Yeah, don't do it if you are a man and you enjoy not being jailed

>>34207460
times are different now bro. this hasnt been socially acceptable since like 2015 or so

>>34207470
>>34207486
damn alright :/

>>34207460
Get a gf and then do it while you are with her, that will give you the protection to make babies smile

>>34207552
Yeah but that can backfire because she might think you're being too forward, even if you're just trying to be cheerful around the little ones.
It sucks, but that's just how things are. I was so happy being able to babysit my cousins and neices when they were adorable. It helped me know that 1 day I wanna start a family.

>>34207460
keep doing that
just do it in public places and in front of their parents
don't do it when no one is looking or their parents are away
I also make faces and play with kids (from far away) and I'm a man in my 40s
i just love to make babies and little kids laugh, no harm in that, never had problems for doing so.

As a father I'll just say I don't mind this. Occasionally it's even useful if the baby's bored and about to start screaming.

>>34207549
Ignore those two, they have social anxiety.
If you're able to make babies laugh, just keep doing it. Everybody loves it when babies laugh

>>34207460
You are overthinking it. I am a single dude and i still make faces to babies and no one gave me shit for it. You got to have a "say it to my face bitch"/"what are you going to do about it" kind of mindset when dealing with people especially with randos

>>34207460
>I'm wondering if I look like a creep doing that to random kids
100% yes.

>>34207460
I’ve become a first time dad recently. Before being a dad the idea of what you described, OP, would anger me or make me super critical and judgemental. But after actually becoming a dad, i’d be genuinely happy for it. I’d still look sour faced before approaching and stand-offish, but the minute you’d start making faces at my baby I’d instantly think you’re a legend because it’d make my kid happy and probably make wife proud and even myself feel a bit proud and hyped. You’d potentially be making our days better if we had a crummy day.

You’re alright OP. Just make sure its babies you happen to encounter on a bus or transport or whatever, dont follow parents around the street or something and its all fine, more than fine, you’d be making other people happy.

Thanks for the advice guys but I have no idea what to make of this because everyone is saying different stuff. Although I appreciate the dads that responded >>34208191 >>34208822

>>34207460
No one will find this creepy other than bitter, self-loathing faggots who spend too much time on the internet.
I make funny faces at babies in public any time I catch them looking at me, and none of their parents or any bystanders who saw me do it responded poorly to it.

>>34207486
>since like 2015
since ever

It's one thing if you're a single parent or just a parent on your own with your kid, it's another if you're an an adult male who's just hanging out the playground by himself waiting for babies to come by him.

If you're that desperate to be around other people's kids, go be a daycare teacher or something. At which point people will just assume you're a homosexual.

>>34208974
>I make funny faces at babies in public any time I catch them looking at me, and none of their parents or any bystanders who saw me do it responded poorly to it.
cause they assume that you're a crazy person and they don't want to get into a crazy person stand off. They're just gonna go "haha okay time to go now..... NOW..."

>>34208910
It's almost as if people have different opinions, also depending on the context.

Other than being seen as creepy, it's just sad and lonely. Just get a dog or something if dating a girl and having babies of your own with her is completely not an option for you.

You're acting like 60 year old post-menopausal woman who never got a chance to have kids of her own, but you're a 25 year old dude.

>>34209057
>>34209083
Same poster? I think you misunderstand I'm not actively searching for children or desperate to be around kids. I just like waving at babies and smiling at them when I see them with their parents and then I go on my way. If it's weird then I can stop easily

>>34209156
>If it's weird then I can stop easily
It's not. The guy you replied to is weird.

>>34209156
>>34209157
If it wasn't at least a little weird, everyone would be doing it and making this thread would've never crossed OP's mind.

It's one thing if you're waiting in line at the grocery store or riding the subway or something and a baby is actively staring at you, you may as well just smile and nod like you would like any other polite human being would be. But it's one thing to just jestermaxx out of nowhere and be all AGOOGABOOGA and "make faces" at some lady pushing her baby pram down the street and having to compulsively get the attention of every possible baby in your line of sight.

get your own baby, you'll get sick of them after a few years when they stop being babies and grow into toddlers and kid and then teenagers and so on.

>>34207460
Dude, you're really sweet. Don't let these thoughts stop you.

>>34209230
You sound like a retard, anon.

>>34209230
>smile and nod at a baby
whats the baby gonna do back? smile and nod and tip his/her little teddy bear hat and gurgle “good day to you sir”? It’s a baby, anon. Babies love wildly crazy exaggerated faces and freakishly animated face expressions because they think its funny and it also helps them learn their own face muscles by watching someone exercise their own

>>34209278
>It’s a baby, anon.
Yeah but it's not my baby. It's that stranger's baby.

It's the same thing with playing at park or a public pool, if you're there with your kid tossing them in the air or swinging around the spinning thing or whatever else and other kids show up, that's fine.

But if you're just a grown man by yourself at the pool or park trying to chaser after kids, that's something else.

and you don't know that baby, you don't know how it's gonna react to you. One of these days you public goofballs are gonna make the wrong face at the wrong baby at the wrong time and place and it's immediately gonna be EEEU-WWAAAAAAHH while you whistle and look away and pretend you were reading a book or something.

>>34209301
Have you ever had a baby? Their only reason for crying EEEUU-WEAAAHH are as follows:
>They are hungry
>They are sleepy
>They are too warm
>They are too cold
>They are lonely and want attention
>They have trapped gas
>They need to piss or shit
>They are bored
>They are too over stimulated
>They feel pain

That’s all, anon. As long you don’t perforate their ear drums with your silly noises they’re not gonna cry.

>>34209319
>no baby has ever cried after being startled by a stranger
okay

>>34209325
>startled
yeah so dont give them a start, dont yell or scream like I said lol

>>34209327
Babies can be startled by you grimacing at them, especially when you're a stranger on the train or wherever.