Letters to the Editor
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Bar babies
I had friends that brought their baby to our local bar all of the time. They were the 1st of our crowd to get knocked up so they didn't want to miss hanging out with the rest of us for happy hour. Granted where I live there are no true bars. Due to state laws, all establishments serving alcohol must also have a certain percentage of their sales in food. But still, they'd put the baby carrier up on the bar and knock back a few. And if we wanted to smoke we had to take turns going to the non-baby end of the bar. The kid was perfectly well behaved, tucked away in his sleeper with all the drunk people peeking in on him pinching his cheeks. We all thought it was cute at the time, but now that I'm considering having kids I look back and think "what the hell!?!"