Taking the kids to the bar

[Undertoad]

Wull,

Having spent a good deal of time in drinking establishments at a young age, the location doesn't really matter TOO much. It's not like you learn to be an alcoholic by watching other alcoholics when you're young. Bar, restaurant, library, it's all roughly the same experience to a four-year-old, except for the volume. One could get away with it if the "general" behavior in the bar is OK.

It's that the protective instincts of the moms that did not kick in, and did not kick in together, that is actually the worrisome part. "We are going to take these children to see men we would like to get it on with, in an unpredictable setting where things could go horribly wrong," is the worrisome part. Not "we get with the men and then wait six weeks to determine that they are fine upstanding individuals (twelve weeks if one is a drummer) before introducing the young ones to them by taking them to a neutral location first, then next week to the bar if everything goes well".