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I quoted the wrong person.

I don't mind babies at a chain restaurant or middle class restaurant but you do not bring babies to more expensive places.

The ONLY way I wouldn't mind babies at some average place would be if the parent got up and brought the kid outside until the baby quit crying.

Which I've seen happen. Hey, I told him to go to Olive Garden but he seems to think his kid's noise which he undoubtedly learned to tune out is somehow our problem now.

If the kid/kids are running around screaming throwing food yea thats rude. I can take my 4 year old anywhere without him acting up. He sits there eats his food. How is that being shitty? Kids don't have to eat off a kids menu only. They eat the same food as any adult.

You are assuming the worst situation possible. You do know that is not always the case when people take there kids out to dinner right?

My side on this conversation has changed in the last 16 months.

Now that I have a child, who is awesome IMO, I feel the exact same way I felt before.

I eat at the same places we used to eat, and I usually bring my son....not bc I can't get a babysitter, he enjoys going out.

Tonight, we went to Ollie's midtown in Mobile. We got there early....i wouldn't take my kids out to eat at 8 pm. Asking for trouble. I made an adjustment to my lifestyle and we went at 5:30.

He wanted to run around, wave to people, play at the window; so I let him.

Then dinner came, we ate, he enjoyed himself, and we left..,,in and out in 45 minutes.

I appreciate places that get us out food quickly, bc you never know when a meltdown may be coming.

If we do have a meltdown, we get a box to go while one of us takes Finn outside. I don't expect everyone in a restaurant to have to experience my son when he's upset. That's not fair to y'all.

And end rant...to op question...no, not entitled. I'd spit in their wine and comp it bc it's the nice thing to do.

Does your toddler prefer the duck confit or a good American veal?

As long as you tell him it's chicken he doesn't care.

I hate taking my 3 yr old to restaurants. But one time I did some old bitchface gave me the evil eye and it took a lot of restraint for me to not walk over and put my finger into her space and declare her publicly to be an old bitchface

That old grandma is a bitch for asking for a free refill. Bitches happen...

He is not saying if you can't control your kids. He is saying all kids good or bad. Doesn't matter to him. If he sees a kid your an asshole.

Well then I guess I am an asshole. I have always taken my daughter to nice restaurants. She does not get out of her chair and does not cry or scream. The one time she tried to pull the screaming crap with me we were fortunately at a Chili's and I snatched her little butt up and we went outside. She had not eaten yet and I explained to her in very clear terms that I had no interest in hearing her scream and I loved her......I was sure that no one around us wanted to hear her scream. I also explained to her that we were not going back in until she stopped so if she wanted lunch she needed to behave. I have never had a problem since. I actually have had people come up and thank me for my daughter's behavior on numerous occasions.

Let me just say that I am not and never was a big kid person. I have always felt that no matter the restaurant, chain or upscale, I am paying money to eat out and I really do not want to do it in the middle of RomperRoom. Because of that, you could eat dinner in the same restaurant with my daughter and you would not know that she was there.

FYI on Flemmings: drop 800 bucks on a nice grill. Get some montreal steak rub. Buy some solid $10/pound strips from your local grocery store (that has a good meat section). Rub those mofos down like you're massaging your wife's backside. Hit those bad boys on the grill at 650 or so. 3-4 minutes a side.

Enjoy. Quarter price steaks. Better than at Flemings. Will save you thousands once your kids start eating.

If you want an amazing steak, hit up a Ruth Chris steakhouse. They do a butter sear at like 1500. No way you can duplicate that.

But anybody can rock out a Fleming's steak with like an $800 investment. If you've got kids, that pays for itself in like a year.