For the love of God Please stop bringing your babies to bars for girl's night out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

That is ridiculous. Parents go to bars - they just don't bring their kids along. It's o.k. to have a grown up night out AWAY from the kids. Period.

DING DING DING.

Go out. Leave baby at home. This is what my parents did. A baby shouldn't be out at a girl outing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, how do you know that these women are not tourists? Flight is in a pretty touristy area. People often behave differently on vacation than they do at home.

She said it was a Girls night out.

Babies don't belong at a Girls Night out event.

That's up to the specific Girls having a Night Out, isn't it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

That is ridiculous. Parents go to bars - they just don't bring their kids along. It's o.k. to have a grown up night out AWAY from the kids. Period.

Evidently parents do bring their kids along. It's just that you think they shouldn't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

Ding ding! Winner winner chicken dinner.

I saw my parents going out, having lives outside the home, laughing, and being with friends. My parents took me to race tracks and casinos; they also took me to symphonies and museums. They often arranged such things like field trips, where we'd see things behind the scenes and talk to people who made things run smoothly. Does it have to be all petting zoos and Chuck E Cheese all the time? Or can you just be with your child and have them soak in the richness of the human experience? I would never assume that a person with a baby in a bar is a bad parent, and I certainly wouldn't change anything about my childhood. MYOB.

Huh? You seriously see no difference between museums, symphonies, theater productions, ballet, even race tracks......and taking an infant into a bar where grown ups are playing darts, drinking beer, hooking up, sucking face, dancing and otherwise having fun with other *grown ups*. Some adult fun is plain not meant for kids. I wouldn't take a baby to an X rated movie either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

That is ridiculous. Parents go to bars - they just don't bring their kids along. It's o.k. to have a grown up night out AWAY from the kids. Period.

Evidently parents do bring their kids along. It's just that you think they shouldn't.

And they are obnoxious, self centered and inconsiderate people. No doubt.

[Anonymous]

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Huh? You seriously see no difference between museums, symphonies, theater productions, ballet, even race tracks......and taking an infant into a bar where grown ups are playing darts, drinking beer, hooking up, sucking face, dancing and otherwise having fun with other *grown ups*. Some adult fun is plain not meant for kids. I wouldn't take a baby to an X rated movie either.

Do you think that darts, beer, hooking up, public kissing, and dancing are bad influences on a baby? They will give the baby ideas?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

Ding ding! Winner winner chicken dinner.

I saw my parents going out, having lives outside the home, laughing, and being with friends. My parents took me to race tracks and casinos; they also took me to symphonies and museums. They often arranged such things like field trips, where we'd see things behind the scenes and talk to people who made things run smoothly. Does it have to be all petting zoos and Chuck E Cheese all the time? Or can you just be with your child and have them soak in the richness of the human experience? I would never assume that a person with a baby in a bar is a bad parent, and I certainly wouldn't change anything about my childhood. MYOB.

Huh? You seriously see no difference between museums, symphonies, theater productions, ballet, even race tracks......and taking an infant into a bar where grown ups are playing darts, drinking beer, hooking up, sucking face, dancing and otherwise having fun with other *grown ups*. Some adult fun is plain not meant for kids. I wouldn't take a baby to an X rated movie either.

What kind of bars do you go to? I haven't seen anything like that since college. This isn't the club at last call...it's a wine bar at 9pm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

That is ridiculous. Parents go to bars - they just don't bring their kids along. It's o.k. to have a grown up night out AWAY from the kids. Period.

Evidently parents do bring their kids along. It's just that you think they shouldn't.

And they are obnoxious, self centered and inconsiderate people. No doubt.

Yes, the world is full of obnoxious, self-centered, and inconsiderate people. You will encounter them at any public place you go to. If you don't want to encounter them, stay out of public places.

[Anonymous]

A bar sponsors one of my daughter's sports teams. We troop those tween girls in there a couple of times a season for food and drink. The other patrons love it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

Ding ding! Winner winner chicken dinner.

I saw my parents going out, having lives outside the home, laughing, and being with friends. My parents took me to race tracks and casinos; they also took me to symphonies and museums. They often arranged such things like field trips, where we'd see things behind the scenes and talk to people who made things run smoothly. Does it have to be all petting zoos and Chuck E Cheese all the time? Or can you just be with your child and have them soak in the richness of the human experience? I would never assume that a person with a baby in a bar is a bad parent, and I certainly wouldn't change anything about my childhood. MYOB.

Huh? You seriously see no difference between museums, symphonies, theater productions, ballet, even race tracks......and taking an infant into a bar where grown ups are playing darts, drinking beer, hooking up, sucking face, dancing and otherwise having fun with other *grown ups*. Some adult fun is plain not meant for kids. I wouldn't take a baby to an X rated movie either.

What kind of bars do you go to? I haven't seen anything like that since college. This isn't the club at last call...it's a wine bar at 9pm.

If it's more like a restaurant where people are seated and the child is being quiet. Go for it - as long as the people at your table are fine with it, who cares? If it's a crowded bar where grown ups are drinking and socializing. Leave the kid at home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

That is ridiculous. Parents go to bars - they just don't bring their kids along. It's o.k. to have a grown up night out AWAY from the kids. Period.

Evidently parents do bring their kids along. It's just that you think they shouldn't.

And they are obnoxious, self centered and inconsiderate people. No doubt.

Yes, the world is full of obnoxious, self-centered, and inconsiderate people. You will encounter them at any public place you go to. If you don't want to encounter them, stay out of public places.

So I guess it's fine for me to bring my boyfriend along to a girls only baby shower? 'Cause, ya know, there are rude people everywhere....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

That is ridiculous. Parents go to bars - they just don't bring their kids along. It's o.k. to have a grown up night out AWAY from the kids. Period.

Evidently parents do bring their kids along. It's just that you think they shouldn't.

And they are obnoxious, self centered and inconsiderate people. No doubt.

Yes, the world is full of obnoxious, self-centered, and inconsiderate people. You will encounter them at any public place you go to. If you don't want to encounter them, stay out of public places.

So I guess it's fine for me to bring my boyfriend along to a girls only baby shower? 'Cause, ya know, there are rude people everywhere....

Wouldn't bother me. Why are there girls only baby showers? This is DC, not Mayberry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Huh? You seriously see no difference between museums, symphonies, theater productions, ballet, even race tracks......and taking an infant into a bar where grown ups are playing darts, drinking beer, hooking up, sucking face, dancing and otherwise having fun with other *grown ups*. Some adult fun is plain not meant for kids. I wouldn't take a baby to an X rated movie either.

Do you think that darts, beer, hooking up, public kissing, and dancing are bad influences on a baby? They will give the baby ideas?

Believe it or not it makes some people uncomfortable to do those things around little kids. That's why they hire sitters for their own kids....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

That is ridiculous. Parents go to bars - they just don't bring their kids along. It's o.k. to have a grown up night out AWAY from the kids. Period.

Evidently parents do bring their kids along. It's just that you think they shouldn't.

And they are obnoxious, self centered and inconsiderate people. No doubt.

Yes, the world is full of obnoxious, self-centered, and inconsiderate people. You will encounter them at any public place you go to. If you don't want to encounter them, stay out of public places.

So I guess it's fine for me to bring my boyfriend along to a girls only baby shower? 'Cause, ya know, there are rude people everywhere....

Why not? Girls only baby showers are generally boring anyway. Having a guy there should make it more fun.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think American parents would be a lot happier if it was NBD to bring your kid to a bar. This whole idea that motherhood automatically excludes you from having a life is very unhealthy.

That is ridiculous. Parents go to bars - they just don't bring their kids along. It's o.k. to have a grown up night out AWAY from the kids. Period.

Evidently parents do bring their kids along. It's just that you think they shouldn't.

And they are obnoxious, self centered and inconsiderate people. No doubt.

Yes, the world is full of obnoxious, self-centered, and inconsiderate people. You will encounter them at any public place you go to. If you don't want to encounter them, stay out of public places.

So I guess it's fine for me to bring my boyfriend along to a girls only baby shower? 'Cause, ya know, there are rude people everywhere....

Wouldn't bother me. Why are there girls only baby showers? This is DC, not Mayberry.

So I guess it's fine for your husband to bring his mom into the delivery room. Or better, yet, his brother?