Ill behaved brats in coffee shops and even pubs now FFS rant.

[TVC]

I don't mind other people's children, irrespective of how they behave; I do, however, despise my own children.

I'm not surprised, nowing what I do about their dad.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm not surprised, nowing what I do about their dad.

A connoisseur of tinned plum tomatoes

 

[Piemaster]

Please don't let this thread get to 6 pages or it'll start #Trending or, heaven forbid, Farage will have a new bandwagon (that's like a caravan, but with music) to jump on...

Heh.
You'll be pleased to know that my posts quite often kill a thread. Can't see it happening this time, but we can live in hope.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

C, I agree with that, we own one and so do a lot of my cycling buddies.

You've purchased a child?

 

[Dan B]

You've purchased a child?

A misapprehension common to the childless: in fact (as with cats) they own you

 

[Stephenite]

A connoisseur of tinned plum tomatoes

Let's hear it then. What can you tell me about adding sugar to tinned plum tomatoes?

 

[slowmotion]

We went on an MMV holiday in France when my daughter was ten. MMV is a French holiday company that does budget family holidays, in this case skiing. They take over a budget hotel and provide creche etc facilities, as well as lots of things for the children to do. There were entertainments for the parents in the evening. It was enormous fun. There were a couple of English families, but the vast majority were French. What stood out was the good behaviour of the kids and their relationships with their parents. They simply didn't run around out of control. Lively, certainly, but they were instantly reeled in if they crossed a line. They had been taught good manners. The self-entitled strutting brats that ruin other people's fun over here were never given the luxury of that education.

Edit: That education doesn't cost a single penny either.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I don't mind other people's children, irrespective of how they behave; I do, however, despise my own children.

Would you mind despising mine a bit as well .... They need it.

 

[Fab Foodie]

This needs a whole new thread.

You're right of course.
I'm getting fed-up with my kids that know how to behave at all occasions, have good social skills and are conscientious at school/Uni.
God knows I've done my best to destabilise them, but clearly failed,,,,

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 3498044, member: 9609"]OK, a more serious answer this time; There seems to be a 'type' round these parts, old money rather than new money, difficult to quite put my finger on why they stand out, nowt flash about them, they will have the range rover or discovery but they are likely to be a few years old, dirty and a bit battered. They seem to have a certain deportment, a certain dress sense, a certain accent, often smell of horse piss, will find it difficult to understand that you don't have horses, they may even @theclaud ask where you hunt.... so it is this type I was referring too.[/QUOTE]
How do their children behave?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

[QUOTE 3498044, member: 9609"]often smell of horse piss.[/QUOTE]

Some of my family and friends smell of horse piss

 

[Fab Foodie]

Do you blame your frequent absence on business?

Wholeheartedly. While I've been away, the single parent I support has done a bloody marvelous job ....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Some of my family and friends smell of horse piss

We'd thought as much!

 

[snorri]

Some of my family and friends smell of horse piss

Well, we are lumbered with family but do we want friends like that?

 

[Piemaster]

Some of my family and friends smell of horse piss

I know people like that. But being city folk what concerns me is that they neither ride nor own a horse.