No Children Please

So you know when you get an invite & it says, "No Children Please," but you get to the place & there's always who brought their kids anyways? That's just wrong. Why do people make it so hard & complicated? I'm a mother & I have no problem with this because I understand that there's parties for everyone. There's kids birthday parties & then there's adult parties. If I get an invite that says no kids allowed I either find someone to watch my kids or I don't show up, but I do not disrespect the host's request!

Here's an actual story, but I'm going to change the people's names.

My sister in law (Jennifer) & her sister (Rikki) planned a dinner with all their friends & they just wanted it to be the adults, they get together plenty with all the kids, they just wanted a nice night out at a restaurant where all the adults could just hang out. Well, when Rikki called one of their mutual friends (Peggy) to see if she had received the email invite & she said she had, but that she had no one to watch her 2 yr old, so she was thinking of bringing him anyways. She said, "I don't think anyone will mind." Rikki was taken a back & didn't know what to say. Then, Peggy asked her, "Who's in all coming?" Rikki said who was coming & mentioned my brother & Jennifer. What was her surprise when Peggy said, "Oh, yeah, they definitely won't mind! I'll just bring him along!" Well, Rikki was left speechless, she didn't know how to tell her to not bring her boy. So Rikki called Jennifer to tell her what happened & Jennifer called me all upset because she they were thinking of just canceling the dinner instead.

You see, the thing is that they had already had a dinner previous to this that was also "no children" & Peggy had brought her boy along anyways. What happened is that they went to a restaurant where the owner was friends with Jennifer & she was so embarrassed because Peggy's boy was screaming the whole time & throwing food around. There was food all over the floor & at one point the boy threw his food across the table & it landed on Jennifer's plate. By this time she was so upset that she didn't even finish her food, she just moved her plate to the side. All the time Peggy & her husband where laughing cause they thought it was the cutest thing ever! ??? It's their first child, so they assume that everyone else is in awe of him just like they are, but boy are they wrong!

So anyways, yeah, how can parents not realize what a pain in the behind their kids are being? Do they really not see, or do they just act like they don't see it? Or are they so blinded by it cause they really think that everyone else thinks their kid is that adorable too?

There is always a reason why it says, "No Children Please" & even if we refuse to believe it... our kid might be the reason why it says that. So never assume that no one "will mind" cause they do. There's plenty of kids birthday parties & we already spend plenty of time at home with our kids, it's okay to spend time alone with other adults every once in a while. You'll plate will remain free from other people's dirty food. =)