re: Going Out As A Parent

Quoting K.MarieAnnette:" if you don't, you're a terrible part-time neglectful parent that deserves to have your kids taken away from you!"

Well someone better get DD yanked from me then because no way in HELL am I gonna do that. That's stupid.  

Quoting ☾BizzyBee♉:" Psh, didn't you know? We're supposed to stand and hover over our babies and watch them sleep. "

Well I don't do that, soooo.....what a smurfed up Mommy I am!

Somebody better call CPS on me bc tonight DH and I are thinking about going to a BAR and DRINKING instead of watching our children sleep.

Shame on us for not staying home to stare at our kids sleep!...shame,shame,shame!

<blockquote><b>Quoting MyPurrrtyBabies:</b>" Somebody better call CPS on me bc tonight DH and I are thinking about going to a BAR and DRINKING instead ... [snip!] ... instead of watching our children sleep. Shame on us for not staying home to stare at our kids sleep!...shame,shame,shame!"</blockquote>




Drunk time..lol ...smurfin drunk time next weekend too for another bg moms bday haha

Quoting º×ß¡±©µ×º:" <blockquote><b>Quoting MyPurrrtyBabies:</b>" Somebody better call CPS on me bc tonight ... [snip!] ... Drunk time..lol ...smurfin drunk time next weekend too for another bg moms bday haha"

Enjoy!   ...I sure am.

Quoting JoAnna &hearts's Jett:" I do. Especially this one girl I know that leaves her 5 year old at home by herself while she goes out and drinks all night."

She is actually comitting a crime by doing that. That child should be taken out of there and the mother arrested.

I'm not reading 19 pages...  

I see nothing wrong with a parent going out, even if it's every weekend, as long as the child(ren) are being taken care of responsibly.

I'm a mom, but I'm still an adult woman too. I've not lost my desire to go out, dance, have fun, drink a bit and have crazy sex with SO.  

Quoting MyPurrrtyBabies:" Somebody better call CPS on me bc tonight DH and I are thinking about going to a BAR and DRINKING instead ... [snip!] ... instead of watching our children sleep. Shame on us for not staying home to stare at our kids sleep!...shame,shame,shame!"

lmao

Quoting BuggyBoo:" I am so tired of seeing women who have kids and seem to spend most of their time at the bar, with their ... [snip!] ... every single weekend and why getting drunk being the only option? Anyone else get annoyed by this and see more of it anymore?"

Yes!! I am very annoyed by this behavior. It is also the grandparents fault for saying yes to watching the LO(s).

My husband and I have yet to do this to our family. We don't have nearby parents to do this to, nor would we consider it.
We have went out once our children went to bed and had a sitter watch them for an hour or two, but nothing more. That barely happened. After nearly 4 years of no dates together or time alone with one another we finally decided we needed to start in order to keep our relationship strong. We don't go out and get wasted or drunk, normally it is just dinner and a pool game or two (something we both did before the kids). We called in between to check on the LOs and make sure they were not fussy or needy.

When our children have kids of their own, I will not allow them to take advantage of me. If they go out and get drunk while I watch them, I will not watch them anymore and they will still need to pick them up when they are sick and hungover or etc. I will even go as far as reporting their behavior if they continue to use me as a source to watch their children and party. Once you have a child, you are in it. You are on call whether you like it or not, whether you have a parent watch them or not. Because if grandma or grandpa get sick or have to run somewhere, you better be prepared to pick up your child. It's not a back up source, if you were not ready to have a child, you should have thought about that before you had sex.
I know, I'm harsh. However I have had it with this new society thinking it is okay to burden their parents while they party. Your parents put their time in and sacrificed time and their life for you, it is only right you do the same for your child. Otherwise, what are you teaching them?

Quoting *-PoisonIvysMama-*:" Yes!! I am very annoyed by this behavior. It is also the grandparents fault for saying yes to watching ... [snip!] ... sacrificed time and their life for you, it is only right you do the same for your child. Otherwise, what are you teaching them?"

My parents enjoy watching my kids... they beg me to let them keep Spawn overnight... I'm not pawning my daughter off on anyone. And, if I wanted to go somewhere and my parents couldn't watch my daughter, I'd pay a babysitter...

I'm a mom, but I'm also an adult.

Quoting Rumpelstiltskin:" My parents enjoy watching my kids... they beg me to let them keep Spawn overnight... I'm not pawning ... [snip!] ... wanted to go somewhere and my parents couldn't watch my daughter, I'd pay a babysitter... I'm a mom, but I'm also an adult. "

Then I was not talking about you. If you have choosen a person to watch your child responsibly, and you know that if your child needs you while you are out you can be counted on, you have proven to be an adult.

Quoting *-PoisonIvysMama-*:" Then I was not talking about you. If you have choosen a person to watch your child responsibly, and ... [snip!] ... and you know that if your child needs you while you are out you can be counted on, you have proven to be an adult. "

Yeah, i just hate when people say that parents who go out on weekends are not being responsible or are pawning their kids off on their parents or whatever...

<blockquote><b>Quoting *-PoisonIvysMama-*:</b>" Yes!! I am very annoyed by this behavior. It is also the grandparents fault for saying yes to watching ... [snip!] ... sacrificed time and their life for you, it is only right you do the same for your child. Otherwise, what are you teaching them?"</blockquote>



It's my mom's fault for loving to take her only grandchild fishing and hunting, my grandma for loving to have girly days with her only great-grandchild, my mil for wanting to see the grandchild she'd otherwise not see as often because her son is a smurfhead, and my cousin for being 15 year old girl that likes having spending money? What the smurf ever dude   my kid is happy, the assorted family members are happy, and i'm happy and drunk every weekend  

Quoting 12.21.07¤04.18.13:" <blockquote><b>Quoting *-PoisonIvysMama-*:</b>" Yes!! I am very annoyed by this behavior. ... [snip!] ... the smurf ever dude   my kid is happy, the assorted family members are happy, and i'm happy and drunk every weekend :lol:"

I miss getting drunk and having crazy sex with SO where we could do it in any room in the house and be loud because Spawn was at grandma's! haha

<blockquote><b>Quoting Rumpelstiltskin:</b>" I miss getting drunk and having crazy sex with SO where we could do it in any room in the house and be loud because Spawn was at grandma's! haha"</blockquote>

me too   but then, I did get pregnant on one of those nights when my mom had Ev so I could drink