Not taking a baby into a weatherspoons?

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Well tbh I KNOW I'm not being unreasonable I just want to vent because I'm a bit upset (most deffo overreacting)

I am co parenting my 3 month old daughter with my exP. I'm BF so he doesn't take her on his own yet.

He gives me NO money for her and has never bought anything for her either.

We were out the other day and we wanted to stop for some food. I suggest we just go to the nearest weatherspoons. ExP pulled this disgusted face like I'd just spat at him and said "there is no way I'm taking my daughter into a weatherspoons. She's not a pauper"

His family are verrrr middle class and I'm very working class. And the funny thing is she pretty much is pauper especially as he doesn't contribute towards looking after her so she's being raised in a single income household. What a f*cking bellend.

Theweasleytwins you can also buy McCain chips at Waitrose

😮😮😮😮😮definitely buying some of those chip later thank you!!! @SunShades and @Itoldyouiwasgeeky

TheClitterati I don't go to Weatherspoons either because of the shitbag owner. No intention to line his pockets any further. But then I haven't used a Dyson hand dryer in a pub either since 24 June 2016, I'm principled that way.

If he doesn't go for the reasons stated (and not because he's a hardened remainer like me), then the OP's exP is an idiot.

What bookmum08 said basically. Nothing wrong with Wetherspoons at all.

We took our baby into Wetherspoons and had a huge lecture from an old guy in there saying it's not appropriate to take a baby in there as people spit on the floor!

I didn't see anything wrong with going in there - we were only popping in for a bit of lunch and she was only a couple of months old so hardly going to be running around through all that spit anyway

bestcatintheworld I'm curious, what's the issue with Dyson?

Yeah I'm a bit like that too

Um... me and my husband are middle class by definition and our 9 month old first graced our local spoons when he was 6 weeks old, we love taking him there! 😂 Your exP is being silly, it's a really family friendly atmosphere and I doubt your infant will be traumatised if they ever cross over the threshold of wetherspoons!!

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Why doesn't he contribute? His family might be middle class but I'm guessing he isn't if he's not even supporting his own child.

And I don't understand how you think you're coparenting either if he does not have her, doesn't pay for her and doesn't buy her anything.

He's just some loser that tags along.

SunShades, is there any chance of answering my query about your intimate knowledge of Wetherspoons (and indeed other UK independent restaurants) given that on another thread you told us you don't work in the UK?

@Bibesia

I don't work in the UK but both myself and DH do have family there so visit very often.

Wetherspoons for breakfast / coffee / lunch = fine

Wetherspoons for dinner on a Saturday night during the Wrold Cup = crazy

Trying to co-parent with someone who isn't prepared to pay anything towards his child = not going to work

He sounds like a cunt. Why do you let him have any involvement.

You can tell from your ex DP'a reaction to Wetherspoons that he's a man with morals and standards, and could be a real asset to your DD's life if you can overcome the maintenance issue.

Out of interest, OP, where did you end up eating?

I would like to critique his choice.

Wetherspoons are like Marmite you either love 'em or hate 'em. Personally, I'm with your ex-P generally, but in this case he was being a knob.

You can tell from your ex DP'a reaction to Wetherspoons that he's a man with morals and standards, and could be a real asset to your DD's life if you can overcome the maintenance issue

If there is a maintenance issue to overcome the man has no morals or standards.

sunshades lol 😂 I had never even considered basing the value of another human being on their reaction to eating in Wetherspoons, but I like it. It’s much easier than getting to know them and all that shit...

Yes Sunshades clearly the DPs negative reaction to Weatherspoons is a fantastic barometer of his ethics and principles. In reality he does not contribute financially towards the upbringing of his child and treats the mother of his child at best disrespectfully and more accurately abusively. What a charmer.

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I must say, if people who boycott Wetherspoons are characterised by failing to maintain their children and abusing their partners, I'll be in there tomorrow to make it entirely clear that I am not of their number.

He is not co-parenting if he's not paying anything towards her upkeep. He sounds like a bit of a cunt.

I understand why people say this, I really do but I can’t help thinking of the child. She may only be a baby but she deserves a relationship with her daddy

I agree. And that is why we have an administrative/legal system to make men pay, so that women don't have to make crappy ultimatums like this.