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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all of my friends with very young children, my assumption when inviting them to lunch is that the very young child will also come.  So I would expect OP to bring her child if I invited her, even without saying "[b]oh and bring your baby".  [/b]

Apparently other people do not think this, which is fine.  Maybe this is a difference in upbringing (e.g., big family with kids always around) or something else.[/quote]

Baby and toddler are completely different things. Sure if your kid is contained in a baby seat bring them along. Once they can move and interrupt every 2 seconds, leave them home. Or don’t come. [/quote]

do you express your specific lunch requirements to your friends, when they violate them?[/quote]

NP. When 2 friends have lunch, the focus is on each other. When a mother brings her very young child to lunch, her focus is on the child, and the friend is there, too. It has to be that way, and it should be that way, but it's no fun for the friend. So don't be offended if the friend just wants your company--she just really  wants to talk to you and have the focus be on the two of you. Really, it's a compliment that she enjoys your company. [/quote]

yes, this information would be something that the PP should share with her friend to have the kind of interaction she wants.  It's odd that she is unable to fathom speaking to her friend.[/quote]
Are you really so selfish and blind to others that you need it laid out in black and white? Yikes. Maybe try thinking about other people and stop being so wrapped up in yourself. [/quote]

I get that you have a very rigid perspective on the world, and that it apparently makes you choose to be derogatory when that idea is challenged.  [/quote]

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