Breastfeeding

[Zierro]

Babies have to eat, too. And I totally agree with IGoddessI's comment: if you're at an eatery, and the whole family is enjoying their dinner, why should the baby be excluded? And why would anyone suggest that you feed the baby in a bathroom? While you're at it, you may as well let the little guy crawl around on the bathroom floor.

 

 

 

I disagree. Just because a restaurant is for the sole purpose of eating, that doesn't mean that "there are no exceptions". If that were the case, we'd be allowed to bring in our own food and sit down at the tables and eat. The purpose of a restaurant is actually for families and friends to go out and have a pleasant eating experience - eating the food at the restaurant. When someone sees something that makes them lose their appetite, then they aren't having a pleasant eating experience. The thread creator paid to eat that meal - the baby didn't.

 

 

 

Besides, most nursing mothers carry some sort of feeding blanket around with them. When they go to feed their baby, they often throw the blanket over their shoulder, to prevent anyone from seeing anything they shouldn't. Most mother's don't hike up their shirts to their necks and expose all...

 

 

 

That is completely fine. I'm talking about the mothers who don't care and let it all hang out - which upsets other people.

 

 

 

 

That works for me. It's another person eating, it is a MOTHER FEEDING HER CHILD, that's it, that's all. You can't deal, go eat by yourself.

 

 

 

Can't believe this has gone 14 pages. Watching the Goddess argue with Zero is like watching Marilyn Vos Savant argue with a blond brick wall with A.D.D.

 

 

 

Would you like to point out to me where I'm wrong like a blond brick wall? I'm just giving my opinions. You can't deal, get off the internet.

[IGoddessI]

This thread again? Didn't we all agree last time that it was just arguing in circles and you're all wrong?

 

 

 

Yeah kind of ironic when people bump old threads for the purpose of being "right" on the internet, some 6 months or so later. Jesus Christ, get a day job lol Nobody cares if you STILL disagree!

[Zierro]

This thread again? Didn't we all agree last time that it was just arguing in circles and you're all wrong?

 

 

 

Yeah kind of ironic when people bump old threads for the purpose of being "right" on the internet, some 6 months or so later. Jesus Christ, get a day job lol Nobody cares if you STILL disagree!

 

 

 

Yeah, bumping that out of boredom shows exactly what you said. Not harassing people through PM then posting on here just to attack someone who disagrees with you. :roll:

[IGoddessI]

Boo hoo, grab a tissue for your issue :(

[Zierro]

You're the one in the need of the tissues Goddess. ;) I wasn't the one complaining.

 

 

 

Edit: I see this thread as no different to "Homosexuality, Gun Control, Is God Real?, etc." It's for showing your opinions. Not crying about people showing their opinions.

[obfuscator]

I see nothing wrong with it. It is perfectly natural and the child deserves to be fed. At the same time, just because a woman has to shove up her shirt doesn't mean she can't be modest about it. I remember my mom breastfeeding my younger siblings, and she would always find a quiet corner, or at very least she always had a blanket she would throw over herself.

[Roberthree]

eh, idc. you've seen one breast and you want to see the rest of em. makes my job easier.

[Zierro]

I see nothing wrong with it. It is perfectly natural and the child deserves to be fed. At the same time, just because a woman has to shove up her shirt doesn't mean she can't be modest about it. I remember my mom breastfeeding my younger siblings, and she would always find a quiet corner, or at very least she always had a blanket she would throw over herself.

 

 

 

Someone sees where I'm coming from. I never said breastfeeding was bad. Just that indifference to the comfort of others is a bit selfish if you ask me. You can't control what makes you feel uncomfortable. You can control whether you try to cover yourself or not.

[Ouchy]

You're right, it is disgusting. At a formal place such as a restraunt, she should at least get a baby sitter in to look after her kids, or Breast Feed in a private place, like the Bath Room. I know that Breast Feeding is essential for babies, but at the dinner table...End of the day, the manager has the final say in what goes on.

[Howlin0001]

You're right, it is disgusting. At a formal place such as a restraunt, she should at least get a baby sitter in to look after her kids, or Breast Feed in a private place, like the Bath Room. I know that Breast Feeding is essential for babies, but at the dinner table...End of the day, the manager has the final say in what goes on.

 

 

 

So go feed the child in the bathroom and the dinner table is where your meant to get your food?

[Zierro]

A restaurant is for the purpose of paying customers to dine and enjoy their meal. Is the baby a paying customer?

[Ouchy]

You're right, it is disgusting. At a formal place such as a restraunt, she should at least get a baby sitter in to look after her kids, or Breast Feed in a private place, like the Bath Room. I know that Breast Feeding is essential for babies, but at the dinner table...End of the day, the manager has the final say in what goes on.

 

 

 

So go feed the child in the bathroom and the dinner table is where your meant to get your food?

 

 

 

I meant, do it discretely, somewhere, not at the table.

[llcoolguy972]

You're right, it is disgusting. At a formal place such as a restraunt, she should at least get a baby sitter in to look after her kids, or Breast Feed in a private place, like the Bath Room. I know that Breast Feeding is essential for babies, but at the dinner table...End of the day, the manager has the final say in what goes on.

 

 

 

So go feed the child in the bathroom and the dinner table is where your meant to get your food?

 

 

 

I meant, do it discretely, somewhere, not at the table.

 

 

 

So a mother should leave her husband and (possibly) other children to feed her youngest just because some random stranger is staring and making themselves feel uncomfortable?

 

 

 

And, honestly, which is easier to ignore: a screaming baby or a breastfeeding mother?

[Zierro]

So a mother should leave her husband and (possibly) other children to feed her youngest just because some random stranger is staring and making themselves feel uncomfortable?

 

 

 

How exactly does one make themselves feel uncomfortable?

[anonymous1234]

So a mother should leave her husband and (possibly) other children to feed her youngest just because some random stranger is staring and making themselves feel uncomfortable?

 

 

 

How exactly does one make themselves feel uncomfortable?

 

I bet the Shaolin monks could do it.

[Da Pirates]

Best solution: Don't have babies :twss:

[evil_mumm_ra]

You're right, it is disgusting. At a formal place such as a restraunt, she should at least get a baby sitter in to look after her kids, or Breast Feed in a private place, like the Bath Room. I know that Breast Feeding is essential for babies, but at the dinner table...End of the day, the manager has the final say in what goes on.

 

 

 

So go feed the child in the bathroom and the dinner table is where your meant to get your food?

 

 

 

I meant, do it discretely, somewhere, not at the table.

 

 

 

So a mother should leave her husband and (possibly) other children to feed her youngest just because some random stranger is staring and making themselves feel uncomfortable?

 

 

 

And, honestly, which is easier to ignore: a screaming baby or a breastfeeding mother?

 

 

 

the answer to your first question is yes. it doesn't take that long, and i'm sure that the husband and kids would understand. people must not have any common courtesy about things anymore. everyone just cares about what they have to do, or what they want to do, and do it where they like, they don't care about what others think, or how others feel about it. it's just rude. breastfeeding is something that is needed, but it's not something everyone wants to see. i don't get why people don't take other people's opinions into effect.

[ember3579]

You're right, it is disgusting. At a formal place such as a restraunt, she should at least get a baby sitter in to look after her kids, or Breast Feed in a private place, like the Bath Room. I know that Breast Feeding is essential for babies, but at the dinner table...End of the day, the manager has the final say in what goes on.

 

 

 

So go feed the child in the bathroom and the dinner table is where your meant to get your food?

 

 

 

I meant, do it discretely, somewhere, not at the table.

 

 

 

So a mother should leave her husband and (possibly) other children to feed her youngest just because some random stranger is staring and making themselves feel uncomfortable?

 

 

 

And, honestly, which is easier to ignore: a screaming baby or a breastfeeding mother?

 

 

 

the answer to your first question is yes. it doesn't take that long, and i'm sure that the husband and kids would understand. people must not have any common courtesy about things anymore. everyone just cares about what they have to do, or what they want to do, and do it where they like, they don't care about what others think, or how others feel about it. it's just rude. breastfeeding is something that is needed, but it's not something everyone wants to see. i don't get why people don't take other people's opinions into effect.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the way that I see it. If someone is too immature to just avert their eyes whenever someone is feeding their child, then they're proven incapable of functioning in public, and should be dealt with as such. If it's some trailer-trash crack [bleep] that is just doing it as some sort of advertisement, then yeah, you should be allowed to kick them out of the establishment. Otherwise, grow up.

[Zierro]

Here's the way that I see it. If someone is too immature to just avert their eyes whenever someone is feeding their child, then they're proven incapable of functioning in public, and should be dealt with as such. If it's some trailer-trash crack [bleep] that is just doing it as some sort of advertisement, then yeah, you should be allowed to kick them out of the establishment. Otherwise, grow up.

 

 

 

So by your logic, looking away is the solve-all solution to any problem dealing with people getting uncomfortable when they see a certain thing? Then why isn't sex in public legal since people can just look away?

[Bad911]

You better not go to any foreign countries mate. U.S. probably has the most strictest public etiquette that is "proper" for public manners. You go to Europe, China, African, Latin America, and you got people breast feeding in parks and libraries. We Americans are so strict, what would you say if someone talked within 1 inch of your face to you, you'd probably tell them to back up. In Spain and Morocco and many other countries this is natural.

 

 

 

I kind of get what your saying, I mean she could've went outside or something to feed the baby, but who would supervise her children. It doesn't sound like there was a Dad and it probably took her a long time to get the children into the restaurant anyways.

 

 

 

She probably wasn't that old...I mean unless I'm wrong, average age for women to stop having their menstrual periods would be 45ish. I would be fine in that situation, mother has got to do what shes got to do.

[Riku3220]

You better not go to any foreign countries mate. U.S. probably has the most strictest public etiquette that is "proper" for public manners. You go to Europe, China, African, Latin America, and you got people breast feeding in parks and libraries. We Americans are so strict, what would you say if someone talked within 1 inch of your face to you, you'd probably tell them to back up. In Spain and Morocco and many other countries this is natural.

 

 

 

I kind of get what your saying, I mean she could've went outside or something to feed the baby, but who would supervise her children. It doesn't sound like there was a Dad and it probably took her a long time to get the children into the restaurant anyways.

 

 

 

She probably wasn't that old...I mean unless I'm wrong, average age for women to stop having their menstrual periods would be 45ish. I would be fine in that situation, mother has got to do what shes got to do.

 

 

 

But she can't cover herself up while she does it? Really there is no reason a woman can't cover herself in public and it seems to me that anyone who doesn't is trying to get a reaction from somebody.

[Zierro]

You better not go to any foreign countries mate. U.S. probably has the most strictest public etiquette that is "proper" for public manners. You go to Europe, China, African, Latin America, and you got people breast feeding in parks and libraries. We Americans are so strict, what would you say if someone talked within 1 inch of your face to you, you'd probably tell them to back up. In Spain and Morocco and many other countries this is natural.

 

 

 

We're strict when it comes to some things. Not strict when it comes to others. For example, freedom of speech. Other nations see some of the things we say everyday as inappropriate in terms of social etiquette. I hope you're not saying he is unjustified on the basis of ethnocentrism. Just because other countries are that way it doesn't mean that's the only way things should be done.

[Agunimon979]

This is a pointless, endless argument. Someone just lock it already.

[baalboy5]

This is a pointless, endless argument. Someone just lock it already.

 

Sir, this is Off Topic, where no one wins but enjoys playing the game. :P

[Rollyboy]

I don't mind breast feeding, all mothers try to be respectful anyway.

 

 

 

I'm just wondering, what makes people 'uncomfortable' about breast feeding?