So we went out to eat at a place that we sometimes go to, and it was later on in the evening (for us), around 7ish and it had been a really long and painful day as we couldn’t go home, since we had an open house at our house, so our kids were cranky. We go in and sit down, and after we order, but before they bring us our bread N stuff, Christian (15 months) starts to cry because he’s hungry. There was a couple sitting next to us and the man says to us “Can you take your kid outside? I’m trying to eat here.” Now I need to stop for a moment, because I do understand that if you’re trying to enjoy your meal and there’s some kid crying it can be distracting. However, I really think that the tone and attitude that he used was downright rude. The situation quickly escalated as both my wife and I took exception to his attitude, and we basically told him something to the effect of “he’s hungry, he’s tired, he’ll stop when we feed him, he is only 15 months old, cut some slack.” He quickly escalated it to telling us that if we can’t control our child, then we have no business taking him out in public, then telling us to “Shut the fsck up”. He then took his wife and moved to another table, far away from us. And as if this wasn’t upsetting enough, a woman two tables over decided that she wanted to get involved and started to insult us personally, as well as telling us that we were completely wrong in the situation. I feel that she was attempting to manipulate the situation for her personal gain, as it appeared that she complained to the manager to get her meal comped, although I didn’t verify that. My wife was very upset, and in tears, and this (needless to say) ruined our meal. That the man wanted to eat his meal in peace I can at least understand, having been in that situation myself, although when presented with that situation, I chose to move to a different seat myself, feeling that the other family had as much right to be there in a public place as I did. But the quick escalation, rudeness and complete immaturity floored me. The interjection of the other lady and the name-calling was, to my thinking completely wrong in any way shape or form. How can people put themselves into a 6 year old mindset? And when you go to dinner at a family restaraunt, can you not expect there to be children present? I guess that I’m frustrated at people being mean.

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