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my $0.02
First of all, when I was a kid (:rolls her eyes at her own statement:....)we had to walk uphill BOTH ways just to get to be LUCKY enough to see a movie.......wait a minute...........
ok, seriously though...when I was little, we had no choice but to behave...if we didn't behave, we didn't go, that was that...
My mom often commented that she was more willing to take the dog some places because the dog was more well-behaved :-P (and it's true...sometimes I'd have to stay home with my brother while mom was at the Grocery store) *brother is 7 years older than me* She just simply didn't put up with it....so I learned early on that if i went out with her, I had to behave or we'd leave...and if we left....because of something I was doing....well, you get the idea.......it just wasn't something I wanted to willingly do....
Anyways, I digress a bit.......
I've heard about theaters that have the silent room, at the back of the theater, where parents take their children for whatever reason....if the kid can't sit still (they have toys) if it's a mom that has to breastfeed (so there's some privacy) if the kids are crying (to quiet them down)....its soundproof so everyone else doesn't hear it, but they've got sound pumped in for the parents in there....I think it's a great option for parents that want to go out, but don't have a babysitter....
As far as the whole arguement in general...
*those kids were punks, and I'd have given the manager a piece of my mind as soon as they started up
*After 9:30 the toddler should have been in bed......that's stupid for it not to be...it's 9:30 at night!
*Babysitters are expensive, and I see the arguement about if you have the money to go out, you have the money for a babysitter, but at the same time, there MAY have been an extenuating circumstance..........it is possible..... :shrugs:
Overall, i'm sorry you had a sucky time.....days like that always suck....
OH! I almost forgot..............
Drive-ins don't solve ALL the problems :-) *sometimes they create them ;-) * But actually, in seriousness, we have a drive-in near my house that i go to all the time and parents just let their kids run crazy and it's nothing to hear kids running and giggling through the drive in........and then when the shadow puppets come onto the screen.............yeah, a bit annoying..........BUT for them to be able to do that, they get close enough to the projection room that the staff gets them before they escape and their parents and them are kicked out.......but it usually happens at least once a show.....
But drive-ins ARE fun.......in HS we used to get about 5 pickups, throw some lawnchairs, matresses, and even a couple of old couches, in the back and go up, park super close to one another and then have ourselves a whole section of fun :-)
:sighs: they need to make more drive-ins
.:Mandie:.
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