Is it weird to go to restaurants with your parents at 19?

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My coworker has a 19 yo son who is home from college & they hope to try out a few local restaurants over what's left of the holiday break. I wonder if the reason you don't see it as often is some kids are away at school and many have to work brutal hours when they are just starting out. Look at who the wait staff is on a Friday or Saturday night at many restaurants.

Also, a lesson from an older person: someday you'll look back and I doubt you'll ever regret the time spent with someone you love, but you will regret the times you declined.

i dont think so

i turn 19 this month and i just went to see the hateful 8 with my dad and had a great time.

Places have senior menus? I'll have to see if I can find those. Are they strict about you being that age though? I don't think I can pass for a senior yet.

I didn't read the rest of your post but no, it's not weird. Unless they're aliens. Are they human? Then it's perfectly normal. You're just young.

I'm an introvert (not shy though) and a loner and I go to restaurants, cinemas... everywhere alone and I don't give a toss what anyone thinks. I set my own standards!

Grow a femur (stronger than a backbone) and do whatever you want. Don't care what anyone else thinks. Set your own standards AND LIVE. After all, we're all the same dumb cluesless animals. Set your own standards and start enjoying life.

I've never cared about what anyone else thinks about me or what I do and I couldn't be happier. Expand your mind. It's your world!

Everything I do with my dad is weird but frequenting restaurants is less so, very nearly to the point of non-weirdness.

REALLY PEOPLE - WHAT IS WEIRD? WHO SETS THESE STANDARDS?

For Christ sake, SET YOUR OWN STANDARDS - WHO GIVES A TOSS WHAT ANYONE ELSE THINKS!! !

JUST LIVE AND BE HAPPY

WHO CARES WHAT OTHER STUPID DUMB CREATURES THINK OR JUDGE WHAT YOU DO.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO THINKS WHAT YOU DO IS WEIRD - YOU CAN'T PLEASE THEM ALL - SO PLEASE YOURSELF

Honestly! I say unto you, DO WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY AND JUDGE THINGS YOURSELF Don't let other young, clueless greasy headed, pimple infested young ones tell you what you should be doing. GROW UP! - FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!

Think for yourself and set your own standards!

Last edited by ImAnAspie on 02 Jan 2016, 1:21 am, edited 1 time in total.

I don't think it's weird. My brother and mom go out all the time, and he brings his kids. They don't have a lot of time to visit together.

My point is, do what you want. Don't worry or care about what others think. They don't know.

Just live and have a good time.

Who cares what others think.

Enjoy your life because it'll be over, sooner than you know it.

Heh I've been on the fence, thanks for this. I have no clear idea of what's going on in my life but I know me and I'm sure I can break myself out of any mental box. It's all I do. For that matter maybe all of us can pull ourselves into adjacent universes where resolution is close at hand.

it's weird not to go out to eat with your parents..

if there was someone out there judging you because you have dinner with your family they sound jealous, i can't think of any reason to judge someone for that. at all. not even a little bit.

ARE YOU ALL NOT LISTENING TO ME?

Be Your own person.

Forget it!

You're obviously all too young to listen to the words of the wise. I was once your age. I know what it's like. I've been through it all.

Go. Listen to the advice of the youngens who have just as much of a clue as you do.

Are they any wiser?

I think it sucks if your parents or other family members are the only people you ever "go out" with, and more so if they seem to go out of their way to show everyone you're not a real adult and have to be treated like a little kid.

What would you know. Live as long as I have and see your family die off one by one and then tell me it's sad to go out with the only remaining immediate family you have.

My mother has dementia and won't be here on this earth more than 2 years. Does that make me sad to want to go to dinner with her before she dies.


They're not going to be around forever sport. Enjoy them while you have them.

What's the alternative? To miss out on their company because you're too afraid of what some no-name stupid strangers are going to think of you.

Grow UP!

I am 25 and I go out to eat every two weeks with my parents, not a problem here.

I don't really care whats normal,

Is it weird that I cook with my mom at 22? You be the judge, just stop by for a bite first.

I have gone out to eat with my parents at all ages, including my late teens/early 20s.
There's nothing wrong with it at all!
If someone else thinks it is weird, that's their problem.
People eat at restaurants together as a social activity. Going out to eat with your parents just shows that you enjoy their company and have a decent relationship with them.
Yes, a lot of kids at age 19 are trying to "prove" their independence by spending less time with their parents, but that is not necessarily a good thing. Parents appreciate kids who are still willing to spend time with them even as they are getting older and spreading their wings. This time is precious. Appreciate it. You will be glad later on that you spent time with them as a 19 yr old.
Perhaps the reason you don't see many people your age out with your parents is that you go at different times. Maybe you go when a lot of people your age are working or away at college. If you went to a restaurant during school breaks, you would see a lot more people your age out with their parents.
Don't listen to anyone who teases you about this. Those people are short-sighted idiots.