A long time ago... no really a long time ago, but before we had kids, lol, Tony and I went out to dinner with our neighbors. I remember we went to Red Lobster. We were taken to our table and as we sat down Tony and I did our normal, he sat by me and pulled my chair (not in a stand behind it, pull all the way out, I sit down, he pushed it back in kind of way- but a casual pull it out a bit so that the attempt has been made to be polite, I'd prefer that anyway, we always get awkward when he does the "pull and push" rather than just the "pull",this is our 'thing'- over time you get 'things', I like to situate myself in my chair then get back to the table- however, the "pull and push" is something I will teach my son but I don't particularly care for it, it shows great respect and manners, I am so proud of Tony that he always does this). Back to the story, we sat down at the table and our neighbors giggled as they sat down on the other side of the table. I asked what was funny and she said "we were wondering while we were driving over if you guys would be 'same side sitters' or not, I guess you are." I had never heard the phrase 'same side sitter' I never even noticed it before but I guess we are 'same side sitters'. Last night was the first full night away from both children. Sophia usually goes to my mom's house and spends the night (she has a Little Mermaid toddler bed there) and Troy is usually kept by Tony's mom until we get home from where ever we are going, so Troy has never been gone a full night. But last night, my mom offered to keep both kids- whooo!! I was nervous but excited. So, I loaded them up and off they went. Mom called at 9:30 and said everyone was sleeping sound. I am antsy to go pick them up this morning and kiss their little heads. Troy I am sure will be thrilled to see me and I will get the usual "I don't want to go home" greeting from Sophia.
Now that we have two kids it's nearly impossible for us to be 'same side sitters' unless we are at a really long table with a kid on each end and Tony and I in the middle, as crazy as that looks we are devout same side sitters. Last night we went to the Melting Pot again (Tony's favorite new place) and we resumed our normal same side sitting. Funny, I noticed it confused the waitress. I looked around and there were no same side sitters in the place. I know some people, like my old neighbors, like to sit on opposite sides of the table so they can talk and see each others faces but with a slight tilt of the chair you can have the same affect being a same side sitter. So tell me, are there any same side sitters around!??
Sometimes we are ... sometimes not! It all depends on if we're at a table, if we're at a booth, if we have the kids (then, definetely not!) and the placement of our seats with regard to the doors and the windows! Neither of us likes to sit with our back to the door or the windows (and it's bad feng shui, restaurants should know that!) so, it's like a crap shoot everytime we walk into a restaurant! Of course, we do have our favorite restaurants in which we don't have to worry, and usually in those restaurants, we don't have the kiddos ... so we always sit near eachother ;) My husband's far too cute to let him sit far away when we can get away with it!
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