should this bother me?

[HatDaddy]

let me get this straight.
1 year old...at a smoky bar where everyone is drinking?
This could be one of the dumbest things I have heard in a long time. Either get a sitter or don't go.
House party is no issue, but a friggin bar?

 

[Back to Texas]

This "mother" has chosen the most sub-optimal approach. It's wrong for the kid to be in a smoky environment. It's wrong for her friends who are now obliged to put up with a kid (I have a kid and love him, but fully understand those without kids or those who have gotten a baby sitter don't want to hear or really see my kid at something like a pub crawl). It's wrong for her - to be responsible, she'd have to hardly drink more than one or two - because who wants to go to a pub crawl and not be able to drink freely?

If you're kid's needs are being met and he is well-behaved, I don't think you should be very limited in where you take your kid. However, there are times/places where it's just not appropriate. Pub crawl is high on the not appropriate list.

It troubles me when I see parents (even just married people) who are unable to turn the page and the live the life they have expressly chosen to live. Again, not saying once you have a kid life is over, but your kids needs are now first, so think it through.

 

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[mia1994]

Bars in Auustin are "smokey" again?

 

[HORN_FAN_86]

Too irresponsible. You gotta a kid, grow up.. The pub crawls will be there for business trips and holidays. Pretty sad really. Pathetic, yes I think so...

 

[Pimpology]

That baby must have one heck of a fake ID.

 

[MizzouSnives]

a lot of people have trouble accepting that life changes. she either needs to leave the kid at home and get a sitter or not go out as much. lives change, man. you can't stay in college forever.

 

[Uncle Rico]

my wife's friend is one of those, "i'm not going to let having kids stop me from living my life" type of beyotches.

it drives me nuts to see how selfish so many parents are these days and then we wonder why their kids turn out to be such cluster f's.

 

[Knoxville-Horn]

Friend's wife will pump breastmilk like crazy all week so that she can get trashed and subsequently hung over on weekends. In a way, I guess it's responsible; however, I think it's incredibly trashy. I guess I could understand doing it once, but, every weekend?

 

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[TXINPHX]

Wow, sounds extremely responsible.

 

[Fievel121]

Yall are looking at this all wrong. Assuming Mom stays sober - tell he to bring the kid and the minivan - and you've got a DD for every party. If she doesn't stay sober for these parties, then somebody needs to lay the smakcdown on her - preferably the father - BTW : where is he in all this?