Went to a pub and this woman had a baby who was absolutely screaming/throwing a fit in the bar area. I must have been making a face because when the waitress saw me, she made a point to comment that she's a regular and normally doesn't cry like that. Like okay so? I figured sitting in a bar would spare me having to be around kids. Waitress then asked if I had kids and I said no, I don't like them and can't stand the screaming. I miss when restaurant bars were actually child free and enforced.

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“You have a baby! In a bar!”

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The baby is a regular?? Yikes. I’m all for moms trying to have a life but to bring a baby to a bar?!

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It was like a year old? Upright and had hair.

My parents often brought me to bars as a kid, but we were also raised with a strict ‘children are to be seen and not heard rule’ 🤪 usually I just bummed quarters from people and chilled at an arcade machine, or sat in a corner with a book. Basically the same thing I do now in a bar lol

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How can try to relax and have drinks with a crying baby 🤣

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What country are you in? I found when I lived in England, there were a lot of children in pubs. One crawled onto my table once lol

Hi fellow Texas resident :)

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