Restaurant Bans Kids Under 6

  So I'm afraid I vented alittle in comments about this article.  There are over 16,000 comments about this article for the restaurant banning small children.  There are maybe 5 comments for the bratty parents and children.  I call the parents bratty for not being responsible for their kids behavior.


http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/restaurant-bans-kids-under-6-discrimination-or-smart-move-2509487/


So your a young Mom and Dad who decided to get a babysitter and go out to an upscale adult restaurant so you can have couple time.  Your feeling good, relaxed in your best dress; drinking alittle wine and your in the moment.  You feel like your being stared at so you look in that direction and theres a kid standing a foot from your table trying to look cute.  This kid is stopping at every table being CUTE.  Everyone is trying to ignore the kid INCLUDING THE PARENTS.  All of a sudden your being ripped away from the moment spiraling through space back to "your own kids".  You wonder how all is going at home.  All those special sensations you were feeling for your spouse are locking down.  So much for couple time.......


My point being.....   What do you think?


My vented comment...


Please.....go for it.  This restaurant is upscale.  Train your kids elsewhere.  As a matter a fact, train your kids early in the evening perhaps on how to act in a restaurant or take them to lunch.  Maybe the parents need to be trained too.  I have grown children and they knew if you act up we're gone and when they were babies if they cried I took them outside until they calmed down.  One major point, I did not take them to upscale restaurants until they were about 8 or 9 unless there was a family event going on.  Why do alot of parents believe their kids are so cute that the rest of the world has to put up with them?  Most of us love children but....there is a time and place for everything.  If I went to upscale restaurants that was my time out from my kids.  As for "loud people at the bar", think about  "small child crawling under table or screaming its lungs out VS. loud, laughing adults. DUH!!!


What about "special needs kids"?  These kids are not the ones causing the problems. I can't believe these parents are throwing in the "special needs kids" card.  Oh, excuse me, I have a "special needs child" and need to come to an upscale restaurant and they may cry or bother other customers.  What! Maybe most parents these days all consider their children to have special needs. Yet I believe parents think their children deserve bratty spoiled special  privileges because they gave birth to them.


I know your thinking OMG! is she mean and pissed, get over it.  I get over it and let all go until  the next function; be it church, concerts, school plays, upscale restaurants, funerals etc. and there is a parent who insist on punishing the rest of the world with their child and the parent thinks we should all put up with it because its a child.  Quite frankly, its unfair to the children to expect them to sit through adult functions.  These kids are not developed enough to be tortured with adult functions. Treat yourself....Leave the kiddies at home!

A Season with Kay!

So I've had just a few great drinks with a friend who also knew Kay.  Tears run down my face after I have past memories play out in my heart and mind.  I have been thinking about the woman for years since we went our separate way.  At one time we were as thick as thieves.  She had a large personalty and she could give an order and I was pleased to act on it because it always made sense; I was a willing participant in Kay's world.  Kay was a practical person; but she also loved to give a wonderful dinner party with all the bells and whistles.  It depended whether she was having  good ole Texas barbeque or a gourmet 5 course dinner.  Kay liked to create magic with help from her beloved husband and daughter. Every event made her guest feel as if they were in a magical place.  She lived a large life.  So all these wonderful memories flash before my eyes and I begin crying again!  She was 45 years old.  She knew she had an exceptional life and told me many times how thankful she was for it.  Kay always tried to fit as much as possible in her already busy life.  I would tell her to slow down a bit and she responded that she had to "get it all done".


As the years went by, I would see her driving through "the burg" and feel good that I had seen her and know she was still around.  I don't know if she ever thought about me and our old friendship but I never forgot it.  Deep in my heart, I always hoped the right time would present itself for the moment we could talk again.  Now, there will be no right time. She passed away on June 6, 2011. I, like many others had A Season With Kay!


Maybe it all makes sense now.....Kay had to get it all done!