Bringing toddler to lunch with friends

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is 12 months old and in the last couple months I’m finally feeling like I have a handle on getting out of the house and doing things with her. I have been getting lunch with friends (most of whom don’t have kids yet) and typically bring her along. We obviously don’t go to any fancy spots. Is this annoying?

I personally love to meet my friends' babies, so that doesn't sound annoying to me at all.

[Anonymous]

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Any husbands have this issue?

They definitely aren't dragging kids to meet up with their friends ..

Husbands don’t go out to lunch with their guy friends. Nice try though.

Uh yes they do. Does having a penis mean they don't eat lunch?

I never said guys don’t eat lunch. I said guys don’t get together with their friends for lunch. They just don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Any husbands have this issue?

They definitely aren't dragging kids to meet up with their friends ..

Husbands don’t go out to lunch with their guy friends. Nice try though.

Uh yes they do. Does having a penis mean they don't eat lunch?

I never said guys don’t eat lunch. I said guys don’t get together with their friends for lunch. They just don’t.

They do though. My husband works DT and if one of his friends is down there they will always message him if he wants to go to lunch. My BIL works PT and will go golfing and then lunch with his friends. Either you don't know men or you are a man with no friends. Other men do have lunch together on occasion. Odd you're trying to say that none of the 4 billion men in the world engage in this wild activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Any husbands have this issue?

They definitely aren't dragging kids to meet up with their friends ..

Husbands don’t go out to lunch with their guy friends. Nice try though.

Uh yes they do. Does having a penis mean they don't eat lunch?

I never said guys don’t eat lunch. I said guys don’t get together with their friends for lunch. They just don’t.

Mine does on occasion. Especially if a long time friend is traveling to our town or he travels to their town for work. Bringing a baby is never a consideration and the other man isn’t put out that someone doesn’t want to meet his kid over lunch.

[Anonymous]

Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

[Anonymous]

Ugh. Yes, please don't do that.

[Anonymous]

If you need to bring your kid I'll bring mine too and let's do something kid friendly. But I don't want to go to a restaurant with toddlers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

Stop trying to back pedal now. It's so obvious you're just some loser with no friends, of course no one invites you out to lunch so you think no one else does. News flash - men with friends enjoy hanging out with them! Sometimes over food! Sometimes around mid day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

Stop trying to back pedal now. It's so obvious you're just some loser with no friends, of course no one invites you out to lunch so you think no one else does. News flash - men with friends enjoy hanging out with them! Sometimes over food! Sometimes around mid day!

I’m not backtracking even a little bit. It’s a fact. There still ARE differences between men and women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

Noticed this also. Men tend to prefer to eat alone at lunch, while women are more about talking than eating at lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

1. You did say that, twice. Three times if you include this post.

"Husbands don’t go out to lunch with their guy friends. Nice try though."
"I said guys don’t get together with their friends for lunch. They just don’t."
"It’s just not a thing."

2. Why does it bother you that men have lunch with their friends? What a bizarre hill to die on.

Of course men have lunch with friends. Of course men have free time without their child. Instead of pretending it doesn't exist, why don't you dig into the cultural and societal issues that make it fine for men but not women. No one is telling men "Oh you're such a bad friend if you don't want to hang around with your friends' children". And yet, some are saying that exact thing about women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

Stop trying to back pedal now. It's so obvious you're just some loser with no friends, of course no one invites you out to lunch so you think no one else does. News flash - men with friends enjoy hanging out with them! Sometimes over food! Sometimes around mid day!

I’m not backtracking even a little bit. It’s a fact. There still ARE differences between men and women.

Err who is arguing that there are no differences between men and women? You are now making up additional things people are "arguing" over which don't exist. Sorry you're a loser who eats alone and has no friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

Stop trying to back pedal now. It's so obvious you're just some loser with no friends, of course no one invites you out to lunch so you think no one else does. News flash - men with friends enjoy hanging out with them! Sometimes over food! Sometimes around mid day!

I’m not backtracking even a little bit. It’s a fact. There still ARE differences between men and women.

How is it not backtracking when you initially say "it just doesnt happen" and now you are saying "well it might happen sometimes". That's textbook backtracking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

Noticed this also. Men tend to prefer to eat alone at lunch, while women are more about talking than eating at lunch.

Sounds like you follow some red pill podcast stuff. "Women just yap"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ladies, I’m not saying that men NEVER meet up with their male friends for lunch outside of work. Of course it happens. But not as much as women. It’s just not a thing. There ARE some differences between male and female social interactions you know. Stop getting all worked up over something so obvious.

1. You did say that, twice. Three times if you include this post.

"Husbands don’t go out to lunch with their guy friends. Nice try though."
"I said guys don’t get together with their friends for lunch. They just don’t."
"It’s just not a thing."

2. Why does it bother you that men have lunch with their friends? What a bizarre hill to die on.

Of course men have lunch with friends. Of course men have free time without their child. Instead of pretending it doesn't exist, why don't you dig into the cultural and societal issues that make it fine for men but not women. No one is telling men "Oh you're such a bad friend if you don't want to hang around with your friends' children". And yet, some are saying that exact thing about women.

You’re funny.

It’s the “cultural and societal issues” that explain WHY men don’t socialize with other men the way women do with other women — including lunch.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pathways-of-experience/202304/male-friendship-why-its-hard-for-men-to-bond-closely