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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]Missy Vixen
(16,207 posts)When someone without children states they are holding a dinner FOR ADULTS, YOU are the rude one for insisting on bringing your offspring. They have stated their preference. They have as much right to peaceful enjoyment as you do to demand everyone love your kids. If you don't want to attend without children, don't. If you bring them, you've just told the person in question (who's planned for a gathering excluding those under 18 at the least, and most likely under 21,) your needs and wants supersede theirs.
If it's dinner around the kitchen table, great. Bring your kids. If it's a cocktail party for someone's 40th birthday, I did not invite your kids for a reason. (Here's a hint: There are host laws in Washington State, and the drinking age is 21. We have had the experience of catching someone else's teenager helping herself to a glass of champagne in our home after her "parent" told her it was just fine. Uh, no it's not.)
After reading the comments of the parents on this thread, I can pretty much surmise who it is that's presiding over the kids we see in public or at social gatherings that don't have the slightest idea of how to act.