I don’t think the OP is mistaking his cats for human children. The woman was rude for assuming that the OP couldn’t tell the difference and being condescending about it. Yes, she stated a fact, but I’m sure her tone said it all.
I don’t understand why some people take it personally when others speak fondly of their pets. What’s it to them?
This is the part of the OP that made me laugh. It’s amazing how often you hear people without children say things like this. I know I said it about my friends’ kids before I had my own. Some children are better behaved than others, but more often than not you just have to choose your battles and you have to decide if that restaurant will be the hill you’re dying on that particular day. A single mom with two high-energy kids is doing the best she can, I’m sure.
Hmm, I thought it was because cats are commonly the familiars of witches.
But “Serious Christian” dog lovers should consider this. Wherever dogs are mentioned in the Bible, it’s not done very favorably. Dogs are mentioned licking up the blood of Jezebel and in the New Testament, a person who returns to his or her sinful ways after reforming is likened to “The dog has returned to its own vomit.”
I would think that behaving decently in a restaurant would be a battle you would choose to fight as a parent. I mean, my god, other than a church or a funeral home where else is it customary to enjoy some quiet time except at a restaurant? Where else should you start training your kids to behave as they should in public? Or do you as a parent believe in training your kids at all?
All I know is, when my folks took me out to a restaurant when I was young, I knew what was expected of me. There were some lapses in my manners. I used to eat spaghetti strand by strand as I remember. But I knew better than to run around the restaurant “like a maniac.”
I’m not disagreeing with the notion that children should be behaved in public, especially at a restaurant - but to guarantee that as a parent your children wouldn’t act like that… well…
It reminds me of a Louis CK comedy bit where he talks about seeing a parent losing it in a store, yelling at their child. He talks about what a terrible parent that person must be but then goes through a long recap of the day leading up to that point that would make Mother Teresa snap.
Not saying that the kids should be allowed to be terrors in public, just that it’s difficult to guarantee how your children would behave differently.
I am sorry she was so nasty toward you. I sympathize with the fact that you and your wife can’t have kids, and are trying to make the best of the situation. Good on you and don’t stop.
I am reminded of a PostSecret card I read years ago. It said something to the effect of, “I am ashamed that the an atheist in my town has helped far more people than my church.” I don’t know your religious beliefs, but somehow this seems appropriate.
I’m trying to think of a way to say this without coming off as junior moddy - there is already a ten page thread in the Pit regarding children in restaurants. Just FYI.
I love the fact that a poster with the username “Monkey With a Gun” - i.e., just a sentient ape with decent tool-building skills - is worried over how we anthropomorphize our pets…
Perhaps you’d feel better if **Shakespearo’s **username was changed to “Monkey With Animal-Domesticating Abilities”???
:rolleyes:
Not only that, but the little fuzzbutts are figuratively crying out for the Rod. They have never mastered the Christian trait of subservience: they are at best indolent and slothful, and at worst, they wish to be worshiped as false idols.
This surely isn’t enough to faze a committed fundie. Especially one who relies on goggie for activities esteemed by common fundie culture, like property protection and hunting.
Since when does rude Grannie deserve any special treatment?
I would have given given her a headlock, pulled her to the floor and then issued a punishing TacoDriver™ body slam to finish her off.
As did the poster in post #3.
Any chance you could point out someone doing that in this thread?