Fine dining is not the only place where children should not be allowed.

Is there enough time in the day? LOL.

Te world should NOT have to suffer because parents can't get a babysitter or having the babysitter cancel on them. Of course, there are exceptions.

Huh? Fine dining should be limited to couples and "adult dudes or chicks who happen to be friends"? So, a family of adults (meaning, the parents and their adult children, along with their spouses) shouldn't be able to go out to a nice restaurant? :confused::confused::confused:

Was that really called for?

Nothing he says is called for.

I think fine dining should do it if they want to. If family business is important enough to them that they want to accommodate kids then great, otherwise they also have the right to set rules about not allowing kids in under a certain age, or simply not making it easier for toddlers by not having high chairs or something. Someone who is annoyed by kids can choose their restaurants based on this policy. (Unlike cigarette smoke, loud noise doesn't cause health problems, it just pisses you off.)

Most kids don't turn into squalling brats at the drop of a hat, and good parents will have a plan for that if it does happen. But hell, if you can afford to eat really well even as a parent, I'm not going to stop you.

Who is this particular sock again?

Ahhh ok. Must have missed him the first time around, or forgotten about him.

I thought he was off somewhere masturbating.

Wouldn't he be chafing?

I wouldn't really say you "missed" it. "Dodged" it might be better in this context.

lol