Children At Parties

So last Saturday, my friends threw me a goodbye party (I'm leaving this week to start culinary school). I was hoping for a CF party, but alas, that is not to be. Two of my friends have kids. My female PNB friend brought her 7-year old son because A.) her babysitter (her mother) fell through and B.) I know her kid and he's the one kid I don't mind. He's a good egg: well-behaved, quiet when he should be, smart, and has his mother's dry humor. The worst I have ever seen him act was when he had an intense silent pout over not getting to go to his godmother's house after dinner because he needed to go to bed. Most of the night, he was curled up on the couch watching cartoons. He only started getting loud when we started playing Kinect Adventures and that was mostly laughing and saying that the game was fun.

My other (male) friend brought his three-year old son. I have no idea why. His wife is a SAHM and could have kept him at home. The party didn't start until 8PM and that's when a toddler needs to be in bed. Not being juiced up with Mountain Dew and Cherry Coke Zero. He kept bothering the other kid, screaming, running around, having tantrums (at one point screaming bloody murder for several minutes), and terrorizing the cat who hates small children. The cat at one point struck out at him and was poised to attack again until somebody intervened. My friend half-heartedly disciplined him, but it obviously never stuck. My PNB friend intervened at one point and took the toddler for ten minutes since she's already endured that stage and he was fine during that time. Near the end of the ten minutes, he started acting up again and she was like, "I'm done." It came to a point where it was obvious he was running on energy reserves and REALLY needed to be put to bed.

My friends also wrote really sweet messages to me in a journal and I love it, but for some reason, my friend thought it would be cute to have his three-year old scribble on a page. I don't get it, especially since the PNB didn't have her son write anything.

So yeah. I had a lot of fun being with my friends, but the toddler marred the festivities. BTW: The male friend is joining the Army and knocked up his wife for the third time. She's due in October, which means that she gets to be the SAHM of three kids, the oldest being 4 and the next one only a year old by the time the third is born. They're going to be stationed in Texas where there is no family or friends to help out. Upon being asked on what his wife is going to do in that situation, his answer was, "She'll deal with it." I like my friend and all, but damn.

Oooooooh, that's harsh. Not just a Moo, but an Army Moo thinking she's your friend.

My condolences.

And not to be too harsh to whom may be your best friend since Year Dot - but that dude sounds like an arrogant, misogynist arse in the guise of, 'Look What Og Make.'

Actually Army Duh with the SAHM wife. The female friend with the well-behaved 7-year old is a special needs teacher's aide. I don't tell stories well, so my apologies if there's any confusion.


And it's fine. I've only known the guy for less than a year. The female PNB I've known since middle school.

The PNB friend sounds nice to try and get the kid to calm down so you could enjoy your farewell.

You're much more patient than me, I'd have told him to leave when the toad started attacking the poor cat and running around on his adrenaline reserves screaming the place down.

He scribbled in your going away book? That is so insulting.

I'd never speak to that dude again, but that's just me. Bringing a 3 year old to a party at 8pm reeks of entitlement and desperately wanting to be the centre of attention at an event where you should be the centre of attention!

Enjoy culinary school!

I would have honestly booted the duh/toadler the minute the kid started misbehaving. I had a going away party before college, and someone brought a kid when they knew there would be drinking and general debauchery ... how irresponsible and selfish.
These days if I throw a party at my house, I make it clear that my gatherings are adults only for a reason and not even my PNB friends kids are allowed.

That's when you pull out all the booze you've got, put on your loudest and most vulgarity-filled music, put on a violent horror movie, and call some strippers over.

Sorry your BNP and Bratleigh partially ruined your party. I hope you were still able to get in some good times. We'll see you on Top Chef soon, right?

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That's when you pull out all the booze you've got, put on your loudest and most vulgarity-filled music, put on a violent horror movie, and call some strippers over.

Or simply show your tits. It's effective and free.

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toddlers sure can ruin things, can't they? sorry about that, but sounds like the rest of the party was fun.

my friends are throwing me a goddbye part in may, because we are moving out of state. as there will be about 40 people, my PNB friend said she would find a party locale with no kids. i was dubious, but she found a great party room at a pub, with pool tables and stuff, and no minors are allowed.


suck it, breeders. :satan

I would never allow a kid to attend any party of mine. Simply don't trust the little howler monkeys.

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ashari
That's when you pull out all the booze you've got, put on your loudest and most vulgarity-filled music, put on a violent horror movie, and call some strippers over.

Or simply show your tits. It's effective and free.

But breasts aren't sexxuuuaalll!

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ashari
That's when you pull out all the booze you've got, put on your loudest and most vulgarity-filled music, put on a violent horror movie, and call some strippers over.

Or simply show your tits. It's effective and free.

But breasts aren't sexxuuuaalll!

Breasts are dirty, filthy sexually depraved objects when they don't belong to milk-producing dairy moos, dontcha know?
Only mooomooo's tits are magical, spayshal and for feeding the babby.
Perky, young, firm titties are pornographic and wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

"Breasts are dirty, filthy sexually depraved objects when they don't belong to milk-producing dairy moos"


yes...for us non-moos and our partners, thankfully they still are naughty and fun.

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ashari
That's when you pull out all the booze you've got, put on your loudest and most vulgarity-filled music, put on a violent horror movie, and call some strippers over.

Or simply show your tits. It's effective and free.

Careful, it might try and latch on for a 'feed'