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Please share your encounters, jolly or not so fun for one or the other of you, with children of various ages.

I am proposing this thread after a heart warming experience I had today.

I was in a grocery store today and while walking down an aisle was approaching a shopping cart with a toddler in it and the mother busy searching for something on the shelves. The small child, sized like he was maybe just about to learn to walk, was starting to fuss. Neither of them had noticed me yet. As I was about 8 feet from the cart I noticed he looked like he was just starting to enter a big crying fit, face beginning to contort and the vocalization starting.

Mr Moustache swings into action: With my handlebar in Prize Winning Curls (using glue stick) I caught his attention and scrunched up my face into a big moustached smile. His nascent expression of toddler grief turned into a big smile and he laughed! The mother never noticed I was there, and I quietly passed by to continue my shopping. All so worth it.

One last month:

I rarely pick up my little brother(7) at school but this day I did.
I walked, reached the gate and shouted his name. He saw me and came to the first gate with some friends the same age. One of them asked :

- Is he your brother ? He said yes then the boy replied:
- But he has a moustache !?
The lady who supervises them, laughed and said :
- Of course he has a moustache !

The boy could not understand why on earth someone's younger brother would have a moustache. Hah made my day.

Children comments and reactions are always the funniest and sincere.
Older people also, they know when you have a moustache and use it like they did, with respect and proud.

My daughter loves my moustache, she is 10 months old and every morning when I bring her into my room and try get her to go back to sleep in our bed she just wants to play! The first thing she does (to make sure I'm awake and ready to entertain her) is pull my moustache! That early in the morning it certainly wakes me up! She won't stop pulling until I show I'm awake and ready to give her breakfast!
It hurts a little bit but I don't mind as she loves it and it makes her happy! My mrs just says "gently" then she don't pull as hard.
She did the same pulling on our cat! She used to pull lumps of fur off him and he became very scared! Lol it's funny seeing him run away from a crawling baby! We had to teach her to be gentle with him, now she is not so bad!

Interesting subject topic.

This past summer I was waiting in my truck at our local therapeutic riding facility. I had the window rolled down when a young autistic (early teen) ran toward me very excitedly. He stopped abruptly by me, extended his index finger, and lightly touched the tip of my Handlebar. As quickly as he came, he turned and run to his mother's car. We've known the boy through the local community school and he characteristically shies from most people. I felt honoured that my Handlebar created the opportunity for that momentary connection with him.