[starman]

I did.

Damn camera phone wasn't conspicuous enough to grab a shot.

Mike

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by starman:
I did.

Damn camera phone wasn't conspicuous enough to grab a shot.

Mike

Feeding a child warranted your desire to take a picture. Seriously dude, it's nothing special or amazing.

If the baby could talk, they call it "lunch".

It's nothing to be hung up about. It's just a boob.

Hasn't Janet Jackson taught us anything?

[Logic]

Often, but what's the big deal?

[andi*pandi]

and? so what.

[ryju]

I remember Miranda's on Sex and the City were HUGE when she was breast-feeding Brady.

[gorickey]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
Hasn't Janet Jackson taught us anything?

Are you referring to not watching the SuperBowl halftime shows anymore or staying further away from our siblings exactly?

[wataru]

Originally posted by starman:
Damn camera phone wasn't conspicuous enough to grab a shot.

So you would have preferred perhaps a big professional camera with a telephoto lens and supplemental external lighting?

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by gorickey:
Are you referring to not watching the SuperBowl halftime shows anymore or staying further away from our siblings exactly?

Ha ha... huh?

I am talking about how a boob is just a boob. Now the aggressive, violent act that was portrayed during the half time show... I should never have brought up Janet Jackson... It was a light hearted attempt to lighten up my post. Please don't derail this thread.

Breast feeding should be encouraged. A woman shouldn't have the fear that someone will take a picture if they breast feed in public just because her breast is exposed while feeding her child.

We had a situation like this when we were out in public while my wife was still breast feeding our daughter. It made my wife want to stop breast feeding. She was very discreet about it and had covered herself with a small blanket, but the guy was quite adamant about sneaking a peak. I ended up having to confront the guy. He was quite shamed when I explained what he had caused.

Don't be that guy.

[gorickey]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
It was a light hearted attempt to lighten up my post. Please don't derail this thread.

Huh? I simply answered your question is all.

[hyteckit]

Um... yeah. Seen it a million times. Nothing special.

[Lateralus]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
I am talking about how a boob is just a boob.

Never.

Boobs are too magical to just be boobs.

[dampeoples]

yes, it's nothing special, not like the baby is going to share with you are anything.

[Shaddim]

Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
Never.

Boobs are too magical to just be boobs.

they're only magical when they're natural, large, and defy gravity.

[KeyLimePi]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
... a boob is just a boob.

This is what marriage does to you.

[starman]

Y'know...it's all about what you see every day. I haven't seen this in years.

Of course, everyone's gotta make a huge nipplin' deal out of it .

(like it happens to them on a daily basis)

Mike

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally posted by starman:
I did.

Damn camera phone wasn't conspicuous enough to grab a shot.

Mike

Ew what twisted bastard would get off on that? Or was it because you were giggling over it like a 8 year old boy?

[starman]

Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
Ew what twisted bastard would get off on that? Or was it because you were giggling over it like a 8 year old boy?

Yeah, me, my wife and my kids. All of us

Not like a boob does anything for you (unless it's on a guy).

Mike

[hyteckit]

Ever taken your whole family to a nude beach?

[MacGorilla]

Originally posted by hyteckit:
Ever taken your whole family to a nude beach?

My took hers to a nude camp.

[mitchell_pgh]

It's happened to me, and I wouldn't take a photo of it... ick...

[Algernnon]

I don't have a problem with women breast-feeding in public, however, there are times and places that are inappropriate. For example, in the middle of the interview for my last job at a mom & pop mac shop, mom whipped it out and started feeding. She didn't walk away, in fact, she kept on asking me questions. It's polite to look at someone when talking to them, but that was a bit disconcerting to say the least.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by Algernnon:
I don't have a problem with women breast-feeding in public, however, there are times and places that are inappropriate. For example, in the middle of the interview for my last job at a mom & pop mac shop, mom whipped it out and started feeding. She didn't walk away, in fact, she kept on asking me questions. It's polite to look at someone when talking to them, but that was a bit disconcerting to say the least.

I totally agree, you should have whipped it out and pissed in her trash can...

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by KeyLimePi:
This is what marriage does to you.

No.

I have believed this most of my life.

My aunt was a leader in her local Le Leche league chapter.

Marriage makes you appreciate how wonderful your wife is for being able to feed your child in a way God (or nature, if you don't believe in God) intended. It gives you a deep personal relationship with someone you love for the rest of your life.

Plus, you always have a ready willing and able sex partner. Much better than being single.

[Zimphire]

I've always heard the food that causes the sex drive to go down the most is wedding cake.

[andi*pandi]

topic?

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
topic?

It should be in the title bar of your browser. If it's not, here you go: "Ever have a woman whip it out and feed her kid right in front of you?"

[mitchell_pgh]

While it may be natural, it's not socially acceptable in my opinion. Go in a room and close the door.

[dlefebvre]

Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
Boobs are too magical to just be boobs.

I've seen a few of my friends breastfeed on occasion. The presence of the baby, magicaly turns a boob into just a boob.

[andi*pandi]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
It should be in the title bar of your browser.

Hey, I know what we're talking about. I've done it. I was just nudging Z to keep the discussion on topic, rather than descend into general woman-bashing. Or maybe his post was just a joke and I was cranky.

Mitchell, I'm surprised at you.

There often isn't a "room with a door" to go to. And before you say "bathroom," I'm gonna ask you, how often do you take your sandwich and milk into the crapper to have lunch? Especially since most public toilets don't even have lids to sit on. So, balance baby... on toilet... in cramped smelly room... yeah, that's wholesome. And ergonomic. And social.

Most moms attempt to cover with a blanket (which an older baby, being clever, will try to pull away) or a shirt, or sit in the corner. You'd have to be really looking to catch a glimpse.

Are you really looking? And why?

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
While it may be natural, it's not socially acceptable in my opinion. Go in a room and close the door.

Your opinion sucks. It is socially accepted here.

Go to your room and close the door.

[phoenixboy]

*i wanna touch it* *touch it* hehehehee

[Sherwin]

Hurrah for boobies!

[Timo]

happened the other day

breast-feeding = no big deal

[Zimphire]

Hurry up star, take a pic!

[ASIMO]

Lactating boobs == grrrreat.

[scaught]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
It's happened to me, and I wouldn't take a photo of it... ick...

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
While it may be natural, it's not socially acceptable in my opinion. Go in a room and close the door.

got some deep seated issues you need to work out there, sparky?

[Oisín]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
Feeding a child warranted your desire to take a picture. Seriously dude, it's nothing special or amazing.

Often it can be. Not all times, of course, but many times, you'll never see a baby with such an intensely calm expression on his/her face, and you'll never see a mother (especially a first-time mother) with such an intensely loving expression on hers.

The moment or bond that breastfeeding can create between a mother and a child (no, not create - reveal) can be captured in a good picture. And that is both special and amazing.

Trying to sneak a peak at a woman who's trying to stop the kid from crying 'cause he's hungry, however, is not.

[wdlove]

I was breast-fed as a child. It is a completely natural function. Has been proven to increase the health of the child.

I wouldn't phrase the comment in the same way. Yes I have seen a mother breat feed a child many times.

While in the Air Force Reserve I worked in the nursery. One of my duties was to see that the mothers were properly breast-feeding. To give instruction if necessary.

[C.J. Moof]

Sure. Most recently was 5:45 this morning. Our baby is 7 months old.

But while conducting a job interview? A public place is one thing, but that's pretty inconsiderate of a stranger's comfort level.

I wonder if she thought of that as a personality test....

mitchell- get over it. Contrary to popular belief, the boobs don't exist for your pleasure or to sell beer, they're there to produce the best food an infant can have. Don't like it? Don't look at mom then. Unless you're in a job interview, I guess.

[Sherwin]

Originally posted by wdlove:
While in the Air Force Reserve I worked in the nursery. One of my duties was to see that the mothers were properly breast-feeding. To give instruction if necessary.

Fantastic job!

[Millennium]

Argue about the morality all you want; either way, it's still rude, not entirely unlike open-mouthed chewing (it's just food; what's the big deal?) Attempting to take pictures would be even more rude, but that doesn't negate the original breach of etiquette.

If you're going to do it in front of people then more power to you, at least make sure they're OK with you doing it first. If you can't do this for some reason (for example, in a crowded part where people constantly pass by), then go someplace where you have control over who might watch.

[MacGorilla]

While mother has every right to breast feed her child, you are right, she should take others into consideration first.

[andi*pandi]

So.... she should stand up in a crowded restaurant and yell, "I'm going to breastfeed my baby now! Is everyone OK with that?"

[starman]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
So.... she should stand up in a crowded restaurant and yell, "I'm going to breastfeed my baby now! Is everyone OK with that?"

Ask Janet.

Mike

[andi*pandi]

If Janet had been breastfeeding a baby, her nipple and most of her breast would have been covered up by the baby. Although I'd recommend she remove her star before attempting it!

I imagine most of you have "seen" nursing mothers and just not realized it because they weren't shouting for attention--or asking permission.

[f1000]

Buildings should be required by code to have nursing rooms; it�s repugnant that women must breastfeed in bathrooms for lack of a better alternative.

I STRONGLY suggest that women do not expose their breasts in public, though, if at all possible.

From Google Groups:

So you wouldn't mind a man staring at your wife's naked breasts,
thinking whatever the hell he wants, possibly following her,
mastyurbating later at the memory of that sight?

Did you know there are men out there with lactation fetishes? Having
been in the s/M subculture and known enough people in the sex industry,
both prostitutes, professional Dominatrices, phonesex workers and
fantasy-workers, I can TELL you that men... MANY (but not all) men are
EXTREMELY visual and they will develop fixations on what they see... and
ACT on them.

Prostitutes tell me things like "This guy wanted to call me Janice
because that's the name of his neighbor. He wanted me to pretend he was
raping me while I breast-fed my daughter because he saw her on her front
porch doing it. I did it because I figured he'd probably go out and do
it to her, otherwise. He says he already peeps in her windows."

My friend who does phone sex says she has a different color card in her
file for the pedo and lactation and Mommy fetishists. She says that
about thirty percent of men are fixated on YOUNG (under 14) girls and
seventy percent on breasts. Maybe five percent are into rape of girls
under 6 years of age. They like me to say "Daddy, I'm your little
****ing slutbitch, aren't I" in a childlike lisp.

Such men are OUT there, David. They exist and they are numerous. Do you
want to gamble that YOUR wife won't be breast feeding in the presence of
such a man?

I'm NOT a moralist. I don't give a damn what guys do to turn themselves
on or get themselves off, but I have to say that, as a S/M Top with
twenty one years of experience and as a former sex-educator and editor
for the Los Angeles AIDS Risk Reduction and Education services (LA
CARES) and as a member of the sexual underground for over half my
lifetime, I do NOT EVER advocate women or children dressing in a sexual
manner or acting in a sexual manner or SHOWING body parts that are
sexually charged (such as breastfeeding or pregnant and bare midriffs or
even piercings) IN PUBLIC. Because those men and even women are OUT
there and they dO fantasize and they CAN act on those fantasies!

Believe it. I've seen it. There are some SERIOUSLY bent arrows walking
our streets and our store aisles and if a woman boobfeeds in public and
ends up in a bad situation later it's HER FAULT!

Swan

You can't moralize with a Ted Bundy.

[Millennium]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
So.... she should stand up in a crowded restaurant and yell, "I'm going to breastfeed my baby now! Is everyone OK with that?"

I think this would generally be considered to call for the "can't ask everyone, so find a place where you can control who passes by" scenario.

[andi*pandi]

Originally posted by f1000:
Believe it. I've seen it. There are some SERIOUSLY bent arrows walkingour streets and our store aisles and if a woman boobfeeds in public and ends up in a bad situation later it's HER FAULT!

so, you agree with your googling? just want to be sure before I call you names.

There are psychos who obsess over feet too. Does that mean we can't try on shoes?

[f1000]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:

Aw, she kinda looks like Roma Downey.

Why do I suddenly feel like it's Christmas?

[Sherwin]

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
There are psychos who obsess over feet too. Does that mean we can't try on shoes?

No. Just so long as you limit yourselves to actually owning less than 900 pairs.