Am I being unreasonable?
I currently have a 7 week old and a 7 year old. My husband came home from work I had made him his tea which he ate, he then held the baby whilst I had a quick tidy up and put all the washing away.
He then informed me he was going to the pub to watch the football.
I asked if he could stay home as my eldest still has homework to do, the baby needs a bath, I need to express some milk, and it’s hard work getting them both to sleep, I also haven’t eaten any tea yet, I am shattered and I have a broken ankle to add to the mix.
He said I always make him feel like shit whenever he wants to do something and I shouldn’t have a problem with it. He then proceeded to tell me I should go
Out more often as he would prefer it 😡
Would you be upset by a toddler crying in a restaurant?
So yesterday my toddler had a pretty long day, almost no nap. We've been away from home for several days and she's a little dysregulated. We took her out for dinner and she had a pretty big meltdown near the end of the meal, and was also a bit fussy and hard to entertain until we got our food. The only time she really got to screaming-crying was at the end though, and we took her out quickly.
I came across a Reddit thread about an "entitled parent" with a screaming toddler in a restaurant. A lot of the comments below were of the opinion those parents should have made their kid be quiet, or taken her out, or just not gone out at all. I kind of get it. No one wants to be around a screaming kid that isn't theirs.
For us though the thing is that it was our last night out of town, we were all tired and had no food left in the airbnb because we plan these things pretty tight. We also didn't really want to do fast food or takeout because we had been having a LOT of terrible food and wanted to eat a decent meal (I'm pregnant, and fatty foods in particular are making me nauseated, so real food and good nutrition is kind of important for me). I felt bad taking my toddler out while she was overtired, and I get that it's generally kinder to not take an overtired child out in public, but in our case I really kind of felt like we had no choice.
So AITA? Should we have just stayed back at the Airbnb and gotten takeout? 🫤