How to Get Your Friends with Kids to Hang Out With You
DON’T: Invite Them to Brunch
Allison Robicelli: “NEVER INVITE ME OUT TO BRUNCH. You ask me to go to brunch, you’ve essentially bought yourself an hour watching me wrangle my two children in a restaurant and being completely exhausted being that getting them to said restaurant probably took several hours of prep.
“Also take into account that for all we talk about how babies are taking over our bars and restaurants, there are very few restaurants in Brooklyn that are truly kid-friendly, meaning they have a play area or toys or something that will properly distract the children for at least an hour so I can have some goddamn eggs in peace. So if you think we’re going to casually meet at one of those places at 10am and just stroll right in, you’re out of your mind. We’re going to be looking at total bedlam with a long wait as we fight every other delusional couple with kids in Brooklyn, meaning I’ll be ignoring you entirely while attending to my fussing child. No no no no no no. (Note: my kids are now 4 1/2 and 6, which is a far more manageable age to do this.)” [photo]
