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How would you react to a stranger shooshing your child at a restaurant?
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Anonymous
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Teaching a child to be considerate of others seems like an important thing to do. No one wants to see a child's feelings hurt. You handled it as best you could, for sure. But the PPs mocking older people for having different expectations (or needs) seems a bit uncaring. |
Anonymous
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Dear Old People,
If a three year old child gleefully saying hi to you throws off your day, makes you more grumpy than your regular grumpy selves, I think it's time you refrained from dining in public. I'm sorry to have to be the one to break this to you, but children are people too, and they have to right to be gleeful and even make some noise in a restaurant. A restaurant is not a library, so if you require absolute silence during mealtime, it's time to face the facts that a public outing just isn't for you anymore. It's OK. I'm sure your home is lovely. Eat there. Sincerely, Fellow human being who also sometimes actually makes noise in a restaurant. |
Anonymous
I don't think anyone's mocking them, per se. But I do have a higher expectation of politeness from adults than I do from a 3 year old child. As an adult myself, I've learned to avoid crowded situations that will bother me (like packed movie theaters on a Friday night where several people will invariably be talking, texting, or both). If the older couple really couldn't handle noise, IHOP on a Friday night was not the wisest choice. And if they had a problem with the child, they could have either ignored him, hoping he would stop or that OP would get him settled down, or they would have said something politely. Too many people of that generation think it's OK to address children like pet dogs, with nasty and rude corrections. And it's not OK. |
Anonymous
I'm sorry, I am not usually the grammar police, but you should be aware that you have a "grinch in your MIDST". Not mist. |
Anonymous
| Sorry, OP, not everyone thinks your "darling child" is all that. Teach him/her to sit down and behave. Not everyone wants to be entertained by your kid - so put some manners on your "DC"...and on yourself, too! |
Anonymous
| We live near a neighborhood grocery store that attracts a lot of elderly customers from nearby condos and an assisted living building, and I have to say that I've been amazed to realize how disinterested and often downright unfriendly many senior citizens are toward young kids. I've come to believe that many elderly people just don't really enjoy being around kids, even if they may adore their own grandchildren. I just chalk it up to that stage of life, and hope I won't become that way as I age! |
Anonymous
Thank you - English is my second language. I do love when people point out my mistakes. 
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Anonymous
You're over 65, aren't you? 8) |
Anonymous
| DH usually asks if the kid is retarded. Works every time. |
Anonymous
Nope - in my 30's. I just get tired of people shoving their kids in my face to admire. Honestly, they ain't that cute. At three years old - this child should have manners. Do you let him/her jump all over the place at home during dinner? Teach them at home & they will behave when they go out. If they cannot behave, leave them home. |
Anonymous
You've posted this before...yawn. |
Anonymous
HA! i love it!! That is pretty funny. |
Anonymous
| I have kids but still get very annoyed that some parents let their kids run amok in restaurants |
Anonymous
I'm surprised your DH hasn't gotten a fat fist across the face yet. I think I would take grear pleasure in stabbing him in with my fork |
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Sorry, OP, not everyone thinks your "darling child" is all that. Teach him/her to sit down and behave. Not everyone wants to be entertained by your kid - so put some manners on your "DC"...and on yourself, too! You're over 65, aren't you? I agree (and I'm not over 65). |