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Of course you are not alone! But your story cracked me up!!

I probably repressed many of the bad experiences but this one came to my mind. One weekend my husband was traveling and it was just me and LO. It was a few months back when we were in the middle of potty training. He would always insist on going home to potty if he needed to go.

We were out at a park for the afternoon, and I didn't feel like or have enough time to go home to cook, so we went to this restaurant. It offers healthy food, doesn't have a big dinner crowd and you have to order and pay at the counter (so I don't have to wait around). LO didn't eat his food at all, and was getting bored when I tried to finish my food asap. Then suddenly, he announced he needed to go home and pee pee, got up and ran straight to the door! It freaked me out and I quickly asked for a box, box our food up in the speed of light and ran after him. It was so embarrassing because he wasn't super easy to begin with, and I was like this crazy mom that half way into the dinner my toddler ran out and I ran after him. Thank God I didn't have to wait for a check! And like you said I probably wouldn't go back there after at least a year.

ETA: Oh right, last summer when he had no concept about breaking things. When we were seated, he got ahold of a ceramic plate in front of him and picked it up and played with it. I was like oh no please put it down you are going to break it! He heard "break it" and smiled and threw it deliberately on the ground and it shattered everywhere. The whole restaurant went silent. Oh how I wanted to crawl into a hole. LO looked shocked and he was indeed sorry, and he said sorry when the annoyed waiter who was sweeping up the shattered glass. I couldn't even leave at that moment because we literally just got seated. I guess the good thing is he never ever did it again because he had gone through it.

Bad experiences never stops me from dining out with my child though. The thought of having to cook on weekends just propel me to take the risk