I don’t find Cat Whisperer that hard to believe. I’ve seen people and businesses allow their own prejudices getting money from their customers before. I’ve had waitstaff suddenly change attitude and service get worse when they realize that me and my date are actually you know on a date and not two straight guys (cause that’s a sure fire way to get a nice tip :rolleyes:). I once had a restaurant (part of the Darden family) refuse to bring out one of those surprise anniversary cakes out for my boyfriend at the time (ya know when the staff comes out with the cake and sings). I was a paying customer, arguing with the dried up old bitch of a manager who kept repeating the line “We’re a family establishment” over and over again, while he thought I was in the bathroom. To Darden’s credit I did end up getting a $100 gift card after complaining to corporate.
Well, I find it that hard to believe. Who tells people, when they make a group reservation, what kind of group it is?
If they ask, I can see them rejecting certain groups, for instance if the Vegan Society wanted to have a dinner at Ruth’s Chris. Or if the person in charge of reservations said, “We’re a group of marginalized Americans, and we don’t want to take any shit, so just make the reservation already!”
It’s Political Correctness run amok. “The vernacular of the world must be tailor fit to validate my choices.”
Like Childfree is an upgrade from Childless. For instance I am carless, and yes, I am less for not having a car, but that’s ok, because the only thing that it indicates is that I have fewer cars than people who have any at all. The same thing as childless. Whereas Childfree sounds like they are free of some kind of disease. I have been childfree for 32 years. Like, “I have been Cancer free four 6 months”, or I have been ‘drug-free’ for a month.
The group was called No Kidding at the time when the reservations were refused. As you can imagine, it is possible that a restaurant taking a reservation for the group might have twigged to what kind of group we are. I’m not saying it happens all the time, but it did happen occasionally - the restaurant heard our group name, asked what kind of social group we are, they were told, and we were told that we weren’t welcome to have our group dinner there. We have since changed our group name to Childfree Friends Calgary, and don’t give the name of our group when making reservations (we just use the name of the contact person).
A restaurant really refused to take your reservation?
I like No Kidding better than your new name. Childfree is all kinds of stuck up, but No Kidding is kind of endearing.
One could argue that that is indeed the case. 
“…and the worst disease of all: pregnancy.” Anyone remember what tv show that’s from? I can’t recall.
I’m disappointed that there’s no chapter of No Kidding in Ohio.
MODERATOR INTERVENTION:
OK, folks, so this is Cafe Society, not the Pit and not MPSIMS. A discussion about childless couples in TV shows, movies, etc is perfectly fine. A discussion about personal experiences belongs in MPSIMS. Let’s stick to topic, OK?
Yeah, we had a falling out with the creator of No Kidding.
I was going to complain about the way the gay couple treated their single friend after they adopted a baby, but the show is called “Modern Family” after all, so I’m taking that one with a grain of salt.
Has TVland figured out that being single is not something that needs a cure yet? First thing first
/single and CBC
Well, let’s see - sounds like you could maybe form the SBC (spouse-free by choice) and strike up an alliance with the CBC and petition ABC, CBS, and NBC to recognize your PAC. Then maybe CNN will cover your convention. Or something.
See, I thought you would have complained about how they portrayed the single friend - she’s so upset that their relationship has changed, she actually wants to kill the baby. Instead you somehow make that Mitch & Cameron’s fault.
My keyboard’s not that big
Too many notes!!!
Everything’s relative.
Annie, spouse-free are more than welcome in our social group.
Single was OK, but I like the companionship of marriage, but like you feel no desire for kids in any way. Current health issues aside, I have never had anything like a maternal instinct, back in the 60s I took heat for preferring to play with Hot Wheels cars…