Sigh.

It must have been meant to be.

How else to explain the car that swooped in just before me to take the spot in front of the Yogurt Ice Cream Place.

So I ended up backing up into another spot a bit further away...

The car next to me had two females in it...

As I started to close my car window, I was put face to face with this woman's lit cigarette.

She was holding the cigarette between two of her fingers, her left elbow was probably propped against the inside door arm rest, which allowed her left hand to comfortably rest on top of the driver's door, her lit cigarette was sticking out from between her two middle fingers like a side view mirror.

Because I had backed into the space, we were literally next to each other as I got out of the car.

As I stood up and started to close my door, I saw that she was pregnant, probably about 4-5 months worth.

I'm surprised I did what I did, but I never actually touched her...I plucked the cigarette from her two fingers with two of my fingers.

I don't remember exactly what I said, I think I said "You shouldn't smoke when you're pregnant".

What made the whole situation even more offensive to me was there was a girl of about 11-14 years of age seated next to her.

A Pregnant women not just smoking, but smoking in front of a minor, who also happened to be a girl.

I think her first words were, GIVE ME BACK MY CIGARETTE!

I said NO!

...I didn't want to stand next to her car and in anyway appear menacing, so after I plucked the cigarette and said she shouldn't be smoking when pregnant, I kept on walking, away from her and toward the ice cream shop to get my yogurt ice cream.

She informed me she was going to call the police if I didn't give her back her cigarette.

I said "Fine, I'm not going anywhere, I'll be right here".

She ended up taking my license number down and then leaving.

So here are my additional two cents worth

...If a woman wants the right to have an abortion...than on the opposite end TAKE CARE OF THE FETUS during a pregnancy that you plan on bringing to birth.

That is the trade-off, I call it Kid-Pro-Quo...

Abortions are legal, however, if you decide to keep the fetus and give birth to it, DON'T SMOKE and rarely if ever, drink nothing stronger than one glass of wine..which I think is considered acceptable by medical institutions, but not on a daily basis either.

Kid Pro Quo...since you are allowed to have an abortion, when the opposite occurs, and you choose to bring a fetus into the world, don't abuse it while it is inside of you and growing...

Fair is Fair.

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Alex

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