What is it about Ikea...

...that brings out the freaks?

As newlywed first time home buyers, we frequent Ikea because we are strapped for cash but want semi decent furniture. I've had really odd experiences the past two times we were there, so I figured I'd share.

Last weekend, we all took a trip to finalize what dining room table we were going to buy for the house. But, as anyone who goes to Ikea knows, you look at every single section in the store even though you don't necessarily need anything from the other sections. B and I were walking through the bedroom / bathroom section, and we rounded the corner into one of their fake bathrooms (FYI Ikea sells sinks and stuff now...it is pretty awesome!) and we find the following: a little girl, about 8 or 9 years old, sitting on the fake toilet, fully clothed, grunting like she's pretending to use the bathroom. She looks up at us and is like "hey get out I'm using the bathroom" and then giggles. Um, what? Really? I look at B and she looks at me and we quickly exit the fake bathroom. All we could think about was, why are kids these days so weird??? And more importantly, were WE ever that weird? I shutter to think that I'd ever do that when I was kid.

A few weeks ago, a similar awkward situation occurred as I walked into another of Ikea's fake bathrooms. I turned the corner and there is a couple standing there full on making out. Like, I saw their tongues. I yelped Oh sorry! and quickly ran away. I have no idea if they saw me, but they ended up being near us the rest of the way through the store. Is that what people do for thrills now? Make out in the middle of a department store? Maybe T and I need to try that to ignite some passion...on second thought no I'm not in the business of PDAs because I'm not in HIGH SCHOOL anymore.

So between the weird kids and the icky adults, should I bother going to Ikea anymore?