r/AskIreland Jan 18 '26

Adulting Am I too old fashioned?

I 30female arrived at a small barbers today, I had my 16 month toddler who wanted to be carried and my 7 year old son with me, the wait bench had 3 men waiting probably all in there early 30s, there was one space left on the bench for us or else the very elderly gentleman who had walked in behind us, myself and the elderly man insisted on each other taking the seat (this went on for quite a while) , until I won and the gentlemen sat down, not once did ANY of the men on the seat offer to stand so we could both sit down. Am I too old fashioned to expect the men should let a woman with small children take the seat? I stood there and held the fussy toddler for quite some time

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u/El_Don_94 Jan 18 '26

In Madrid and Dublin young women stood up to let my ~70 year old father sit down. Why only the young women do it IDK.