Children in bars

pls just never talk about brooklyn

I just got home from taking my baby to a bar.

Did you parade your baby around as if you were Ernest Rutherford?

No, but I breastfed her at the table while drinking a beer.

Sounds more difficult than splitting an atom imo

fusing an atom however

I once played John Grant - GMF on the jukebox at a bar. I later saw that there were two children in that bar. Have I sinned?

Is there balm in Bethlehem? Dud

smarm and wit? ooh, guys, the locals probably loved having you at their establishment

I once queued Dire Straits - Walk of Life 5 times in a row at a bar. I don't recall if there were any children present. Have I sinned?

you are a great good in the world, go in peace

it's as if a heavy yoke's been lifted off my shoulders

I once played John Grant - GMF on the jukebox at a bar. I later saw that there were two children in that bar. Have I sinned?

― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, April 12, 2014 4:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

clearly if you bring a child to a bar you accept that they will be exposed to adult language and adult behavior. it is likely they may see twerking, or cocaine. the parent accepts this.

OTM. Tweaking and coke are my secret weapons when I see babies at my watering hole

please just let the human race go extinct

"please just let the human race go extinct"

Don't worry it is happening thankfully, just a bit too late.

lighten up fellas! *queues walk of life 5 times in a row*

short notice I realize but can any of you guys fill in for my sitter tonight? she had to bail. 15 an hour, three hrs max.

How do you feel about your kid being locked in a closet for three hours?

BTW, I was amazed to learn how many states allow kids to drink in bars as long as a parent is present.

How many? Don't make me google.

At least 8 or so outright. Others with various exceptions (like for religious purposes, or medical purposes, etc.)

OK, I think it's 10 states. 45 states, I think, allow underage drinking under certain circumstances.

Wisconsin:

Can children be in a bar with their parents?

Yes. Persons under age 21 may be on licensed premises, if they are with their parents, guardians, or spouses of legal drinking age; but this is at the discretion of the licensee.

Can an underage person possess and consume alcohol beverages on licenses premises?

Yes. Persons under age 21 may possess and consume alcohol beverages if they are with their parents, guardians or spouses of legal drinking age; but this is at the discretion of the licensee. The licensed premise may choose to prohibit consumption and possession of alcohol beverages by underage persons.

http://www.revenue.wi.gov/faqs/ise/atundrg.html#undrg2

Woah

thank u

Ivy, we're going to Kenosha to get wasted.

Bars in Georgia have a choice, either allow smoking or allow kids in the bar. If a bar allows smoking, then nobody under 21 can enter. It's a good compromise, the best bars in atl allow smoking ( I'm not a smoker) but u don't have to deal with kids.

"i'm guessing you don't have kids" is def one of the most annoying things parents say to non-parents, esp in that superior tone it usually comes in

damn right i don't and there's a reason for that. i don't like them or being around them. i'm not going to be overtly displeased with kids in bars (well, kid-friendly bars, some bars would be just wrong) but i reserve the right to prefer them elsewhere and bitch about it privately afterwards. i don't think "enjoying the company of strangers' kids" should be a general expectation. i don't like the company of obnoxious adults either and pick the places i socialise to avoid them where possible and basically 90% of kids have the same effect.

kids that i actually know are slightly easier to tolerate, i guess.

i'm sorry they asked.

If people traded in their kids for a TV, we'd all get along.

Im generally in favour of kids and that level of anarchy but damn right i reserve the right to enjoy a good eyeroll at the parents the nanosecond it begins to displease me lyfe is good

mte

Suspect cultural differences factor in though. Found this which I did not know about

Before 1995 children under the age of 14 were not allowed in pubs in England and Wales

every neighbourhood should have one big kid-friendly pub and then everyone without kids (and parents on a night out) would know exactly where to avoid. you're welcome.

fwiw i usually don't like other people's kids and i especially don't like other parents so i feel you non-parents on this one

it's really less the kids themselves and more the expectation that everyone should be as delighted by their existence as their parents are, and that non-parents who object somehow "don't get it" or whatever

It's less the kids and more the fuckin noise

Its ok that you dont get it

xp

Unless these are nieces and nephews, I don't think I've ever met a parent that assumed my affection for his or her children.

well, not affection, but more the perspective (as on this thread) that anyone who objects to kids or dislikes their presence is being intolerant or somehow unreasonable

Saying u dont like kids is like saying u dont like short people or people w red hair or big feet or something, imho

that is completely ludicrous imho

All otm

only been attracted to one dude with red hair tbh

And that's to this day still the best compliment I ever got, alfred

hate your kids and your feet though sorry

Guys, I didnt say "sexually attracted to"

Just pointing out that blanket statements about groups of people based on physical characteristics are sort of erm how u say "problematic"

Fwiw I was joking upthread, would never bring kids to a bar

I tend to avoid redheads with sunburnt knees as a rule

It's less the kids and more the fuckin noise

Yeah, stupid kids interrupting my silent contemplation at the pin-drop quiet corner bar. It's all downhill from there. First come the kids, then come the jukeboxes, then comes the beer... Oh, wait, it starts with the beer, sorry. First comes the beer, then comes the drunks, then comes the ... huh, you're right, drunk people are loud, too. Hmm ... last comes the kids?

Friday night is like “parents take your screaming offspring to the bar” night

It is. Last night there was a large table and this little kid kept touching our silverware, messing with the folded napkins, playing with glassware while her parents did absolutely nothing to stop her. I asked her FIVE separate times to stop and eventually the cake came out and she was distracted. Free babysitting not part of the job.

Brutal

phones are good actually

I agree — I’d rather deal with a group where half of them are nose deep in their devices than to have to ask someone “please stop touching our things” that many times. More than once.

I'm a parent and it drives me mad when parents ignore the behaviour of their child like this