sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
Pete the Greek said:
I think Maddalene's a long way off 16 now (no offence intended!
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children's party dilemma
- Thread starter Rollem
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I think Maddalene's a long way off 16 now (no offence intended!
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trashpony
Hag
My nephew has only been to a mickey d's around five times in his entire life. He doesn't like chips or reformed chicken and he's six.
He doesn't think they're some massive treat either.
I'm sorry but it's total rubbish to say that if you don't take a child when they're really young then burger bars will acquire some fabulous mythical status. It's all about how you position stuff. He thinks yoghurts are treats so he puts them on the same plane as chocolate and rice pudding. Kids are dead gullible
He doesn't think they're some massive treat either.
I'm sorry but it's total rubbish to say that if you don't take a child when they're really young then burger bars will acquire some fabulous mythical status. It's all about how you position stuff. He thinks yoghurts are treats so he puts them on the same plane as chocolate and rice pudding. Kids are dead gullible
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
madamv said:Why?
The birthday child is only 3. There are loads more things you can do for 3 year olds birthdays. It (hopefully) cant be that the child is demanding a McDonalds party surely?
Because if they themselves have no particular objections to McDonalds, it'd seem a perfectly reasonable option for a venue.
Doesn't make them lazy does it!
Spangelchicks post is great and i agree with everything. and also with eastender..
it is funny how mentality is different. my german one tells me that i would tell the lady that i have a problem coming to mc donalds defnitely so that the other kids parents know what a silly idea it is..
:O
it is funny how mentality is different. my german one tells me that i would tell the lady that i have a problem coming to mc donalds defnitely so that the other kids parents know what a silly idea it is..
:O
madamv
Oi! With the poodle already
sheothebudworths said:
No, you are quite right. Pity though. Its not that expensive to get a church hall and make a few sarnis and wrap up a pass the parcel either. IIRC sleeping lions, musical chairs and musical statues were free.
But, horses for courses and as you say, if they have no objections, then fair play to them.
Oh, and I was reminded by hub today that I didnt let my bubs go to one last year, on the basis that it was crap food and she would leave there stinking of chips
I wouldnt mind her going nowadays, I guess I have no real strong opinion on it now. As time goes on, I get more relaxed about my parenting morals I spose 
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
madamv said:
I've done that once & it wasn't cheap at all! Even splitting it with another mum who had a child with a close birthday, I think we ended up paying about £40 each for the hire & cleaning up was a desparate scramble to make sure we didn't get charged for an extra hour or leave a mess & lose our deposit...
Dunno how much McD's is, but I suspect its not much more than the cost of the food? Since it probably does work as advertising for them.
People planning children - aim to give birth in the summer so you can have a big picnic in the park & not have to worry about any of this
.I can sympathise with the instinct to keep your child away from McD's as long as you can - I'd prob have gone though, I think, because I wouldn't want to offend the other parent; at a party the amount of food ingested is likely to be pretty small anyway (& from my experience, although they might eat the fries, small kids who've been fed decent food find that the salty chicken nuggets & greasy grey fish fingers taste pretty disgusting anyway
); and not going won't save her from knowing that McD's exists - at her age she'd probably still believe you're only allowed in for birthdays anyway & by the time she knows thats not true you can explain properly why you don't want to eat there.But at her age she won't miss out by not going either, & if you don't want to say why, its easy enough to make an excuse for tiny kids.
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
Tank Girl said:
My english mentality would tell me to politely decline and not say why, and then feel terribly guilty about not being honest and explaining why I didn't want to go
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madamv said:No, you are quite right. Pity though. Its not that expensive to get a church hall and make a few sarnis and wrap up a pass the parcel either. IIRC sleeping lions, musical chairs and musical statues were free.
But, horses for courses and as you say, if they have no objections, then fair play to them.
Oh, and I was reminded by hub today that I didnt let my bubs go to one last year, on the basis that it was crap food and she would leave there stinking of chips
It does actually, it adds up the cost of hiring the place out and making enough food for everyone.
sheothebudworths
Up the bum - no babies!!!
Ms Ordinary said:People planning children - aim to give birth in the summer so you can have a big picnic in the park & not have to worry about any of this
My son was born in August, so we have a barbecue/party on the allotment.
Every year.
I think he'd be quite chuffed if we held it in McDonalds for a change tbh.
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
aint they just,. madge gets excited by a box of raisins, and give her apricots and grapes and she near enough does a backflip! she has bar things made from oats, pumpkin seeds and raisins and calls them "treat bars", so i reckon she's oktrashpony said:I'm sorry but it's total rubbish to say that if you don't take a child when they're really young then burger bars will acquire some fabulous mythical status. It's all about how you position stuff. He thinks yoghurts are treats so he puts them on the same plane as chocolate and rice pudding. Kids are dead gullible
thing is i have changed my mind
i am gonna take her, she can eat chips and fruit and whatever else, as she wont like the chicken nuggets (she only likes roast garlic chicken ) and def wont eat the burgers (her dad pointed that one out to me) so i'll take along a sandwich for her too, and she can get all the e numbers she needs from the birthday cakethats easy, she can go. my real dilema wasn't all about it being macshite. it was the fact that she is two and would be eating macshite.
lucky her birthday is august, picnics, trips to farms and general outdoors activites a go-go
interesting debate though
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Let her go, one bag of nuggets is hardly going to harm her...
Sir Belchalot
arenicola marina
Had a similar dilemna myself once. Comprimised by getting one of the other parents to take the sprog as I wouldn't set foot in one myself.
Had to de-programme her after though
Had to de-programme her after though
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
tribal_princess said:I wouldn't take her, like you say there'll be other parties and stuff. On the subject of McDonalds I made my little sister watch supersize me, she's only 10, you should have seen her face it was brilliant
I read my son bits from Fast Food Nation years ago, now he never goes to McShites. He does still sometimes go to subway though, which I suppose is ok coz it is rare.
We want a report back from the party to know how it goes Rollem
I wouldn't even contemplate sending my children to Maceedees.
I've heard that a group of two year old children ran amok and murdered 15 pedestrians after eating mcnuggets.
This happened a couple of years ago in America.
Michael Jackson used to look alright before he ate mcnuggets - now look at him - he's in a right state. It's something to do with the chemicals they put in them.
Eamon Holmes ate one nugget and look at him now - he's a right fat bastard and no mistake.
avoid nuggets.
I've heard that a group of two year old children ran amok and murdered 15 pedestrians after eating mcnuggets.
This happened a couple of years ago in America.
Michael Jackson used to look alright before he ate mcnuggets - now look at him - he's in a right state. It's something to do with the chemicals they put in them.
Eamon Holmes ate one nugget and look at him now - he's a right fat bastard and no mistake.
avoid nuggets.
maximilian ping
Grrrrr
Relahni said:
my mate's cousin said a year or two ago two rival kid's partys at a mcdonalds party in Chester were involved in a shoot out. one group, who were gypsies, used the giant toy train as cover while they were fired upon by Pakistani kids with Kalashnikovs. 37 children died and one Mcdonalds cleaner was shot in the hand
