Dinner w/Friends

Last nite we took the babies out to dinner with us for a friend's birthday dinner. Clark was typical - happy, playful, flirty. Caitlyn actually did better than we thought she would. She wouldn't let anyone hold her but she did not scream every time a person looked at her. Hopefully she is getting a bit more social. The only true meltdown for both babies came when it got past their bedtime. We knew we would be out a little later than normal but we had to see what would happen. Overall they did not do that bad for 7 month olds.

As a personal note, it was nice to be at a dinner with our friends. I do miss those times. It seems that since I have decided that I will no longer attends dinners where it has become common-place and acceptable for people to stand up in a restaurant and attack me we don't get out much. Amazing enough my husband got an email explaining the attack on me as "flashes of anger" because it was assumed that I meant something. He got the email, not me....he forwarded it to me. That is the whole problem, the assumptions that I mean something then the attack based on the assumption then the hurt feelings on my part. Then, two times we attended dinners to try to let it go and we and the babies were ignored. Again, this has become accepted behavior. Just like the email to my husband, not me. It is OK to treat me and the babies as if we don't matter.

So I am trying to keep us out of as many of those situations as possible. I much rather enjoy the situations like we attended last nite. Everyone last nite that was at dinner is supportive of us, our babies, and just great to be around. Thank you for a great dinner and a great nite out.