The waitress at Pearl Brasserie – one of my favorite restaurants in Dublin – said to my godson: “No wine for you tonight? Tomorrow again. You wait till you catch the weekend don't you? That’s reasonable.”
Later my godson got four cookies. A waiter said: “Because you are the only kid in the house tonight.”
I’m not sure, but I have the feeling that we groom him for fulltime hedonism. That’s asking for trouble. There’s nothing wrong with hedonism, but don’t turn it into a fulltime job.