The Breastfeeding Thread-Part II

[PeteG]

Originally Posted by blondboinsd

Look its fine if you want to have kids, personally I hate kids and don't want anything to do with them period. If you want to have kids more power to you BUT BUT BUT if you breastfeed in a restaurant your getting a dirty look from me every time and a "get the hell in the bathroom or where I can't see you look" from me to go with it, if you must, cover the breast and the baby or do it where noone can be offended, its not rocket science.

I'm going to start a feud here, but here goes:

What if I said the same thing about you and your husband kissing in a restaurant or a public place? You can claim it's natural and ok. If someone complains and says they get "grossed out" by seeing that, the ACLU, gay rights activists and so on would be all over it like white on rice. Why do we have to worry what everyone else thinks while others don't. You can't have it both ways.

I think discretion is appropriate in both situations. That said, my wife and I take our kids everywhere. If they needed to be fed (when they were breastfeeding), then she did so. Sometimes that needed to be in a public place, but with some modesty. She didn't just openly fling a boob out, she kept baby close and covered. Nothing wrong and nothing more natural than caring for your child. I agree with our Euro friends here, Americans are often too uptight on this topic. Society has made the right thing to do a disgusting thing. We need to grow up.