taking other peoples children to the pub..

[5madthings]

Would you mind if on a 'play date' (boak) your child went to a pub?

Ds3 has a friend coming round after school today, he will be staying for dinner, till about 7pm. Normally on a day like today they could play out the front and in the garden, but dp is in the middle of doing garden and our trampoline needs a new safety net so garden not great for kids at mo.

But a few one from our house is a pub, we have to walk past it to get home. It has been taken over by new owners and refurbished including a brand new play area, wooden climbing frames and play house etc, its all enclosed and on safety flooring, looks lovely and the madthings have been asking to go. So I thought on way home we could stop there for a bit, I can have a coke, kids can have a packet of crisp and a play and then back to ours for dinner etc.

But would you mind your child going to the pub like this?

I wouldn't mind of it was one of mine, but I know some people might?

would you mind?

My default is that I probably won't drink BTW, I dont like wine anyway, tho a rum and coke is tempting I will prob wait for bedtime for that!

Ah lovely, my best childhood memories are playing outside the pub with a bottle of pop and endless bags of crisps with lots of other kids while my parents merrily got pissed inside.

Those were the 70s where children just tagged along.

Good times really.

I wouldn't mind at all, and wouldn't expect to be asked permission. I'd be pretty jealous if I did know about it, so might decide to meet you there

Yay glad you had a nice time

The kids were thrilled with a fruit shoot and packet of crisps and i did have a rum and coke, a few of us think.it it the plan for fridays after school now whilst its sunny.

The play equipment is great and the kids all had a lovely time, appparently the pub does a good carvery on a sunday so i may go and try it out, it would be rude not to

I'm jealous that your local has a playground! Here's hoping a few more pubs go that way. Ours has a lovely beer garden but I wouldn't call it family friendly.