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OK so my MOH emailed me and told me the greatest story ever from last night. She was out in Tribeca with this chick she works with for happy hour drinks and this mommy with baby in tow rolls up with her stroller and sits at the bar next to where they were sitting, pulling the stroller right up to the bar so that, essentially, the baby is sitting at the bar. MOH and her coworker were kind of off-put, to say the least, because UM it's a f**king bar and what are you doing there alone with your baby, but the baby was either sleeping or being quiet so they were like OK, fine. Mommy orders a martini and is sitting there boozing away alone and MOH and coworker started getting heated about some crap their boss pulled and Martini Mom goes "EXCUSE ME YOU ARE GOING TO WAKE MY BABY!" really loud. My MOH starts hysterical laughing because there has been loud-ass music bumping the entire time and, again, you took your baby to a bar so STFU. They pretty much apologized as sarcastically as they could and continued at whatever volume they chose.
Fast forward a few minutes - baby wakes up and starts crying. Martini mom picks the baby up out of the stroller and puts baby over her shoulder with one of those little spit-up rags. Baby vomits. Martini mom removes baby barf rag from her shoulder and throws it on the bar on top of MOH's cowokers Blackberry. Coworker freaks out on Martini mom, they get into an argument, and coworker is like "You thinks it's just OK to bring your baby into a bar and throw vomit around. How do YOU like it?" and dumps the rest of her drink into the stroller. Martini Mom freaks and MOH basically throws some cash on the bar and splits outside to have a smoke/laugh hysterically. She told me that Martini Mom and coworker got into it hardcore and the bartender ended up kicking Martini Mom out of the bar. Martini Mom then started yelling at the bartender and the bartender basically called her a s**tty parent and told her to bounce.
The moral of the story is twofold: don't drink alone at bars with your baby, and don't mess with a New Yorker's Blackberry. I still can't stop laughing while typing this. Thought I'd share with the NYC girls.
I love this story. I love it. When I have kids, I am going to be so very careful about adults and their adult time. Bars are not for kids, that is one place I know I can go and relax and not be reminded of the impending doom of parenthood.
omg! this is unbelievable... i sounds so awkward but like a month ago a read a report in cnn about parents who brings their baby to bars. i cant imagine myself doing that.
the story is hilarious but i feel sorry for that baby having that kind of mom
"You have a baby...in a bar!" Sweet Home Alabama! I love that part!!
I was cracking up reading this! Thanks for sharing!!
That. Is. Hilarious.
You know someone is going to be totally offended by this, but it's the funniest thing I've heard all day. Thank you!
I'd get upset if anyone's vomit got near my blackberry! Don't see that she's a bad parent though, the baby isn't hurt by being in the bar, only the other patrons are annoyed.
AJAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA LOL CLASSIC, and PS @kitty, that was one of the best re-telling stories i have ever read on the 'bee... i literally envisioned it in my head as i read your words! :P
my lil broham lives in the city and sees the most random/freaky stuff. but to him 'tis the norm... 'tis the city life!
crazy a$$ mom, the nerve of that lady! i <3 your friend's reaction!
LOL i mean I think it was pretty crazy to dump a drink in a stroller and I feel bad for that baby but Martini Mom was asking for it. She didn't even apologize for getting puke all over the girl's Blackberry. She just ignored it completely when the coworker said something. I believe her response was "Oh, did I?" So, yeah, harsh to dump a drink in a stroller but the girl was drunk - CAUSE IT'S A BAR.
Classic NY story.
Hahahaha - that is urban legend territory - coworker will become a legend.
OMG, that story made me laugh so hard! The nerve of some people - you bring your baby into a BAR during HAPPY HOUR then get upset that people are being loud, and might wake up your baby!!!???? crazy!
Um yea...why would you bring a baby to a bar?! Haha, I love this story SOO much!
OMG, who would bring their infant to a bar?! : O I agree with the bartender. Such a sh!tty parent! (Also a good defence as to why some receptions should be "adult-only".)
@Melissabegins - I know, coworker is already a legend in my mind. After I stopped like choking and crying with laughter I emailed MOH back and was like "So when do I get to meet this girl?" We will clearly get along.
Oh the babies in bars thing is a HUGE deal in NYC lately, especially in Brooklyn. Some reading material if you're interested:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/02/brooklyn.babies.in.bars/index.html
Babies don't belong is restaurants, period. That is why chuck-e-cheezes and friendley's were invented.
@kittyachi..That reads almost like an Onion article, with how insane it is!
It was funny up until the bit about throwing the drink into the stroller. Yes, it's ridiculous the baby was brought into the bar but that seems particularly immature and nasty to me.
I get really pi$$ed when parents act all entitled about their kids coming to everything that should be only for grownups. But parents who bring their babies into a bar and then tell everyone to be quiet need serious help..
lol, love this story!!
I can't even TRY to understand why a mom would bring a baby to bar. AT ALL.
That. is. EPIC. 
(Of course, I especially enjoy it because I'm not a lover of children to begin with.)
Um, that is f**king insane. What could that mother have been thinking?! I agree that throwing the drink in the stroller was a bit too much, but I can understand how it might have escalated to that, the mother is clearly a nut.
This is hilarious, but the dumping the drink in the stroller is kind of ridiculous.
I am perfectly okay with babies in restaurants as long as their temprament is suited to the environment, but bars are just a no-no.
Maybe mommy really needed a martini? That's classic. I understand some restaurants or some bars that offer food, too....you know, some of the best burgers ever! But to sidle up to the actual bar like that and be all nasty with people around them. Ew. Not classy
hahah..that is the best story!
It is crazy that these women think its a good idea to bring their small baby to bars..I'm always amazed by it. If you need a drink that bad and you don't have one at home, go to a restaurant at least.
hahahaha i must say that is freakin' hilarious!!!! and good - the mother got what she deserved - i mean really bringing a baby into a bar AND THEN drinking with your baby sitting there? i'd have totally done the same thing the co-worker did.
You're going to wake up her baby?! Um HELLO! haha Too funny!
So, I'm not in NYC, but still love this story! It definitely reminds me of Sweet Home Alabama! "Look at you! You have a baby! In a bar!" It's amazing what people thing they're entitled to! Thanks for the great story!
Was it my future sister in law?! LOL When we were in New York she showed up to the bar that we were all at with her baby in his PJ's in the stroller. All I could think of was the scene from Sweet Home Alabama where Reese goes home and her old his school friend has her baby in the bar.
OMG hilarious! I hate when I go to a bar and there are kids running around. Bars are for grown ups. I do usually leave if looks like Romper Room, because i would totally pour beer in mommy martini's diaper bag.. Our neighborhood has a pub crawl every year, and I see more and more parents strapping on their babies and holding beers. It's so stupid. I'm not saying parents don't deserve a night out, but there are TONS of other places to go besides bars. I was NEVER in a bar when I will little. ever.
I've never seen Sweet Home Alabama but I guess I might have to now.
I'm not really that cool with babies in bars because I think it's just weird and inappropriate BUT the worst parenting award in the world goes to the dumbass hippies who bring their babies to Phish concerts (at outdoor venues mostly). I go to a lot of shows and can't even tell you how many times I've seen these idiots chillin' drinking a beer in a cloud of pot and cigarette smoke with one of those baby backpack/frontpack things on. Not to mention that the decibel level is almost too much for an adult to handle. Some people should not be allowed to breed.
No no, all of the BEST parents take their babies into the bar with them while they have a martini.
I get that babies shouldn't be in bars and the mom was inconsiderate but that was the mom's fault not the baby's. So why should an infant (who has no say in the whole thing) have to ride in wet stroller because an inanimate object was compromised? I get that she shouldn't have been there in the first place, but what did dumping the drink do besides make an infant uncomfortable? Mom wasn't riding in the stroller. If I was the bartender BOTH parties would've been asked to leave because clearly neither was mature enough to handle the situation.
I'm actually not a parent, and protect my grown-up-only spaces like gold, but dumping the drink was extra malicious.
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