What's so babyish about drinking with a spoon?

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When I was a kid, I sometimes used to get a glass of juice or soda and sip it with a spoon, just for fun. But adults always used to call me a big baby whenever I did that.
What's so babyish about drinking with a spoon? Usually babies drink from bottles.
I know it is a silly way to drink a drink but I was only a child at the time, like about 9 or 10 years old.

I don't see what would be babyish about that...

I used to dip those globe shaped lollypops in water as a kid, like I would fill a sink with water and repeatedly dip the lollypop into the water between licking it(it occurs to me now that, that is freaking disgusting). IDk I liked the way it made the flavor taste, but of course my siblings just started doing it to because they saw me do it, and my parents thought it was unusual.
That said if I was to get one of those lollypops now, I'd still dip it in the water. though maybe I would just get a glass of water instead of using the entire bathroom sink.

They probably meant that it was childish since it's not something that's supposed to be done.

When I was a kid I'd do that with hot chocolate because it was usually too hot for me to drink right of the cup without burning my mouth. Or to eat the mini-marshmallows before they melted.

NT's ideas of what's socially appropriate is so vague. They never really tell you what's inappropriate to say or do until it's too late, and then they chew you out for what feels like feels like an hour for not automatically knowing that what you said or did was "wrong".

This used to be a real problem for me, and after I was finally diagnosed I would often apologize if I thought I said something wrong when I was with other people. But now I'm a total troll and I don't care anymore about unintentionally offending people, I do it all intentionally now to the oversensitive humans while I'm forced to hide under my bridge until I die.

Perhaps because it is not socially acceptable behavior, it is not the "normal" way to drink.

I don’t think it’s “babyish.” It makes sense to me - I drink hot liquids with a spoon to help them cool off before they hit my mouth, it’s not that much of a stretch to go from there to drinking other beverages with a spoon. At least, that’s what I think.

When I was a kid, when I’d get a bottle of water or soda, I’d pour a small amount into the bottle cap and drink it like that. These days I tend to be thirsty enough that having a smaller amount like that won’t do, I want to get some fluid into me quickly. That’s really the only reason I don’t ever do that anymore (well, that and the fact that I’ve since developed enough of a tremor that if I tried to do that, I’d just spill it all over the place ).

It isn't the normal way to drink a cold drink but children do often typically experiment with things and it may look silly to adults but it's just a kid being a kid. I knew that isn't the normal way to drink but I did it to make my drink last longer.
I remember one time when I was about 8 I was drinking a cold drink with a spoon, and my teenage cousin found it funny and cute, but my dad yelled, "she's drinking with a spoon because she's a big baby. That's what babies do."

But I bet now if I was seen drinking with a spoon people will be like, "I expect that from an 8-year-old!" But when I was only 8 it was a baby thing.

Cant see a problem with it personally - so why the need for it to be viewed in a pejorative way?

I sometimes use a tea spoon to sip my tea when its very hot. If people have some sort of problem with it then its their problem not mine.

I think that was really uncalled for on your dad’s part. It certainly seems like something that’s just one of those things kids might experiment with, and certainly wouldn’t consider it something hugely unexpected for an eight-year-old (not that I would judge an eighteen-year-old or an eighty-year-old or anyone of any age for doing it - as long as you’re not making a mess by doing it, I would say that if that’s the way you prefer to drink, then have at it. If I saw someone doing it, I might ask why, simply because I was curious, but I wouldn’t complain about it or insult them for it.). When I think of “babies,” I typically think of infants too young to even grasp a spoon very well and would probably still be drinking from bottles, obviously they would not be drinking with spoons. It’s actually something children might do, and you were a child at the time. Even for someone who is more strict about table manners than I am, a simple “please don’t do that” would have sufficed, there was no need to be unkind about it.

There isn't anything wrong with being a nonconformist, so long as you aren't hurting anyone with your behavior. I understand you are very self conscious of what others think, but you should cut yourself some slack and let some of those worries go. I am a nonconformist, no doubt the vast majority of the people here at WP are too.

I see nothing wrong with that, I used to put Milo (chocolate drink) in milk stir it around and then put more Milo on top.

It's not upsetting me that much, in fact I forgot about it for years but then I suddenly remembered and thought I'd see what others thought, that's all.

Do you mean drinking from a glass that has the soon still in it, or do you mean spooning sips out of the glass like you're eating soup? Or do you have a spoon so big that you can drink from it?

Either way, you drink however you like.

because it's really ineffective.

if you want to avoid spilling everything on yourself, you either have to take small spoonfuls, or move it to your mouth really slowly. both of which take forever. much longer than just sipping.



i would assume, anyway

I still do that. Last time I did so was this very morning.

I'm talking about drinking cold drinks with a spoon. Many people do sip hot drinks with a spoon.



Spooning sips out of the glass like you do with soup.