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[gemm30]

what a great afternoon!!!!!
me and my ds have had a fab afternoon down the local pub! have just said this to a friend and she looked horrified.
we went because my son(9) wanted to watch a football match that was on sky tv which we dont have. We went had some lunch and got talking to some like minded football fans who were fab with my son kept the bad language to an absolute minimum and also gave him a game of pool which he absolutely loved (ds does not have much male contact).
Now i am not so sure i done the right thing as my friend was so off about it. Have i done any thing wrong because i dont think so.

Your friend have any mobility problems, what with that stick up her arse?

You and DS had a great time. Obviously you did the right thing.

Arguably, you may have been somewhat lucky with your choice of pub and patrons, but whatever, as it all turned out not just well but really rather nicely indeed.

Glad you and your DS had such a great time. Why cant you take him to watch football (even if it is at the local pub)!! Good on you for getting out there and having fun with your DS.

You know you can do it again and the other blokes in the pub were probably pleased to see a young lad enjoying the game! Well done to you x

I think it sounds fun. I'm glad you both enjoyed your day xx

Sounds like you had a lovely afternoon. Ignore your friend, maybe she's a it jealous that you had some male attention

At what age can we take a child to a pub? Mine is six I am not into alcohol but at least it is somewhere to go together.

Wouldn't it seem odd?

Sorry to be so uninformed I have no idea on these matters?!

equinox - iirc there's no age limit to go into a pub, it's all about wether someone is accompanied, if there's alcohol being drunk and if there's food being eaten (or not).

So you should be fine to go with your six yr old. Try a Weatherspoons - they're pretty family & child friendly, and they serve coffe and muffins etc so there's no pressure to buy alcohol, iyswim.

What a fantastic idea, I bet he loved it.

Obviously some pubs will be better for this than others, but plenty of pubs are child friendly these days, especially in the mid afternoon. The one near where we used to live used to positively encourage us to have NCT lunches there of a lunchtime as they were pretty much empty otherwise!

Mmmmn may give this a go soon thanks.

Sounds like a great afternoon, and it's a great thing for your son to be able to hang out with some older men (I know that sounds dodgy how I've put it, but you know what I mean!). Your friend was probably just jealous that you didn't invite her and she had a really dull afternoon doing the ironing or something.

I've taken my DS into a couple of different Wetherspoons before now a few times for some lunch, and he's only 4. They have a great kids menu and give them crayons etc to play with while waiting for the food to arrive at the table.