How would you react to a stranger shooshing your child at a restaurant?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, aren't we lucky. But then, we deserve it, because we are the world's only perfect parents. Maybe we could form a playgroup?

Only if your HHI is above $300k (which mine certainly is) and I wouldn't dream of considering parents who lived outside the Langley/McLean/Whitman/Churchill zones. (I still don't know which neighborhoods in DC are pre-approved.)

But in the meantime, let's give thanks for having perfect kids.

Anyway, we would never be caught dead at IHOP. I think we should have our first playgroup at Ruth chris's.

This is true. I must leave my calling card with your manservant posthaste.

I love you.

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Anonymous wrote:Slow topic starter day on DCUM for this very lame ass post to generate 11 pages.

Thanks for the laugh! You've got a dry sense of humor!

I get it from my husband. On occasion he rubs off on my (LOL) -

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Anonymous wrote:Slow topic starter day on DCUM for this very lame ass post to generate 11 pages.

Thanks for the laugh! You've got a dry sense of humor!

I get it from my husband. On occasion he rubs off on my (LOL) -

Oh my. That should have been *me* not my. It took an entirely different context with the alternate ending.
Now look what I've gone and done! I've pushed this absolutely ridiculous post to 13 pages.

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Anonymous wrote:Slow topic starter day on DCUM for this very lame ass post to generate 11 pages.

Thanks for the laugh! You've got a dry sense of humor!

I get it from my husband. On occasion he rubs off on my (LOL) -

Oh my. That should have been *me* not my. It took an entirely different context with the alternate ending.
Now look what I've gone and done! I've pushed this absolutely ridiculous post to 13 pages.

Your comments have me laughing out loud again! I have the week off and don't usually participate in this forum, but it's been entertainment for me today because of the snow and needing a day to unwind after all the Christmas doings!

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Poor Ruths Chris. What has such a fine establishment done to get dragged into this mess?

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Is Ruths Chris superior to Mortons? DH and I have had a very serious fight on this very topic just days ago.

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Clearly. Two words: steak butter.

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Anonymous wrote:OP I think you handled it correctly. My 3yo son loves to engage people and 99 percent of the time, they love to chat with him. Occasionally there are grumps who hate happy people (adults or children) and live in their tiny insulated bubble. Perhaps they were just perfect little people as children.

Are these really the only two possibilities: love to chat with your 3yo or hate happy people? How about: having a bad day and don't want to chat with a 3yo? Or: having an important conversation with your SO/friend/child and don't want to be interrupted to chat with a 3yo? Or: love 3yo's but I have one at home who chats constantly and I just want to read the paper right now?

If your 3yo says hi to me I will say hi back (not scream at him) but I may not want to chat with him right now. That doesn't make me a grump or living in a bubble; it just means that YOUR child is not at the center of MY world.

AMEN!

Ditto

I wasn't asking for you to become part of my son's universe. Only asked for common decency which you seem to lack. These convivial "conversations" last a sentence or two. When total strangers say good morning to me, you know what?, I say "good morning" right back. Am I looking for a conversation? No.

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My suggestion is that you let this thing go . . . it's a small incident in the important world of lovingly parenting a precious child.

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Call me a nut but a harmless one. I love the sound of children's voices. Children singing, talking, laughing. Whining and crying doesn't bother me either unless it goes on too long. Any sound of children is the sound of the future, of positivity, of what may come. However, if a child says hi to me in a restaurant or any other setting, if I respond in kind I'm a weirdo or a pervert. If I see a beautiful baby somewhere, I have to restrain myself on commenting lest I be labeled a pedophile. My problem is sort of the reverse of the original post. Why can't I marvel in public at how special your children are? How their voices are like music to me? How lucky I think you are? Have I ever shooshed a child? Maybe. But it was probably late at night, I was tired and my nephew wouldn't leave me be. I was really glad to see his face first thing in the morning. Happy New Year everybody.

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Let's play a little game here. Instead of your adorable 3 year old, instead let's imagine it's the creepy, crazy old man wearing his pants inside out who is being loud and happy, and then seeks to engage you in conversation. After singing "I'm a little tea cup", he leans over your table and waves and says a big "Hi!" Do you say hi back? Or are you a big grumpy grump? I am looking for a family friendly restaurant that will welcome my crazy uncle.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's play a little game here. Instead of your adorable 3 year old, instead let's imagine it's the creepy, crazy old man wearing his pants inside out who is being loud and happy, and then seeks to engage you in conversation. After singing "I'm a little tea cup", he leans over your table and waves and says a big "Hi!" Do you say hi back? Or are you a big grumpy grump? I am looking for a family friendly restaurant that will welcome my crazy uncle.

LOL!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Let's play a little game here. Instead of your adorable 3 year old, instead let's imagine it's the creepy, crazy old man wearing his pants inside out who is being loud and happy, and then seeks to engage you in conversation. After singing "I'm a little tea cup", he leans over your table and waves and says a big "Hi!" Do you say hi back? Or are you a big grumpy grump? I am looking for a family friendly restaurant that will welcome my crazy uncle.

Your uncle sounds "adorable!"

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Actually, I was wondering something similar. If I took my 16 year old son with autism out to an IHOP, and he made a loud noise, would you tell him to shush?

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, I was wondering something similar. If I took my 16 year old son with autism out to an IHOP, and he made a loud noise, would you tell him to shush?

If he said "hi" I'd probably say "hi" back. If he made a loud and strange noise, I'd probably just keep eating my pancakes.