) <a href="https://twitter.com/LysiosZeus/status/878669019636785152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">they&#39;re tired now? Ha ha just wait!! Suck it up buttercup! What about pioneer women who had to get back behind the plow right after birth?</p>&mdash; Franka Welcher (@EffieJay_W) <a href="https://twitter.com/EffieJay_W/status/878674815670005763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/aaronstax/status/878668083065491456</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As a mom, I am so utterly exasperated by the assumption that every time my kid bumps into you in a crowded store it&#39;s the end of the world</p>&mdash; 12 Russians in Semi-Quarantine (@HorridHenryVIII) <a href="https://twitter.com/HorridHenryVIII/status/878679728592375808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Damn, this controversy makes the Trump administration look positively chill. But I think I have the solution: Never, ever leave the house.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Comedian tweets her annoyance with random child at coffee shop. Then all hell breaks loose.

BREAKING TWITTER DRAMA ALERT: Comedian Jen Kirkman, author of I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids, is not very happy today. That&#39;s because she sat down to a coffee and&mdash;wouldn&#39;t you know it&mdash;someone&#39;s kid crawled under her table to slap her feet.https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878651928699441152Okay, sure. We&#39;ve all been pestered by a random child at some point. But they are, you know, children. And if we want to judge the parent for this behavior, we can probably do that without tweeting. And even if we do tweet about it, we probably leave it at that instead of continuing to complain about children and parents in general. Right?Mom should be doing something, but I think you can gently lead kid out from under and say “Excuse me, but you are in my space.”&mdash; Sarah Orsborn (@erniebufflo) June 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878655512442744832Tweets by DCElleTee https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878658387185106944https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878659142012944384https://twitter.com/bigsnowtoday/status/878661426281426944https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878661557462462466https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878665432990965761She&#39;s probably happy he&#39;s being quiet. Not the best parenting but sometimes you pick the lesser disruption&mdash; Mary Hasty (@maryshasty) June 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/JenKirkman/status/878666784857083905So where do you stand on slapgate? Is the kid a monster? Is the mom even worse? Should Kirkman just get over herself and stop talking about it? I don&#39;t think we&#39;re ever going to see agreement on this very divisive issue.HOLY SHIT JEN ARE YOU OKAY????&mdash; Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) June 24, 2017 Why do ppl think everyone is enchanted/amused by their kids (and dogs)?!? 🙄&mdash; Heather (@sassyheathen) June 24, 2017 At the expense of annoying others? That is selfish and rude.&mdash; Friends of Stray (@AugustusLeopol) June 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/herrwise/status/878671724686053376So there were basically two ill-mannered, childish, insufferable people in this story.&mdash; COVIDeodrome (@Jezzerat) June 24, 2017 A simple &quot;no&quot; is a lot more generous than I&#39;d give anyone even a little older who tried that nonsense.&mdash; Greg Packnett (@GregPacknett) June 24, 2017 Kid was probably a Bernie Bro.&mdash; 🍗🦠😷 THANKSTEVEN 😷🦠🦃 (@stevethefirst) June 24, 2017 Tweets by DCElleTee I&#39;m so utterly exasperated by the expectation that it is my responsibility to be hypersensitive to the needs of mothers &#39;cause it&#39;s &quot;hard&quot;.&mdash; It&#39;s Shark Week, Motherfuckers... (@Alysson) June 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/ResistTilDeath/status/878663469624676353@JenKirkman Too depressed to shower or eat over here, as a 34 yr old mom with 2 small children under 3 I am living for your timeline!!!&mdash; kate (@KATEstaysHOME) June 24, 2017 Definitely. As a man I tend to get, &quot;oh you&#39;ll find someone,&quot; but women get the double shame of marriage &amp; kids&mdash; John (@LysiosZeus) June 24, 2017 they&#39;re tired now? Ha ha just wait!! Suck it up buttercup! What about pioneer women who had to get back behind the plow right after birth?&mdash; Franka Welcher (@EffieJay_W) June 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/aaronstax/status/878668083065491456As a mom, I am so utterly exasperated by the assumption that every time my kid bumps into you in a crowded store it&#39;s the end of the world&mdash; 12 Russians in Semi-Quarantine (@HorridHenryVIII) June 24, 2017 Damn, this controversy makes the Trump administration look positively chill. But I think I have the solution: Never, ever leave the house.