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Breast Feeding in Restaurant

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  • #212
    starbelgrade
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    Babies in restaurants should eat steak like normal people.


  • #213
    Dudess
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    hondasam wrote: »
    what would management do if a mother was feeding her baby and say ten customers walked out? Could they ask the mother to go to a private area?
    Well Iguana says a woman is allowed do so by law, so the restaurant wouldn't have such a right.


  • #214
    2 stroke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭2 stroke


    This thread has to be a windup, did someone start april early?


  • #215
    Dimithy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭Dimithy


    hondasam wrote: »
    I agree but should everyone not be entitled to have their own opinion on it without judgement also?

    People should be entitled to have their own opinion on something, without others being entitled to have an opinion on said opinion?


  • #216
    jluv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,916 ✭✭✭jluv


    2 stroke wrote: »
    I've only read the first 2 pages but have to say I'm surprised its 2 of our ladies that protest this ladies actions. As a man I've been made slightly uncomfortable sometimes if a lady started breastfeeding in my view. My discomfort being needing to remain seated, if I became aroused, for fear of the girl, or her companions thinking I was perving on her. This however is my problem being a hotblooded male, and I would never expect a woman to starve a baby or feed it in a toilet for my sake.
    Appreciate your honesty;) But you are a product of boobs being seen as a sexual item when they were actually designed to feed children.Sorry to burst your bubble:PEhh stay seated...


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  • #217
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    hondasam wrote: »
    what would management do if a mother was feeding her baby and say ten customers walked out? Could they ask the mother to go to a private area?

    "Excuse me madam, could you go to the breastfeeding area? It's right beside the smoking area out the back"


  • #218
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Dudess wrote: »
    Well Iguana says a woman is allowed do so by law, so the restaurant wouldn't have such a right.

    I often wondered what would happen, how would they handle it.


  • #219
    Cheeky_gal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Cheeky_gal


    Dudess wrote: »
    You don't have kids so you're not qualified to tell mothers that they can be prepared etc. You don't have the first clue. It's not fun when everyone is vehemently disagreeing with you but they're not doing so just to be mean.

    Dudess don't play that "you don't have kids so you're not qualified to have an opinion" card on me. That's got no relevance whatsoever.

    And I think you will see if you read through every comment that a lot of people are agreeing with me. We are in the minority in this thread, but yes there are people that disagree with you. Does that mean they have issues? No


  • #220
    starbelgrade
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    hondasam wrote: »
    I often wondered what would happen, how would they handle it.

    One hand on each boob.


  • #221
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    Cheeky_gal wrote: »
    And all of that is fair enough but how dare you and others tell me I have issues, I need to seek help, I'm insecure, I'm a prude, I'm a child and I should grow the "****" up.

    If you're going to judge someone for being 'ignorant', don't then act all shocked and surprised if you get judged yourself.

    It's a two way street, I'm afraid.


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  • #222
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,529 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    hondasam wrote: »
    I often wondered what would happen, how would they handle it.

    You'd get a tit slapped across your face....


    So I've heard.....


  • #223
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    2 stroke wrote: »
    I've only read the first 2 pages but have to say I'm surprised its 2 of our ladies that protest this ladies actions. As a man I've been made slightly uncomfortable sometimes if a lady started breastfeeding in my view. My discomfort being needing to remain seated, if I became aroused, for fear of the girl, or her companions thinking I was perving on her. This however is my problem being a hotblooded male, and I would never expect a woman to starve a baby or feed it in a toilet for my sake.

    Who are the two ladies? You would be aroused if you seen a woman breastfeeding, what age are you 12 ?


  • #224
    Dimithy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭Dimithy


    Cheeky_gal wrote: »
    Dudess don't play that "you don't have kids so you're not qualified to have an opinion" card on me. That's got no relevance whatsoever.

    It is of relevance if you're telling mothers how to feed their babies.


  • #225
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Cheeky_gal wrote: »
    Dudess don't play that "you don't have kids so you're not qualified to have an opinion" card on me. That's got no relevance whatsoever.

    It does really. If you had kids, you'd probably have a different opinion. If you were breastfeeding, you definitely would.


  • #226
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    "Excuse me madam, could you go to the breastfeeding area? It's right beside the smoking area out the back"
    starbelgrade wrote: »
    One hand on each boob.
    Dempsey wrote: »
    You'd get a tit slapped across your face....


    So I've heard.....


    Get outta town ye lot:p


  • #227
    Gbear
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Not to management.

    They can absolutely complain to management if they wish, but if I was the manager I'd tell them to **** off.

    It's absolutely hysterical how someone comes on here, very plainly states their opinion on something, which evidently, virtually nobody agrees with to the point where they consider the opinion ignorant, and then complains how people react to that opinion.

    What were you expecting when you started this thread?

    "Oh I say OP, well done on mentioning what an ignorant person that woman was when she took out her baby feeding device that has been retroactively made into a sex symbol."

    The two way system of freedom of speech is saying something and dealing with the social consequences. If I say "I hate jews" or "Women should stay in the kitchen where they belong" I can't imagine that i'll get the benefit of the doubt.


  • #228
    hondasam
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    It does really. If you had kids, you'd probably have a different opinion. If you were breastfeeding, you definitely would.

    TBF it's always said on any thread about kids that you don't have to be a parent to comment and you don't have to have kids to know about parenthood.


  • #229
    Heckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,368 ✭✭✭Heckler


    Breastfeeding kids is as natural as breathing and to be welcomed. That said I can't stand kids. Especially babies. And especially the smug, i'm so special, i'm a new mother type. Breaking news Hon, you're not the only person in the world to have popped one out. Get over it. Enjoy your child but don't bore the rest of us to death with their sleeping/****ting/burping habits. Thanks......


  • #230
    LETHAL LADY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    hondasam wrote: »
    I agree but should everyone not be entitled to have their own opinion on it without judgement also?
    As much as the mother is entitled to breastfeed in the restaurant are the paying diners not entitled to complain if they are uncomfortable with it?

    Of course but why does it make anybody feel that uncomfortable?


  • #231
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    hondasam wrote: »
    TBF it's always said on any thread about kids that you don't have to be a parent to comment and you don't have to have kids to know about parenthood.

    You don't have to have kids to comment but if you don't have kids you really don't know what you're talking about.


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  • #232
    Dudess
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    Cheeky_gal wrote: »
    Dudess don't play that "you don't have kids so you're not qualified to have an opinion" card on me. That's got no relevance whatsoever.

    And I think you will see if you read through every comment that a lot of people are agreeing with me. We are in the minority in this thread, but yes there are people that disagree with you. Does that mean they have issues? No
    It's extremely relevant - you can't tell someone how scenarios pan out when you don't have any knowledge of them. I know that card can be pulled by smug parents when it's not warranted, but it is warranted here. Never said it means having issues - I don't always agree with people who say that about this issue, and if it makes someone uncomfortable, fair enough, they can't control that. But they just have to put up and not look, because the woman can do it if she needs to - nobody has a right to stop her. And you and others can say she shouldn't do it and that it's rude all you like, but that's an unreasonable thing to say - therefore people will contest it.


  • #233
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    LETHAL LADY wrote: »
    Of course but why does it make anybody feel that uncomfortable?

    TBH I have no idea why it's uncomfortable for some probably the same way talking about sex is taboo for some people.


  • #234
    Cheeky_gal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Cheeky_gal


    Gbear wrote: »



    which evidently, virtually nobody agrees with to the point where they consider the opinion ignorant, and then complains how people react to that opinion.
    .

    Please read through entire thread and you will see that a lot of people feel this way.

    I never complained how people reacted, I complained about the abuse and insults I was receiving for having an opinion.


  • #235
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    You don't have to have kids to comment but if you don't have kids you really don't know what you're talking about.

    Yes I agree but you and I both know that's not how it works in any thread about kids in Ah's. You get the posters with no kids who will say this is how I would do it and we know the reality is much different.


  • #236
    LETHAL LADY
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    Diddy there I said it tee hee hee.:p


  • #237
    Dudess
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    hondasam wrote: »
    TBF it's always said on any thread about kids that you don't have to be a parent to comment and you don't have to have kids to know about parenthood.
    For sure, but you don't have any business telling a parent how they should deal with a specific scenario when you have no experience of it yourself.


  • #238
    dark crystal
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    LETHAL LADY wrote: »
    Diddy there I said it tee hee hee.:p

    Baby sucking on a diddy.... *nudge nudge* *snigger*


  • #239
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    I keep thinking of the "bitty" sketch from Little Britain for some reason.


  • #240
    LETHAL LADY
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    dark crystal wrote: »
    Baby sucking on a diddy.... *nudge nudge* *snigger*

    Nippletastic tee hee hee;)


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  • #241
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Dudess wrote: »
    For sure, but you don't have any business telling a parent how they should deal with a specific scenario when you have no experience of it yourself.

    True.


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