chrisp65 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I've been really lucky with my kids, they've both always been just calm and rational (random luck rather than super hippy parenting) (sorry D()nnie), so I'm not really in a position to comment on the supermarket tantrum. But I find the occasional crying brat in a supermarket aisle much less of an inconvenience than when they are 18 or 22 and pissed up at midnight and shouting in the street and leaving puke and chips on the pavement or driving without insurance, attention or a **** clue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I'm 26, definitely not ready for kids yet. Though I am starting university next week so maybe after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 12, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2014 I just don't want them. It's not like "Oh no I'm not mature enough or responsible enough to handle it". Just the more I think about it the less I want them. Certainly not for a while anyway (yeah, I'm 28) I was 34, still wasn't ready but it happened and is literally the best thing ever. So give it a few years but make sure you make the most of them!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I hit 30 soon so feel like I should have them but I don't particularly want to (yet)(sorry donnie). The missus is getting broody though so that might twist my arm. Family functions are a nightmare too. Kids this, wedding that. Argh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I've been really lucky with my kids, they've both always been just calm and rational (random luck rather than super hippy parenting) (sorry D()nnie), so I'm not really in a position to comment on the supermarket tantrum. But I find the occasional crying brat in a supermarket aisle much less of an inconvenience than when they are 18 or 22 and pissed up at midnight and shouting in the street and leaving puke and chips on the pavement or driving without insurance, attention or a **** clue. What's that got to do with anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 12, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2014 Kids running wild in restaurants. I honestly think families should be thrown out for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 12, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2014 Kids running wild in restaurants. I honestly think families should be thrown out for that. Yep I agree with that, its not acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I don't want them. I prefer to keep things simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Kids running wild in restaurants. I honestly think families should be thrown out for that. I generally find one accidentally trailing foot stuck out from my chair sorts that out. By restaurant, I presume you mean an actual restaurant and not some hideous americanised fast food hell chain. If you eat in a fast food hell chain that has a plastic clown motif and no morals then you deserve other people's progeny flicking overly salted shite at you whilst ketchup stained spittle sprays from their baying mouths. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Mmmm you've made me want a mcdonalds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B94villa Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I used to work in a restaurant and once witnessed a toddler charging across the floor leaving a trail of what looked like water all across the place. There was literally pints of the stuff. Had to do a double take to see that the little clearing in the woods has pissed everywhere, including on the hem of another customer's coat. Parents seemed to find it funny until I explained I wasn't able to clean it up because I handle food. They started apologising soon after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 (edited) Little kids shouldn't be taken to nice restaurants. It's not their job to sit and have a civilized meal, they should be able to run around and play. You can teach them to sit and talk with everyone when they know whats going on around them. It must be torturous being told to sit and eat/listen when you don't know anything about context. Edited September 12, 2014 by lapal_fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I remember being in one place where a kid who was about 6 or 7 (and who was still wearing his school uniform at 9pm) (dorry sonnie) leant over to our table and had his hands in my girlfriends bag. His parents couldn't give two hoots. He then spent the rest of the night sitting backwards on his chair so he was facing us and just kept commenting on our food. When he got bored with that he was following waiters around, hitting them on their heads with a balloon whilst they were carrying trays of food and drink. The parents were so uninterested, they were just stuffing their faces whilst looking at their phones. I watched them leave without the kid too, they just assumed he was following. They came back in about a minute later to find him standing on the bar. Felt a bit sorry for him to be honest, even though he was being an annoying little prick, he just doesn't stand a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 In that scenario I would have had a word with the parents and told the kid to behave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Met by the inevitable shrill of "YOW COR SPAKE TO MYYRR TYLA LIKE THAT!!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Yeah, I think the mom would have been able to beat me up, let alone the dad. I stayed quiet. It was a Frankie and Benny's so I wouldn't have minded the odd loud kid running about, but I didn't really expect my girlfriend to be mugged by one or to be quizzed on my dough balls for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 He then spent the rest of the night sitting backwards on his chair so he was facing us and just kept commenting on our food. I usually avoid conflict but I'd have had to say something to his parents. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 12, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2014 Kids running wild in restaurants. I honestly think families should be thrown out for that. I generally find one accidentally trailing foot stuck out from my chair sorts that out. By restaurant, I presume you mean an actual restaurant and not some hideous americanised fast food hell chain. If you eat in a fast food hell chain that has a plastic clown motif and no morals then you deserve other people's progeny flicking overly salted shite at you whilst ketchup stained spittle sprays from their baying mouths. Both. I used to work as a waiter and eventually I just took the approach of not moving. If a little kid was running towards me then I'd just stand there and let them bounce off me. It ended in tears a few times (theirs not mine!) Seriously though, If I was 18 and went for a meal with my parents and got pissed and ran round the place ruining everyone's day then I'd get thrown out. Why is it different for kids? I go to a restaurant to have a nice quiet meal, as I'm sure most people do. I don't want little shit heads running round the place screaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 12, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 12, 2014 I've also kicked a child in Tesco in an Eden Haard style attack. I'm actually quite lucky I got away with that. I was shitting myself after that someone would have seen and would arrest me or something! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarethRDR Posted September 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2014 The most devastating put-down I have ever delivered was sadly wasted on the child I delivered it upon. About 5 years ago we went up to Shropshire for the missus' nephew's birthday party. Considering the general carnage, all the kids were fairly pleasant and well behaved save for one little oik that took no interest in anything other than going around hitting anyone sat down repeatedly in the head with a balloon whilst repeating "MAKE A WISH!" over and over again at them. Inevitably my turn came, though I managed to ignore her the first 5 times, at the 6th inflatable-motivated-wish-insistence, I replied "I have, but you're still alive". She just smiled and moved along, which I suppose in hindsight was at least a victory of some sort. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts