MAN LEAVES FAMILY DINNER RATHER THAN SIT AT THE KIDS’ TABLE

A 22-year-old man who goes by the handle OP shared an experience on Reddit’s “Am I the A**Hole” forum. He said that, during a family gathering, he wanted to sit next to his father. But his aunt insisted that unless he had kids or was at least 25, he had to sit with his elementary school-aged cousins at the kids’ table. She told him that the first and second generations are considered adults and the third and fourth generations should sit at the kid’s table since they “don’t have much to contribute to adult conversations.” Said OP, “I tell her that I can drink, that I drove here, that I pay rent and have a job, so how am I still considered a child?” He stormed out in the middle of dinner.
* Ah, the adult thing to do.
* Also, his family’s elementary school-age kids are really obnoxious, so there’s that.
* Here’s what you do: you sit at the kids table, and tell them all the dirty jokes you know, and have them tell their parents the jokes on the car ride home.
* So, to answer his question, he’s kind of the a**hole, but nowhere near as much as his bossy aunt.
* PHONE TOPIC: Is this guy right or wrong? Do your family gatherings still have the “Kids’ Table”? How long were you stuck at it?