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

[Anonymous]

Agenda? Someone had an agenda?

The OP, maybe.

[Anonymous]

Please. You have all been called out on your nastiness. Now skirt back into your holes and take a good look in the mirror. You won't though will you? Like I said before, carry on!

[Anonymous]

I have to thank you all for this, I am just a housewife from rural Oregon, and I stumbled upon this post. It had me rolling on the floor laughing!! I am going to use some of your posts in a book I am writing!! Seriously, this was the funniest thread I have read in years!! Two thumbs up....way up!!!! Keep it up ladies!

[Anonymous]

Did this post beat out the "Do you judge people for which stroller they have?" post?
Just wondering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did this post beat out the "Do you judge people for which stroller they have?" post?
Just wondering.

That one is 19 pages. Not sure how many actual responses--can't see that when it comes up in a search.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. He wasn't running a mock and we were addressing it anyway. I don't care what they think of me or my kids but they went a step further and made him cry. They could have said something to US and I think that would have been a lot better than directly addressing my child. I thought that crossed the line. As for manners, we do the best we can and he's usually well behaved, he does have a moment of glee here and there though (this one was syrup induced, I'm sure). Point is, I think they should have taken it up directly with me or DH. We would've apologized and tried harder, but what they did just made everyone more upset. (DH told them to shah themselves and not to look at our son again... Or something along those lines)

I would have said something to you and your DH but what your DH did is far worse than a stranger "shushing" your child. His hostility would have come across to me a a threat and I would have called the manager and, possibly the police. I don't care if both of you are attorneys, the Chief Justice, or whomever you are, you and your DH have no right in making a threat to these other people. "Not to look at our son afain?" Well, then, in that case you should have left the rstaurant because your chose to put your child in view of the public and anyone is free to look at him.

I would have been furious with the comment mde by your DH and it probably did exaccerbate the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. He wasn't running a mock and we were addressing it anyway. I don't care what they think of me or my kids but they went a step further and made him cry. They could have said something to US and I think that would have been a lot better than directly addressing my child. I thought that crossed the line. As for manners, we do the best we can and he's usually well behaved, he does have a moment of glee here and there though (this one was syrup induced, I'm sure). Point is, I think they should have taken it up directly with me or DH. We would've apologized and tried harder, but what they did just made everyone more upset. (DH told them to shah themselves and not to look at our son again... Or something along those lines)

I would have said something to you and your DH but what your DH did is far worse than a stranger "shushing" your child. His hostility would have come across to me a a threat and I would have called the manager and, possibly the police. I don't care if both of you are attorneys, the Chief Justice, or whomever you are, you and your DH have no right in making a threat to these other people. "Not to look at our son afain?" Well, then, in that case you should have left the rstaurant because your chose to put your child in view of the public and anyone is free to look at him.

I would have been furious with the comment mde by your DH and it probably did exaccerbate the situation.

I just squirted coffee out of my nose!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. He wasn't running a mock and we were addressing it anyway. I don't care what they think of me or my kids but they went a step further and made him cry. They could have said something to US and I think that would have been a lot better than directly addressing my child. I thought that crossed the line. As for manners, we do the best we can and he's usually well behaved, he does have a moment of glee here and there though (this one was syrup induced, I'm sure). Point is, I think they should have taken it up directly with me or DH. We would've apologized and tried harder, but what they did just made everyone more upset. (DH told them to shah themselves and not to look at our son again... Or something along those lines)

OP you and your husband are poorly behaved! Forget about your child, you two need to learn some manners!

Don't look at your child? They wouldn't have had to look at your child if he had been turned around and sitting in his seat!

I was in agreement that the people were wrong to shush him until you posted this. I'm sure your son was more poorly behaved than you're telling us he was.

[Anonymous]

I would have been annoyed at the strangers for overreacting to my child, but furious at DH for modeling poor self control. Your DH didn't show your DC you've "got his back", he demonstrated that adults aren't any better at impulse control than 3-year-olds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:13:08 you're a piece of work! You must be a miserable human being and I feel bad for your children. You have done nothing but rake spiteful aim at my wonderful 3 YEAR OLD by calling him names and belittling my parenting. So to you, my response would have gone something like this "I appreciate your horror and disgust at a bright sunny hello of my child, but if you even look in his direction again, I will personally shove this plate of pancakes up your tired old nasty miserable ass. Merry Christmas to you too bitch." I feel sorry fir you well mannered children. I wouldn't be surprised if they are will contribute to the "worst thing my parents ever said to me thread" in a few years.

In VA you can be arrested for threatening to shove a plate of pancakes up my tired, nasty, miserable ass. OP, you and your DH, do sound like a 1st class jackasses.

[Anonymous]

The apple does not fall far from the tree. Hope the dad is ready to defend the kid throughout life rather than teach him how to behave in public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe so. We don't have the video tape, however the people on here have been behaving like they personally witnessed this child stab someone with a fork while his parents laughed and stuffed their faces. That's the problem with the majority of the posts here. Quick to villify, bully and push their own agenda (even if it means hurling insults at children). If your not one of those posters, that's fine and your opinion above is perfectly valid and contributes to the discussion, but that's not what I have found objectionable here. Hurtful and mean spirited posts should be addressed.

What you are ignoring are the many posts in the middle--those that don't criticize the 3 year old's behavior but OP's DH in his response to the shoosh and OP's drama over the whole thing.

[Anonymous]

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Shhh

[Anonymous]

no, shoosh