Being a single mom... I don't have these issues. I am the Queen... The King is no longer King, he is now 'he who must not be named' or, as my DBF says, 'the beheaded one'. I make the reservations, I pay the bills, I make all the decisions. For better or worse, it all falls to me. The buck stops here.
The only issue I have with reservations is when they ask me the age of the child in the party because I make reservations for 3. I give the kids ages, and they almost invariably ask me if I didn't mean to make the reservation for 4 people
Uhhh, helloooo... I can count...