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Is this rude?, Dad at party

cstar View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 11:43 AM Post #1
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I took my DS to a kids party yesterday and the parents were sitting at a table chatting along with the birthday boys mum. At first I thought the dad wasn't there, until I noticed him sitting around the corner from us with another dad, ok, maybe he is shy. While the kids were having their food, he walked past us all, with 2 beers in his hands and took them over to the other dad and they proceeded to drink and chat. The other dad came over later and sat with us, but the birthday boys dad came no where near us. I personally find this extremely rude behaviour, I think he could of come over and said hello to everyone? And as for the beers, well, I don't drink beer and I don't expect anything when I go to a kids party, but there were 2 other dads there, who certainly didn't get offered a beer! Am I wrong?

robot sm View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 11:44 AM Post #2
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Seems pretty rude to me!

dimensionk View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 11:46 AM Post #3
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Rude. And weird.

Sunnycat View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 11:50 AM Post #4
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I think it's odd. Even my extremely shy, socially awkward DH can manage the good manners to greet and chat with guests.

CheekyBuggers View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 11:55 AM Post #5
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Yeah my dh is abit weird but he still helped me run ds's bday party. The fact he didn't include all the dads sounds he was rude

jessie123 View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 11:57 AM Post #6
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Yeah its rude. Were the woman not allowed to drink the beer This post has been edited by jessie123: 03/12/2012, 11:57 AM

solongsuckers View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 12:01 PM Post #7
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I actually really wouldn't care. I wouldn't think it was rude.

MakeLoveNotBacon View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 12:04 PM Post #8
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Probably as rude as posting about it on a public forum.

cstar View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 12:07 PM Post #9
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QUOTE (Madame Catty @ 03/12/2012, 12:04 PM) Probably as rude as posting about it on a public forum. So everybody that posts about their SIL, MIL, Bridezillas are all rude?? I thought that's what public forums are for?

HappyWomble View Member Profile	03/12/2012, 12:09 PM Post #10
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cstar - are the parents together? He could have been avoiding the mothers to avoid a scene or awkwardness.

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