Dude left his baby in the theater and fled

[pixy0stix]

Y'know, I'm not sure that I blame him. You do really stupid shit when you're scared out of your mind. We're going to have the whole, "Mom who ran away from the mugger" conversation again.

[heyjude]

Is that not the most poorly written story? I couldn't even follow it. He left his baby daughter and wife in the theater?

[hawkeye]

Jul 20, 2012 16:45:16 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Is that not the most poorly written story? I couldn't even follow it. He left his baby daughter and wife in the theater?

Thank god. I thought there was something wrong with me that I could barely read that.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 20, 2012 16:45:16 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Is that not the most poorly written story? I couldn't even follow it. He left his baby daughter and wife in the theater?

He left them all and jumped from the balcony to get out.

From what I'm gathering, he was trying to keep his son low while crawling and then put him down to maneuver better. After he put the baby down he just lost it and ran.

[hawkeye]

Regarding all these babies at movies- Ok, great your 3 month will sleep through Batman. Fine.

Am I the only one that thinks the loudness of movies like this is probably not so great for little baby ears, sleeping or not?

[heyjude]

I totally judge parents who take young kids to inappropriate movies. I thought this was a unity horse thing?

Off topic, my H's cousin is always showing her 5 year old twins inappropriate movies and brags about it on Facebook. "with my preshus luvs [she can't spell] watching Texas Chainsaw Murder 4: Face Peel."

I judge hard.

[jena]

Umm... ok, I know it must have been terrifying and people don't always react well when panicked. But he not only ditched his family, he DROVE AWAY AND LEFT THEM THERE?!?!>?!?!! WTF?

The mom sheltered her DD with her own body. THAT is a normal reaction. If you panic and freeze, I get it. If you panic and run while still holding the baby, I get it (your other kid was with another adult after all). But to put the baby down and run? No. Asshat coward.

[marie427]

I'm just amazed. I'd probably be too scared to watch parts of the Dark Knight and I can barely stay up past 9:30 pm.

Do I get the judging? Yes. But there seemed to be several kids in the theater and I can't imagine that taking your kids to a midnight movie is only something that happens in Aurora, CO. Makes me think this isn't unheard of.

[marie427]

Back to the OP - I can't judge what he did in the beginning but just noticed the part where he drove away. Yeah, that would be enough for me to DTMFA.

[Deleted]

Jul 20, 2012 16:45:48 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Not that that has anything to do with preventing the shooting or keeping society safe, but when I saw Batman Begins some jackwagon brought their (roughly) 2 year old, who had multiple bathroom breaks and was terrified by Scarecrow.

Jesus people.

Not to mention that it was a MIDNIGHT show. Who the hell keeps little kids like that out till 2 am, just so they can see a movie? But I'm always amazed at how kids don't seem to have regular bedtimes anymore, and get dragged out shopping with their parents at 10 pm....

If I was this woman I'd be re-thinking my engagement to this guy.

[pixy0stix]

As someone said in another thread:

It's summer. Kids don't have anywhere to go. The younger ones are probably going to sleep through the movie. Infants will definitely sleep through the movie.

I just... I can't. 12 people died, 71 are injured and we're going to fucking judge the parents? Are you kidding me right now?

[basilosaurus]

I can judge parents and be horrified by the shooting all at the same time. It's actually pretty easy. Children don't belong at midnight showings regardless of season. And they don't belong at scary movies. FFS, don't we all remember being scared by some really mundane scene? It was the opening scene of ET that did me in. Someone on this board just mentioned a kid have nightmares from Brave.

I don't judge the guy for running away, though, b/c fear makes people do strange things.

[pedanticwench]

I really don't give a shit that these kids were there. It's not as if the movie theater is known for frequent shooting rampages.

[KateAggie]

" [I'm thinking] 'He's crying and they're going to come get me.' I look up to see if I can run. I'm ducking, dodging, turning left, turning right. ... Every time you hear a gun shot, it's like 'Oh, I'm dead.'"

No. Fuck no. You put your baby down because you're afraid his crying is going to get YOU shot? You're a fucking cocksucker. I'm not going to apologize your judging this piece of shit dad.

[bluestreet]

Jul 20, 2012 17:02:45 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

As someone said in another thread:

It's summer. Kids don't have anywhere to go. The younger ones are probably going to sleep through the movie. Infants will definitely sleep through the movie.

I just... I can't. 12 people died, 71 are injured and we're going to fucking judge the parents? Are you kidding me right now?

Seriously. Everybody knows that there are parents who take their kids to see inappropriate movies and that there are mommies the nation over who judge. |-) There are also parents who give their toddlers soda, and let their kids watch tv all day, and do any number of things that don't align with received wisdom. Most people in this forum are gonna agree that shit with violence and gore isn't awesome for 6-year-olds, and that babies' ears need protection in loud theaters. It just seems like a no-brainer and totally irrelevant. I just don't get the allure of addressing that in this context other than collectively congratulating ourselves for our superior parenting.

[bluestreet]

Jul 20, 2012 17:18:32 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

" [I'm thinking] 'He's crying and they're going to come get me.' I look up to see if I can run. I'm ducking, dodging, turning left, turning right. ... Every time you hear a gun shot, it's like 'Oh, I'm dead.'"

No. Fuck no. You put your baby down because you're afraid his crying is going to get YOU shot? You're a fucking cocksucker. I'm not going to apologize your judging this piece of shit dad.

Agreed. Just fuck no. I would dump his ass so hard.

And I'll confess that I immediately thought to myself: "A mother would never do that."

[pedanticwench]

Good lord.

[emisi]

Wow. Parents of the year. She's at least better than he is - who the hell drops their baby and bolts? Too THEIR CAR and DRIVES AWAY.

[copzgirl1171]

I need to not read this, right?

[wrathofkuus]

I can't help but think I'd drop that living "here I am" alarm so fast it'd look like a cartoon, but I'm not a parent, so maybe that makes a difference.

[wrathofkuus]

Jul 20, 2012 17:33:14 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Jul 20, 2012 17:32:00 GMT -5 wrathofkuus said:

I can't help but think I'd drop that living "here I am" alarm so fast it'd look like a cartoon, but I'm not a parent, so maybe that makes a difference.

What if it was a bunny instead of a baby?

My bunnies know when to shut the hell up

[bqbride]

Jul 20, 2012 16:51:54 GMT -5 hawkeye said:

Regarding all these babies at movies- Ok, great your 3 month will sleep through Batman. Fine.

Am I the only one that thinks the loudness of movies like this is probably not so great for little baby ears, sleeping or not?

Am I the only one wondering who all these screaming, fussy babies in the movie theater are, since *everyone's* infant apparently sleeps through every move?

[pixy0stix]

Jul 20, 2012 17:36:05 GMT -5 wrathofkuus said:

Jul 20, 2012 17:33:14 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

What if it was a bunny instead of a baby?

My bunnies know when to shut the hell up

Damn you both for making me laugh.

[hawkeye]

Jul 20, 2012 17:41:07 GMT -5 @bqbride said:

Jul 20, 2012 16:51:54 GMT -5 hawkeye said:

Regarding all these babies at movies- Ok, great your 3 month will sleep through Batman. Fine.

Am I the only one that thinks the loudness of movies like this is probably not so great for little baby ears, sleeping or not?

Am I the only one wondering who all these screaming, fussy babies in the movie theater are, since *everyone's* infant apparently sleeps through every move?

That screaming baby would have been mine. She wouldn't have slept through a mouse fart let alone a movie.

[cotner]

Jul 20, 2012 17:21:09 GMT -5 bluestreet said:

Jul 20, 2012 17:18:32 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

" [I'm thinking] 'He's crying and they're going to come get me.' I look up to see if I can run. I'm ducking, dodging, turning left, turning right. ... Every time you hear a gun shot, it's like 'Oh, I'm dead.'"

No. Fuck no. You put your baby down because you're afraid his crying is going to get YOU shot? You're a fucking cocksucker. I'm not going to apologize your judging this piece of shit dad.

Agreed. Just fuck no. I would dump his ass so hard.

And I'll confess that I immediately thought to myself: "A mother would never do that."

Nor most fathers. I know that DH would take a bullet for me and the kids. It's part of what attracts me to him. But no way would I marry someone who proved himself a pussy.

[Deleted]

I just saw this dude being interviewed on NBC.

Dunno if it's on their site yet, but you'll want to smack him. He's fake sobbing and shaking, talking about his baby looking up at him and him being frustrated, not knowing what to do.

Girlfriend is calm and looks PISSED.

[SallyJ]

Jul 20, 2012 17:14:12 GMT -5 pedanticwench said:

I really don't give a shit that these kids were there. It's not as if the movie theater is known for frequent shooting rampages.

But this area of town is. The mall across the street has had several shootings. This is right near where I grew up.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 20, 2012 17:49:22 GMT -5 SallyJ said:

Jul 20, 2012 17:14:12 GMT -5 pedanticwench said:

I really don't give a shit that these kids were there. It's not as if the movie theater is known for frequent shooting rampages.

But this area of town is. The mall across the street has had several shootings. This is right near where I grew up.

Yeah. I mentioned in another thread that if there was a movie theater where the patrons would have guns, this would be it.

[basilosaurus]

Jul 20, 2012 17:46:35 GMT -5 cotner said:

Nor most fathers. I know that DH would take a bullet for me and the kids. It's part of what attracts me to him. But no way would I marry someone who proved himself a pussy.

I really don't think anyone can say this until they've been in the situation.

There's a reason the military trains so much. The fear response is normal and leads to irrational action. It's through training that they learn to conquer it and respond in the right way.

We can all say what we think we'd do, and what we'd want to do, but I just don't think we can anticipate the freakout of being in that situation. It's not like most people spend time worrying about and planning their reaction in a mass shooting.

[heyjude]

I can say with certainty that I would never leave my baby while a mad man is shooting up the place.