Do you still sit at the kiddie table?

My mom or sister-in-law usually volunteers, sometimes both do. That way the high school aged kid can sit at the adult table and feel like a badass. Mom's are good that way.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

Does anyone else still sit at the kiddie table?

They make me sit outside and and eat on the front steps.

I sit at the kiddie table, but I think my fellow cousins and I don't want to sit around the adults...they get scary and crazy.

yes, have been since 1960. We always went to my granparents for Xmas dinner. Aunts, Uncles, etc....Even though I am 50 now, my parents in their late 70s and yes, my grandparents in their late 90s, our kiddie table is now made up up 40-50 year olds, with a 2nd kiddie table of 15-25 year olds and a 3rd kiddie table of 2-10 year olds.

Yes, I sit at the kiddie table. But I wouldn't consider it the "kiddie" table anymore, it has evolved into the young adult/teenager table, as me and my cousins have gotten older. I wouldn't want to sit at the adult table, my cousins are at the same place that I am in my life so we relate better

The kiddie table is now the prefered table at our gatherings

I do.

I am waiting for sweet death to take grandpa and then I move on up.

If you are of age, do you booze at the kiddies table?? That might be your ticket to the adult table????

Big e wrote:

If you are of age, do you booze at the kiddies table?? That might be your ticket to the adult table????

There has to be a spot at the table, and with grandpa's failing health next year should be my year.

danno wrote:

The kiddie table is now the prefered table at our gatherings

I'm with you, we have more fun at our kiddie table. I mean the adults have to sit thier and be all polite and us "kids" all over 20 now sit thier and cut it out and are loud. WHy would I want to move up?

The enitre kiddie table graduated to the new and larger Ikea dining table, but last year our kiddie table consited of 23-26 year olds.

Big e wrote:

If you are of age, do you booze at the kiddies table?? That might be your ticket to the adult table????

Yeah, but we have to drink out of kiddie cups. Well, they aren't really kiddie cups, but they are just plain glasses while the "adults" get the fancy stemware.

My family gathering are separated by sex as we only have about 10-15 who come.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

However, I still sit at the "kiddie table." I find this a little degrading, but I guess it's the hierarchy of our family. In fact, there are no longer any kids that sit at the table, so it's really more of a singles table.

"singles" table, huh? I guess you as might well get a comfortable seat at that table, because from the sound of it, you'll be sitting there an awful long time.

Nope...about 3/5 of the family from those days are gone now. I remember though, Tex, at one point the kiddie table had ages 5-26 or 27...lol...maybe even up to 30.

Sort of nostalgic, now that so many have died.

yes, but I am still a kiddie (17). it consists of 13 - 21 yr olds.

We stick the kids and Grandma at the kiddie table. She is 98 years old and doesn't know what is going on anyway. As far as she knows, its the adult table...

Munson, R.E. wrote:

My mom or sister-in-law usually volunteers, sometimes both do. That way the high school aged kid can sit at the adult table and feel like a badass. Mom's are good that way.

Might it be a real sign of maturity if you told your mom "thanks for the offer but stay at the adult table" and that you are cool at the smaller table.

Your letting your mom take the smaller table while you take the "adult" table is pretty ironic don't ya think?

I wish I could. It'd be a lot more fun than listening to same old people tell the same old stories.

I'd eat outside to get away from the in-laws if I could.