Pram struggles are a very real thing.
Prior to actually requiring a pram I had never really noticed prams or pram users at all (see point 8). Then once I was in the market for one they were all I could see everywhere. I did all my pram research in my local park where I watched pram pros expertly navigating the uneven terrain and endless Dublin potholes with a finesse I presumed I would one day possess.
I never acquired this flair sadly and now spend most of my days shoving the unwieldy contraption up hills, around dog sh*t and down into crater-like potholes muttering under my breath about how this world was not made for buggies.
10 Truths About Navigating the World with a Pram:
1. People who park their cars all the way up on the footpath are ASSH*LES
2. People who don’t clean up their dog’s sh*t are ASSH*LES
3. People who won’t get out of your way are ASSH*LES
4. People who won’t drop everything and hold open doors for you are ASSH*LES
5. Navigating the world with a pram has kind of made me an ASSH*LE (clearly)
6. Prams themselves are ASSH*LES (seriously they are impossible to fold up and down, sometimes I feel like a degree in engineering wouldn’t even suffice when trying to operate a pram).
7. Prams make excellent vehicles for committing petty crimes – with the help of the storage basket under the seat I have accidentally stolen many items from Tesco.
8. A pram has the ability to make a woman invisible, they are a fantastic defence against embarrassing catcalls on the street. Not that I was particularly inundated with catcalls before the pram, but now with pram in tow I am rarely even looked at by passing gentlemen (I’ve noticed quite irritatingly that The Man has the opposite problem entirely: The pram has basically DOUBLED the attention he receives when out and about. Rage.)
9. Getting a pram into the boot of a car may be THE MOST EFFECTIVE cardio of ALL TIME (and I’ll do anything to avoid it…)
10. People who stand by and watch parents struggle with getting the pram onto the bus should be excommunicated from Earth…
Rant over.
