Kids and resturants

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Registered: 09-15-2003
Kids and resturants
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Sun, 12-12-2004 - 11:57am

Hey all...


Did you have rules about resturants and babies? Or did you just take them everywhere?


Dh and I went to a VERY pricy resturant as a treat for ourselves a couple of weekends ago. All dressed up and having cocktails. Anyway, right next to us is a party with an 8 month old whining in a high chair. Mind you, our reservations were for 8 pm and they sat after we did.


This is incredibly rude, imo, for many reasons.


First of all, most 8 month olds are done by 8 o'clock. Secondly, there are just some resturants that are not meant for babies... a $75 dollar-a-plate resturant being one of them, imo. I do think that older

Meldi

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 5:39pm
YOU are not, but Felicia is. For some reason she has this rule that adults are presumed to be acting in an "unfair" and inappropriate manner if they dare bring a child to a restaurant or theater, but in all other categories she presumes adults can be expected to act appropriately.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 5:41pm

Because I honestly do not think God operates that way. Besides, what exactly are you trying to prove by denying yourself a pair of shoes (hypothetical) in order to give someone else a pair-when you have already said you go out of your way to give to others as it is? Sounds like hair shirt syndrome to me. Perhaps you should be asking yourself just why you feel so guilty about spending your hard earned money on yourself once in awhile??? Do you think you wont *get it* to heaven if you dont give enough to the needy??? I really do not understand your line of thinking.


Dj

"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~

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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 5:45pm

But she IS opening her hand already. What, she should move into a cardboard box and let the local homeless person have her house????? She has already said she gives quite a bit.

Dj

"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~

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Registered: 09-04-1997
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 5:46pm
There is nothing that I need to do to 'get into" heaven. That part was already taken care of with the cross and resurrection, according to Christian teachings. So, no, I am not worried about some hypothetical quota of giving in order to get to heaven. There's nothing really involved in "proving" anything by denying myself (hypothetical) shoes I don't need, other than giving someone else (hypothetical) shoes that they do need. I believe that there are plenty of resources in the world so that everyone could have what they need if the resources were distributed fairly. They are not. I cannot cure poverty single-handedly, but I can make a difference in the lives of people around me. I don't know what else there is to understand.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 5:59pm
Edited, as the absurdity of you presuming to give Lois psychological advice or religious instruction best speaks for itself.


Edited 12/16/2004 8:25 am ET ET by cocoapop
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Registered: 01-29-2004
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 6:07pm

Huh? I was using your terminology of "splurge." You said you do have some splurges, but even those you have mixed feelings/bordering on guilt about. Then - don't know if it's in the Bible - but I think you should splurge and be done with it.

I'm not a literalist by any means. I think of what a merciful God might want. I just think, since you say you naturally have some "splurges," you shouldn't feel conflicted. Why does it conform to Christ's teachings that, if you have your splurges, you feel unhappy about them?

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Registered: 09-25-2003
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 6:11pm

To quote my nearly 14 yo daughter. . ."AS IF. . ."


As if I wanted your $$ if I needed it. . .


As if I even need it. . .


Who the HELL do you think YOU are to assume that those who splurge in ways YOU wouldn't do so at their financial peril?


Virgo
 
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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 6:12pm
Since when does whether an urge might be natural have any bearing on whether or not it is appropriate to follow?
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Registered: 03-29-1999
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 6:12pm

Hey!! Can it be shortened?? I have a DD who will be making her First Communion in April and I might buy it from you. (I feel the same way about dresses like that. But they make great costumes!)

I wore a white full length dress with a green satin ribbon in my brothers wedding in 1977. My neice wore the same dress with a pink ribbon instead of green. It was tea length on her....she's tall. Two months later she wore the same dress in my wedding with a blue ribbon belt. How's THAT for recycling?

I wonder if it will fit my DD now??

My wedding dress was bought at a consignment store for $30.00. It was white and tea length. The Good Will by my house has had some GREAT wedding dressesl lately. All with price tags still on them. I keep thinking I'd buy them and sell them on e-bay at a profit.

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Registered: 09-25-2003
In reply to: meldi
Wed, 12-15-2004 - 6:15pm

Our DSL alone sure isn't that much. . .heck. . .if you combine our Dish network (which is less expensive than local cable), land lines, long distance, AND DSL it doesn't come to that amount.

Virgo

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