OT - Story: My child hating reputation

I only have one thing to say to this: *grin*

snip
I know that most of you think that I love children, but that hasn't always
been the case. A little over twenty years ago, I was told I was a child
hating B*tch, and I happily agreed with the accusers.snip

~Candace~ your local hemp goddess

Kathy N-V wrote:
I can only hope that I soured that lovely family on going to the ballet.

Heh, heh, heh.... :-)

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I love kids just couldnt eat a whole oneG
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snip lovely solution to a serious problem

Alas, the family fled at intermission. We enjoyed the second half of the
show in blissful peace. The only fly in the ointment is that I just know
that family probably still recounts how horrible those child hating people
were when they were only trying to expose their children to a cultural
treasure. And enough time has passed that these children have grown up and
(dear god) had children of their own.

I can only hope that I soured that lovely family on going to the ballet.

Ditto. And they call ME "selfish" for not wanting to have kids?!!

One of the things I really despise about our current culture is that we have
completely discarded the notion that there is ANY venue which is inappropriate
for children. What do these kids have to look forward to as they grow up?

Celine

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One of the things I really despise about our current culture is that we
have
completely discarded the notion that there is ANY venue which is
inappropriate
for children. What do these kids have to look forward to as they grow up?

Celine

--
I thought the same thing the other day. There were all kinds of places I
couldn't go to growing up because I wasn't old enough. There are children
everywhere now. A grown up can only count on a child free date if they stay
home and if their children are somewhere else. Thankfully most children
don't like opera and most parents don't take them. I feel safe there.

It's funny, we make a huge point of only taking our children to FAMILY
restaurants. Oddly, it seems like many other parents don't see the point
of doing this, and take their small children to fancy restaurants, where
the little tkes feel free to rampage. How sweet!

On the other hand, last time we were at Bella Fascia, a tasty family
pizza joint (by "family" I mean suitable for the whole family and
frequented by people with children, not a scary place with balloons and
people dressed as cartoon characters) a horrid (I do not use that term
lightly) hipster couple with sour expressions sat at the table next to
us. We had our six-year-old and our four-year-old plus the baby, so we
sat in the one corner of the restaurant that had no other occupants. Of
course, the kids were talking at the top of their lungs, telling me
stories, asking where their pizza was, and the baby was making periodic
chortles of joy that put one in mind of large tropical birds. The
hipsters wasted no time in scowling in our direction and whispering to
each other, obviously thinking we shouldn't have brought our awful
little brats out in public, let alone to a restaurant. Eventually, they
huffily pouted off to another table... only to be confronted with
ANOTHER FAMILY FULL OF KIDS! OH NO! They finished their dinner rather
quickly and left with a final glare for the entire restaurant, which by
then was full of happy, noisy pizza-eating children.

Hopefully, they will think twice about attending a restaurant with the
words "Family Restaurant" displayed proudly in the front window.

I later ran into the sour-faced hipster male at the local art walk. He
was sneering at some apparently unpalatable miniature glass chairs that,
to me, seemed magical and wonderful. I wonder whether he finds joy
anywhere in life? The other hipsters seemed to be having a good time...
this year, "genuine enthusiasm and enjoyment" seem to be "in".

-Kalera
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starlia wrote:
One of the things I really despise about our current culture is that we

have

completely discarded the notion that there is ANY venue which is

inappropriate

for children. What do these kids have to look forward to as they grow up?

Celine

--

I thought the same thing the other day. There were all kinds of places I
couldn't go to growing up because I wasn't old enough. There are children
everywhere now. A grown up can only count on a child free date if they stay
home and if their children are somewhere else. Thankfully most children
don't like opera and most parents don't take them. I feel safe there.

Oddly, it seems like many other parents don't see the point
of doing this, and take their small children to fancy restaurants, where
the little tkes feel free to rampage. How sweet!

Yeah -- and the parents let the kids run AROUND all over the place. I
understand, of course I do! Let the restaurant babysit the kids while mommy
and daddy have a nice dinner! :-P I want to kill the little ****ers. I mean
cheeldren.

I once grabbed a kid's arm who was racing around and around a restaurant. I
said, "Cut it OUT." (The kid quit.) My (ex)husband went pale, and said never
to touch someone else's kid -- you can get sued. I didn't care because I'd
recognized his mom --- someone I'd gone to high school with 20 years earlier.
She could kiss my sweet Ukrainian ass.
~~
Sooz
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"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
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I never fail to be amazed and impressed by the power of The Scary Lady!
I like to be The Scary Lady from time to time... looking sternly over
the top of my glasses and barking "HEY! SETLLE DOWN!" has the power to
calm and intimidate even hardened little hoodlums. Their parents, if
present, usually shoot me nasty looks, but that's their problem for not
making their kids behave in the first place.

Sometimes I accidentally do it to adults. It works on them too. Have you
ever accidentally said, in That Voice, "HEY NOW, is that *appropriate*?"
to an adult ten years your senior? Once the words are out of your mouth,
your options are to be embarrassed, or to run with it. I chose run with it.

-Kalera
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Dr. Sooz wrote:
Oddly, it seems like many other parents don't see the point
of doing this, and take their small children to fancy restaurants, where
the little tkes feel free to rampage. How sweet!


Yeah -- and the parents let the kids run AROUND all over the place. I
understand, of course I do! Let the restaurant babysit the kids while mommy
and daddy have a nice dinner! :-P I want to kill the little ****ers. I mean
cheeldren.

I once grabbed a kid's arm who was racing around and around a restaurant. I
said, "Cut it OUT." (The kid quit.) My (ex)husband went pale, and said never
to touch someone else's kid -- you can get sued. I didn't care because I'd
recognized his mom --- someone I'd gone to high school with 20 years earlier.
She could kiss my sweet Ukrainian ass.
~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

I hate going to the mall in the summer. Most parents just drop their kids
off for the mall to babysit. What the hell? You have running and rude kids
everywhere and NO parents in site. I've seen them very young in a group by
themselves. My daughters have never been allowed to do this.

"Dr. Sooz" wrote in message Yeah -- and the
parents let the kids run AROUND all over the place. I
understand, of course I do! Let the restaurant babysit the kids while
mommy
and daddy have a nice dinner! :-P I want to kill the little ****ers. I
mean
cheeldren.

I once grabbed a kid's arm who was racing around and around a restaurant.
I
said, "Cut it OUT." (The kid quit.) My (ex)husband went pale, and said
never
to touch someone else's kid -- you can get sued. I didn't care because
I'd
recognized his mom --- someone I'd gone to high school with 20 years
earlier.
She could kiss my sweet Ukrainian ass.
~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry."
John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

Okay, THESE people are BOOBS.

On the other hand, last time we were at Bella Fascia, a tasty family
pizza joint (by "family" I mean suitable for the whole family and
frequented by people with children, not a scary place with balloons and
people dressed as cartoon characters) a horrid (I do not use that term
lightly) hipster couple with sour expressions sat at the table next to
us. We had our six-year-old and our four-year-old plus the baby, so we
sat in the one corner of the restaurant that had no other occupants. Of
course, the kids were talking at the top of their lungs, telling me
stories, asking where their pizza was, and the baby was making periodic
chortles of joy that put one in mind of large tropical
birds. The
hipsters wasted no time in scowling in our direction and whispering to
each other, obviously thinking we shouldn't have brought our awful
little brats out in public, let alone to a restaurant. Eventually, they
huffily pouted off to another table... only to be confronted with
ANOTHER FAMILY FULL OF KIDS! OH NO! They finished their dinner rather
quickly and left with a final glare for the entire restaurant, which by
then was full of happy, noisy pizza-eating children.

Hopefully, they will think twice about attending a restaurant with the
words "Family Restaurant" displayed proudly in the front window.


~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html