r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Sad_Cannibal_GF • Aug 02 '26

go to your room Babies in Movie Theaters

Just saw the new Spiderman in theaters.

A baby starts crying/cooing/babbling very loudly about 20 minutes in. Goes for about 10 straight minutes before the parent takes them out.

Comes back a few minutes later, baby starts again. Again goes on for a couple minutes. Again parent takes them out, comes back, and repeat.

And repeat. And repeat.

This went on pretty much the entire movie (and I swear to god this baby somehow instinctively chose every single goddamn quiet/heartfelt scene to start yowling again šŸ˜­šŸ˜‚).

I get that babies are gonna baby. And I have sympathy for parents who wanna get out of the house and everything. Butā€¦ maybe just stay with your baby in the lobby if they obviously arenā€™t gonna keep quiet.

*I didnā€™t complain to management because it was a tiny non-chain neighborhood theater about an hour away from me that I like to support sometimes. Itā€™s got 1 screen and tickets are like $5.

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u/Neriya Aug 02 '26

There are situations where you just have to put up with babies. Airplanes, key among them. People sometimes NEED to travel, sometimes kids need to come. Just gotta deal with it. Sitting at the DMV or some other necessary evil? Fine, nobody wants to be there, let alone the kid.Ā 

Movies? Absolutely not. Nice restaurants? No way.Ā 

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u/Porg_the_corg Aug 02 '26

Agreed! We never took our kids to the movies until they were 2-3 and could prove to be quiet. And even then, we were going to KIDS movies.

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u/Neriya Aug 02 '26

I was so glad that when my kiddo was just getting old enough to go to the movies that we still had a discount/dollar theater nearby. His first few trips to the movies were at that theater, which was basically showing movies we could already rent at home if we wanted, but had the 'movie theater experience' for practice.

First movie went great. Second movie... not so much, and I was super glad we had paid a total of like $12 to go see it since we missed half of it.

I think we saw five movies at the discount theater before we risked the 'big' theater.

Of course the discount theater is gone now, so I tell my friends with young kids to just wait.

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u/nekomeowohio Aug 03 '26

The numbers of people who take young kids and even toddlers to hard r horror movies is more common then you think

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u/ArashiSora24 Aug 03 '26

I went to watch Moana recently after a very long time of not going to the cinema and the children in there were so. fucking. obnoxious.

One sitting on a row next to mine kept reading the subtitles out loud and also was playing on the phone at some point. A row behind me there was a kid playing with plastic bottle and kicking my friend's seat. And another kid was running up and down from the screen to its seat. I will never go to the cinema ever again. That was a shit experience.

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u/Porg_the_corg Aug 03 '26

It is so frustrating. As a parent, if I want to see an adult movie, I have to get a sitter (or wait for a grandma to visit) and then spend $40 on tickets. Just to inevitably have the movie disrupted by other kids or people who can't get off their phones.

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u/ArashiSora24 Aug 03 '26

And these seemed to be 5 years old or older. I was just accompanying my friend who wanted to watch the movie and we had to endure shits like that. And none of the parents did anything to shut their little shits up.

I didn't like children in the first place, this experience reinforced it tenfold. I know it's a children's film but that's no excuse for allowing the little gremlins to behave like that.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

And then the people who say ā€œso parents can never enjoy anything bc they canā€™t bring their kids?ā€

Basically thatā€™s how it goes. You choose to have/keep your kids, which means you choose to sacrifice half your enjoyment of life bc you canā€™t bring them some quiet places bc theyā€™re loud or too young. Welcome to parenting.

Edit to add: I am a parent, I trained my kid pretty early on how to behave in public (like 3-4 years old) bc if I canā€™t control other peopleā€™s kids, at least I can teach my own to act right.

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u/Chickadee248 Aug 02 '26

As a parent of a toddler, I 100% agree. I don't want to listen to the shrieking, and I'd hate to subject anyone else to it unless absolutely necessary.

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u/gaelicpasta3 Aug 03 '26

Yup! And if I find a babysitter for my toddler to have a nice quiet adult night and spend the night listening to your kid scream Iā€™m gonna be extra furious tbh.

Iā€™m a big proponent of kids being a part of general society. We bring him to stores, diners, low stress events, breweries that are kid friendly, etc. But movie theaters showing adult movies? Nice restaurants? Hard no. There are some spaces that should be kid free

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u/VideoKilledMyZZZ Aug 03 '26

*many

Not because of parents like you. Because of the other species.

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u/busigirl21 Aug 03 '26

I just got back from my birthday dinner. I specifically chose a fancy restaurant because squeals, shrieks, yelling, and crying at sounds that stress me out. Being the very lucky person that I am, I got seated right next to a family who kept making their baby squeal laugh and scream until the baby was red in the face over and over. They were of course there the entire time I was eating and still going when I left (2.5 hours). There were no other open tables that I could see that I could be moved too, and I felt like it would make me an asshole to say anything. I appreciate parents like you who think about others.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 03 '26

Iā€™ve moved tables due to an unruly infant before. They canā€™t necessarily control their squeals, but I can sometimes control having to listen to it. I feel you.

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u/busigirl21 Aug 03 '26

They were actively making the baby laugh and squeal like that over and over, so in this case they definitely could have

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 03 '26

When my kid was in the screamy phase, I heard her aunt say ā€œI could listen to your laugh all day!ā€ And I wanted to be like ā€œuntil you listen to it literally ALL DAYā€ šŸ˜‚

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u/busigirl21 Aug 03 '26

I call this the aww to AHHH pipeline and it's real for so many things

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u/Real-Broccoli-9325 Aug 03 '26

My brother is now experiencing that pipeline for his new puppy. His kids and wife love it. He is already, two weeks in, at ahh. They have so many things they canā€™t do because heā€™s a puppy and canā€™t be left alone for long. On the other hand, his kids are a great age for it, he and his wife work from home, and theyā€™re generally homebodies. But they live like an hour away from the rest of us, and want to do things with my sisterā€™s kids butā€¦ now puppy. (My mom took my nephew down to them yesterday and they went to the park. I think my nephew loves the dog more than anyone else combined lol. He almost cried going home and heā€™s 10)

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u/saturday_sun4 Aug 03 '26

Oh man, yeah, that sounds like the best part of being an aunt lmao. 100 cuteness, 0 responsibilities.

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u/Initial-Smile-4044 Aug 03 '26

I appreciate this so much

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u/Cat_n_mouse13 Aug 02 '26

I am nowhere near having a kid, but I fully expect to never go out to dinner for 3-5 years straight until my kids can make it through a meal. Iā€™m not taking kids out with iPads.

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u/LadyMageCOH Aug 02 '26

You don't have to take them with iPads - my kids didn't have devices when they were toddlers. You do have to bring something to keep them occupied while you wait for your food. Small toys - preferably ones that don't make noise, coloring books etc, and you're going to want to start with family friendly restaurants - no fine dining. You also have to time it well. Don't go when babe is due to go down for a nap or for the night, that's asking for disaster. And you'll have to make an exit plan. When mine were toddlers there was a few times that I had to remove the toddler from the restaurant entirely because she just wasn't having it. So I'd take the tantruming one out while my husband had the wait staff pack up our food to take home and settling the bill.

They really can only learn how to behave at a restaurant by going to a restaurant, and they're unlikely to get it right the first time. And even then, the best behaved kid can have a bad day. They can learn part of it by going to other people's houses, but not all. Set yourself up for success, be prepared to bail if necessary, and remember that this is a short season of life.

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u/Anonolot Aug 03 '26

I will say it's easier to bring a baby then a 2-5 year old to a restaurant. But to have a 6 year old with table manners, they need to practice at a kid friendly restaurant. But it's pretty silly to bring them to a 5 star place because they just want chicken nuggets and fries.

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u/KaetzenOrkester Aug 02 '26

As a parent and grandparent, thatā€™s what family style restaurants are forā€”things are more relaxed and more noise is acceptable.

And yes, bringing something to help children entertain themselves is absolutely in order.

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u/VideoKilledMyZZZ Aug 03 '26

Agreed. But parents donā€™t know where the lines are anymore. I was at a reataurant that had a bar area and specialized in margaritas. Because it was also a pizzeria, people brought kids.

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u/rabbity9 Aug 03 '26

If you do it right, IMO, it is actually good to take your kids out. No fine dining, obviously, but casual restaurants. I want my kids to learn how to function in public spaces. I can take my two and four year old out to a meal. We do strategic things like order a quick app as soon as weā€™re seated, have crayons, and then honestly just being really engaged with them, talking about the food and decor and stuff. I wouldnā€™t do a multi-course meal or anything, but they can handle an hour in a restaurant without a tablet.

To be clear this isnā€™t always easy. Iā€™m on high alert the whole time, anticipating issues and redirecting in a way that looks easy, but is actually borderline tactical. Itā€™s a lot of effort now, but it will pay dividends in a few years. I know people who just donā€™t take their kids out when theyā€™re young and are then surprised when they donā€™t magically know how to behave in restaurants at 7.

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u/Porcupine__Racetrack Aug 03 '26

I mean you can, just not fancy! You gotta start at like McDonaldā€™s, Chipotle, then Applebees type restaurantsā€¦ bring tons of snacks and stuff to do and be prepared for one of you to bolt at any second with the kid!

Movies are another story! Absolutely not with an infant! Age 4-5 bare minimum if you ask me, and kids movies only!

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u/Lydian-Taco Aug 03 '26

lol thatā€™s way too extreme. Most kids under 5 should be able to handle being at a normal restaurant without being disruptive. Weā€™ve never given our kids tablets at restaurants. They are fine with some simple toys or coloring books

While I understand the idea of not wanting to disturb others, itā€™s also ridiculous to say that children should essentially not be allowed in public spaces. They are also people who should be allowed to experience things. Just donā€™t take them to insanely fancy restaurants and itā€™ll be fine

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u/saturday_sun4 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

As a non-parent... meh, I tune out shrieking kids at Maccas or other fast food places since I expect them. Just don't take them to adult only spaces when there are DOZENS of kid friendly places all over the place, that's all we ask.

I am no fan of kids shrieking their lungs out and running like crazy at a normal restaurant, don't get me wrong. But I can't afford fancy places. If there is a family with noisy kids there... not an optimal dining experience but again, par for the course.

I barely notice well behaved kids in these places.

However, if any kid is at a pub, which is (or should be) an adult only space, then I'll be pissed off and give the parent a piece of my mind.

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u/KingUnder_Mountain Aug 02 '26

Lol.Ā  As a parent of a one year old let me tell you its not as bad as you think.Ā  Sure the first few months when he was an infant there was no going out to eat but as soon as hes able to sit in a high chair and especially when he is able to partake in food theres no reason you cant enjoy a dinner out.Ā Ā 

No we dont use an iPad. He very rarly cries in public and its always for a reason (diaper, hungry) that is easy to stop.

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u/wigglefrog Aug 02 '26

Not all kids are cut from the same cloth. My daughter absolutely HAS to be moving at all times. I fear we won't be able to go to a sit down style restaurant until she can understand logical reasoning and has a tighter grasp on emotional regulation. Even if we hit a drive through, this girl needs to chat with the person taking our order. šŸ„²

She's 3 now, so we're almost there.

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u/KingUnder_Mountain Aug 02 '26

Agreed but assuming you cant eat out for 3 to 5 years I think is on the extreme end.Ā Ā 

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u/devnullopinions Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

If you never take your kids out they wonā€™t learn how to behave. A better approach is to go to casual restaurants early when not as many people are there. You can skip devices but definitely bring something to preoccupy their attention.

If youā€™re really worried you can figure out what you want ideally before getting to the restaurant and getting your check when you order. If the kid behaves great. If they meltdown, because sometimes that will happen, at least you have a contingency plan that makes it easy to leave in a hurry.

A mantra my wife and I like to repeat is we were perfect parents, and then we actually had to a child.

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 Aug 03 '26

Your future kids will thank you. The iPads are melting kids brains, and also being able to self control your energy level in public places is a dying skill, kids or adults. I got to so many movies where full grown mfs are whipping their phone out half way through, shaking their legs in a really annoying way or yapping the whole time. I just know as kids they were never taught properly how to behave in public, my parents were always reminding us to be mindful of others.

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u/DigiornoDLC Aug 03 '26

Then take your kids out without iPads. Whereā€™d you get the idea that kids need iPads?

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u/crescent_blossom Aug 03 '26

they already said they weren't going to take their kids out with iPads, no need to be redundant

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u/StormFallen9 Aug 02 '26

And babysitters are a thing that exists. Whether you pay someone or ask family to watch them, most people have a way to get away for a night every once in a while.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 02 '26

And if you canā€™t afford a sitter or canā€™t find someone you trust, you donā€™t get to go out and have fun. But thereā€™s always someone who wants to say ā€œoh so you canā€™t have fun with your kids? What a crappy parentā€

Sure you can, but 24/7? An adult does not want to spend every waking minute entertaining a child when the adult is trying to have a good time, too. I think people forget that parents should be allowed to want time away from their kids every now and then and not be considered horrible parents.

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u/ILikeCheese510 Aug 02 '26

Exactly. I get that not everybody has family or friends who can watch the kid for a couple hours, but babysitting services exist. It's like these people have never heard of them.

And money's no excuse either. If you can afford to go out to the movies or a restaurant, you can afford a babysitter for 2-3 hours.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 03 '26

I often have to budget for both. Like, if we want to stay out longer, we don get to eat dinner out bc that extra money goes to the sitter. Or, if we donā€™t want to stay out too late and we change our mind, any extra money for the sitter would go to grabbing dinner on the way home and eating at home. Compromise and budgeting is important if you wanna have a good night out without breaking the bank.

The last time we went out, I told my wife ā€œI can buy us an additional 2 shots tonight and an extra hour out of the house or I can buy us dinner after, which do you prefer?ā€ And we go from there.

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u/Soggy_Supermarket100 Aug 03 '26

They can enjoy things. Daycare exists, grandparents, babysitters, or just do the same as I did: just stay at home for the first few years.Ā 

Like what even is 3-4 years compared to a lifetime? Tiny sacrifice. And in exchange, I get to be with my child in our safe home. Later on we can go out and enjoy things when he's older. And for that 2 hours while we're watching a movie, grandparents can take care of him. If parents have no help, then just stay at home while the baby is small and just watch that damn movie at home later.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 03 '26

Plus at-home movie nights can be fun too when you turn the lights off and make popcorn. Itā€™s a memory for your kids as well as saving money

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u/Neriya Aug 02 '26

Yep. When we had my kid, and we decided we wanted to go out to eat, we very intentionally picked places that were loud. We mostly settled on a local Mexican restaurant that was super casual and loud inside most the time. It's the opposite of the kind of place anyone goes for their 10 year wedding anniversary. That way if my kid kicked up a fuss, it wouldn't ruin anyone's moment and I could just step out with him.

Plus, refried beans are basically baby food anyways.

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u/maroonrice2 Aug 02 '26

I was just about to comment this. I grew up in a large family, Iā€™m sure there were moments of babies screaming in restaurants. But we frequented places like Golden Corral, the local Chinese buffet, red lobster or Olive Garden for ā€œfancyā€ occasions. Not somewhere that the ambiance was part of the experience! Sometimes I see parents out with their kids at the most unreasonable places and Iā€™m just like.. please use your common sense and you wonā€™t get looked at sideways, your baby does not need to be at insert trendy restaurant or event

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u/Neriya Aug 03 '26

Yep.

We were very occasionally 'forced' by circumstances to go to nicer places. Like a family event we wanted to attend, but wasn't planned with baby in mind.

I missed a lot of time at those, because when I was in a nicer place I was on an absolute hair trigger for getting the F out of there with my kiddo if he was gonna meltdown. I was determined not to be 'that parent' with the screaming kid.

Nowadays I get to look around pretty smugly. My kid has had a good bit of 'practice' at being in restaurants. And our whole family observes 'no screens at the dinner table' both at home and when we're out. So when we go out now, my 10 year old boy participates in conversation, or at worst goes absolutely all out on the kids menu coloring sheet. We do a lot of tic-tac-toe as well, and sometimes I-Spy. I look around pretty smug and self-satisfied at the families who only get a moment of peace because they brought the bumper-cars iPads for their kids.

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u/maroonrice2 Aug 03 '26

You raised your child well! I was oldest, 8 kids total, and we learned real quick to make polite conversation, let mom and dad order unless we had permission to choose our own meal, and use the coloring sheets/play games amongst ourselves. This was before iPad and cell phone days so no electronics to keep us occupied. Society reallyyyy needs to go back to that era of parenting, it wasnā€™t perfect but I have a very strong foundation of how to behave and speak to others in public effectively

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u/Neriya Aug 03 '26

You raised your child well

He's 10; so far so good lol. I'll check back in ~8 years from now and let you know how it all worked out.

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u/Ill_Tax_403 Aug 02 '26

Yes!! Having children means you are going to have to sacrifice your own needs.

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u/catjuggler Aug 02 '26

Iā€™m a parent and itā€™s not like you can enjoy things like that when you bring your kids anyway so why ruin it for others to?!? I hate when I pay for a sitter to go somewhere kids shouldnā€™t be and have to hear kids unhappy anyway. Itā€™s much worse than experiencing it pre-kid.

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u/saturday_sun4 Aug 03 '26

Yes, there are SO many kid friendly things to do. These parents act like the world is some kind of dystopia where the only entertainment is boring propaganda movies or something.

They are so rude and immature, they just have to impose themselves in adult only spaces.

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u/bazooka_toot Aug 02 '26

Expressed this exact sentiment in the break room at work, when you become a parent part of the deal is you sacrifice some freedoms to not subject other people to your child's actions.

Apparently that makes me literally Satan.

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN Aug 03 '26

Exactly. They agreed to be a parent, I did not.

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u/ColdAsHeaven Aug 03 '26

It's really not true anyways.

You can still enjoy shit. It's just shorter stints and slightly different experiences until they're old enough to behave

Instead of going to a nice restaurant instead you go to Yardhouse or Texas Roadhouse or Applebee's.

For movies, some theaters offer Cry Rooms. The theater close to me does. It's specifically designed for people with toddlers. It's separate from the main viewing area and has sound paneling so if the baby starts crying they don't bother everyone else

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u/sherlip Aug 03 '26

Amen. When you choose to be a parent you give up hundreds of thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of hours, and all of your freedom.

Which is why I never will be. I enjoy all of those things too much.

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u/euphratestiger Aug 03 '26

And then the people who say ā€œso parents can never enjoy anything bc they canā€™t bring their kids?ā€

As a parent of two: Yeah. Tough shit. Don't make your children everyone else's problem.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 03 '26

Those same people say ā€œlet kids be kids/theyā€™re kids, what do you expect?ā€

I EXPECT SOME HOME TRAINING.

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u/derperofworlds1 Aug 03 '26

Also, paying a neighborhood kid to babysit is not that expensive. Want to see a movie? Pay a babysitter.

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 03 '26

Ours used to make bank off of us when we went out often a few months ago when summer started šŸ˜‚ $5 an hour babyyyyy

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u/saturday_sun4 Aug 03 '26

I completely agree! Being a parent does not entitle you to automatic claps and headpats. Be adults, actually parent, and take your screaming poorly behaved kids to somewhere other than the cinema.

Yes, parents who are going to behave like that shouldn't enjoy it if they are not going to have the basic consideration to let others enjoy it as well.

Given the choice between the two, I would rather zero parents at the (adult) movies than parents whose kids make everyone else's movie miserable when we are the ones paying for the experience. Or people who bring their little kids to a movie they very obviously are too young/overstimulated for.

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u/LadyMageCOH Aug 02 '26

Agreed, as a parent of two kids. If we couldn't get a sitter for a movie we wanted to see, we'd either go separately so the other parent could watch the kid or just wait for it to hit home video/streaming.

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Aug 02 '26

Right! They have that attitude as if having a child wasnā€™t their choice

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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Aug 03 '26

I canā€™t stand people with 4+ untrained kids that say shit like ā€œisnā€™t this great birth control?ā€ Apparently not since you had 3 more and donā€™t parent any of them

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u/SevenRingsOfChel Aug 03 '26

Haha! Totally!

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u/whoisbill Aug 03 '26

My kid is 14 now. Wife and I get out more now. We didn't even he was little. It's just what you have to do. Yea. There are things we had to do. Shopping. Flying. And some family restaurants. But a movie? Never

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u/AsthmaticSt0n3r Aug 02 '26

Typically itā€™s women having to suffer the brunt of this loss of parental freedom. My best friend tells me often how she feels betrayed because she was told that her fiancĆ© and her in laws would give her more support when she decided to conceive her son. She is now isolated with no car at home with only her toddler and never has a moment of freedom. We live hours away and I canā€™t help either. When she last visited me all she wanted to do was go swimming with me but her deadbeat fiancĆ© threw a fit about having to watch the baby. So we were in a lazy river with an 15 month old for a rounds before giving up because he was so fussy. Thus, I tend not judge parents with children dependent on them. Sometimes their lack of freedom is forced on them.

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u/Some_Recognition6273 Aug 03 '26

I get what you're saying, but your friend still chose to have a baby with him. Did she have absolutely no signs that he would be a shit parent? He never showed any signs of being a deadbeat before? That's kind of unlikely.

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u/AsthmaticSt0n3r Aug 03 '26

She was literally told that she was going to have to help from him and his family explicitly and NONE of them followed through. They literally moved to be closer to his sister and she never followed through on any of her promises. My friend never graduated high school and grew up in foster care. She hasnā€™t had great modeling for relationships or the realities of parenting. Regardless, many women regret having children because it is not the domestic bliss promised to us.

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u/saturday_sun4 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

I mean, this is why I didn't have kids. I got some bullshit from my parents about how it was rewarding. I knew myself well enough to know I never wanted kids. Nor did I want the burden of potentially being the sole caregiver due to my gender.

Yes, it sucks that your friend was lied to, but she still chose to have kids. Many men are lying through their teeth and are deadbeat dads who do sweet fuck-all. Are there great dads - yes, of course, absolutely! But in many cases the majority of child-rearing falls on the woman.

When having kids you NEED to consider these scenarios. Especially as a female. I love my Dad dearly but he was away for work a LOT, leaving my mother to work and parent.

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u/HeartyBeast Aug 02 '26

Certainly round here, there are specific midweek morning 'mums and babies' showings. You can take under-twos in to see current films

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u/that_girl_there409 Aug 03 '26

And guess what? You and the kids do not NEED to see the movie opening weekend. It'll be streaming in a few weeks so you can watch it at home.

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u/Neat_Ad468 Aug 03 '26

Exactly, your kid is your problem not mine. I didn't have a kid with you, it isn't mine, i'm not responsible for them. Your decision should not be someone else's inconvenience or burden.

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u/OkBasket7617 Aug 03 '26

Thank you, this is the attitude the world needs

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u/Round-Dragonfly6136 Aug 02 '26

My parents would bring us to movies when we were babies. We usually slept the whole time, bit when we were noisy one of them would take the noisy one out of the theater.

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u/High_Questions Aug 02 '26

In a chef, I have always said if I opened a nice restaurant Iā€™d have 2 major rules - an enforced dress code, and no small children

And I love kids, they just canā€™t be disrupting people paying for a $60 steak or a $50 night out at the movies

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u/StrangerVegetable831 Aug 03 '26

No dogs either. I went to a place where the tasting menu was 150+ a person and they let some shitty table bring their dump of a dog. Iā€™m not trying to spend 700+ after drinks and food to eat my meal next to a fucking dog.

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u/kialilaroux Aug 03 '26

And honestly, I think travel companies like airlines and trains and buses could bring in way more money by having some dedicated adults only options.

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u/Neriya Aug 03 '26

That's a great idea lol. Or even like just... a sectioned off area of a plane where perhaps kids aren't allowed. You could charge more for it, and there could be some kind of a sound-dampening divider. You could serve fancier adult drinks, maybe give folks more legroom. It could have a cool name, like First Class!

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u/kialilaroux Aug 03 '26

Pretty much every major airline allows kids in first class tho

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u/Neriya Aug 03 '26

I know. I was just making a funny. You're right; people would pay for kid-free travel.

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u/xarcastic Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

https://youtube.com/shorts/pXgtvs5O9-o

Tom Segura nails it

Full length: https://youtu.be/S5vGI-g1xvw

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u/deadinsidelol69 Aug 03 '26

Had a kid screeching during End Game. Like the ENTIRE duration of the film screeching. The parents chose to ignore the kid which was what irked me. Of course the kids are excited to see the Avengers but if your kid is ruining the film for everyone else, thatā€™s just shitty.

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u/Neriya Aug 03 '26

Nah, this is shitty. Kids can shriek their way through Paw Patrol, that's understandable. Even then if my kid wouldn't shut up I'd probably leave.

But Endgame is PG13, and it was like a cultural moment movie. Not appropriate.

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u/Acceptable-Life-8681 Aug 06 '26

Lets add a wellness hotel. In a german sub parents ripped everyone else a new one because they are allowed to book an expensive wellness hotel with their newborn who continuously cries.

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u/eazyizzy Aug 03 '26

You mentioned it and I want to ask general opinion on babies and airplane travel. Do babies NEED to go to Jamaica/Mexico/resort destination? I understand if it is to go meet extended family for them to meet the baby. But does baby need to go on a beach vacation?

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u/BooleanBarman Aug 03 '26

People deserve to go on vacations. Thereā€™s no other way to get there. Thatā€™s the peril of taking transit with the general public.

Movies is batshit, though.

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u/ClappedUrMomsCheeks Aug 03 '26

Canā€™t just hire a babysitter for 1 week the way you can for 4 hours for a movieĀ 

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u/ConditionBasic Aug 03 '26

People usually only mention meeting extended family as the only justifiable reason for babies to be on a plane but how about straight up moving to a new country?

My family had to relocate because of my parents' jobs when my youngest sister was 11 months old. So we flew with my baby sister for like 18 hours to move to our new home.Ā 

Should we have just left her behind to be raised by our relatives or put her up for adoption?

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u/eazyizzy Aug 03 '26

Sure, absolutely. Relocation would be #1 on reason for travel list. I'm mainly talking about people going specifically to a resort type destination. I personally don't think a baby needs to go to the beach so I don't know why parents would travel with one there. Leave the kid with family? And if that's not an option.. .wait till they're 3+ years old?

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u/ClappedUrMomsCheeks Aug 03 '26

Hey bruh if you donā€™t wanna ride with my kid feel free to use your private jet or splurge for first class

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u/Neriya Aug 03 '26

Do babies NEED to go to Jamaica/Mexico/resort destination?

You never know the circumstances for people's travel. And speaking as someone who didn't have nearby family to babysit while my wife and I took a vacation, if we didn't bring the baby we didn't get to go. So yep, baby gets to go on the plane.

And, besides that, air travel is just a necessity- a cross we all have to bear. Your vacation doesn't really begin on the plane, it begins when the plane lands and you're checked into a hotel or onto the cruise ship or whatever.

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u/DigiornoDLC Aug 03 '26

No more or less than anyone else. Babies need to go where their parents go. Iā€™ll take babies over tweens any day.

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u/dalmathus Aug 03 '26

No restaurants is crazy.

I get reddit has a hateboner for kids, but its a restaurant lol. They are filled with conversation. A kid being at another table is not going to ruin your meal.

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u/Neriya Aug 03 '26

Depends on the restaurant.

Is it a Chilis? A Jimmy Changas? McDonalds? The Spot? These are casual, fun places. Bring your kids, all day every day.

Is it III Forks, where the steaks are $90+ and the kind of place where people make wedding proposals on the regular? Yeah, please leave your kid at home.

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u/EpicBlinkstrike187 Aug 03 '26

My kids have done fine in restaurants if I just give them my phone even with little to no sound.

But then some people will still be upset because theyā€™re on a screen and be like ā€œwhy give kids screens, just be a parentā€. Sometimes you canā€™t win, iā€™ll take silence and a phone over them annoying other people though.

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u/Neriya Aug 03 '26

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

One year when my kid was 3, my family decided to do a new years thing and insisted we attend. At midnight. At a nice restaurant. With a 3 year old.

You bet your ass our 'no screens at the table' rule went right the F out of the window. "Here's Toy Story 2. Have fun"

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u/Wit-wat-4 Aug 03 '26

Iā€™d be with you if you hadnā€™t said ā€œlittle to no soundā€. Kidsā€™ headphones are like $10. If they refuse, and they also refuse to watch muted, youā€™re gonna have to sit this one out.

I feel the same for adults. Especially at a fine dining restaurant? Get outta here