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Parents who don't dance at childrens birthday disco partys

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Ripeberry · 13/05/2007 19:08

Just got back from a 6yr old's birthday party and it had a DJ who spent ages trying to encourage the parents to drag themselves away from the bar and actually join in some games with their kids.
You could see some of the kids pleading with their mums and dads for them to join in but they just sat there with their pint and fag.
Me and about 5 other mums seemed to be the only ones actually joining in and there were about 30 children there.
One little kid was actually sobbing because their dad did not want to join in so we said he could join in with us.
Is it unreasonable for me to expect that if you go to a kids party you at least join in? or was it silly of the host to have a bar open?
This was all at 3pm this afternoon.
AB

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Aloha · 13/05/2007 19:57

I am now re-reading this over a glass of wine and roffling like mad.

This prison party is a classic.

Celia2 · 13/05/2007 19:48

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Mercy · 13/05/2007 19:43

Aloha, you are making me lol!

The whole thing sounds farcical tbh

theUrbanDryad · 13/05/2007 19:41

i mean, nice

ArcticRoll · 13/05/2007 19:41

Sounds like a sketch from The League of Gentlemen.

theUrbanDryad · 13/05/2007 19:40

nice

lulumama · 13/05/2007 19:39

they always have mullets., always..and bad highlights quite often too

MaloryTowers · 13/05/2007 19:39

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fireflyfairy2 · 13/05/2007 19:38

I take it the non smoking ban hasn't started there then?

I wouldn't have went to a children's party that included a bar, where drunken adults hang out, but then I'm odd

WigWamBam · 13/05/2007 19:38

The members bar at an open prison?? Bloody hell. What a classy place for a kid's party

I'm amazed so many parents stayed. Although if it was at a prison, maybe that's why they did.

Children's parties and party games are for children, not for adults.

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Aloha · 13/05/2007 19:38

I have always offered wine at parties at home....but a pay bar? Um, I would say 'chavtastic' but I'm not sure it is allowed

theUrbanDryad · 13/05/2007 19:37

lol lulumama!!

did he have a mullet? sis he talk like Smashy & Nicey?

nice

colditz · 13/05/2007 19:36

A bar? At 3pm? At a kid's party?

Classy

lulumama · 13/05/2007 19:33

i think that expecting anyone to go to a kids party in a members only bar at an open prison is unreasonable, never mind dancing at the behest of a mulleted DJ

Aloha · 13/05/2007 19:28

Or were all the parents inmates? It does sound grimmer than grim.

JodieG1 · 13/05/2007 19:28

I'm lost as to how there was a party at a prison?

theUrbanDryad · 13/05/2007 19:26

did the children go and look at the prisoners as amusement instead of playing musical chairs? like Bedlam in Victorian times....

Aloha · 13/05/2007 19:24

Well, it sounds like the party from hell! God, like something out of Nighty Night.
I'd rather go to a real prison. It is not lazy not to participate in children's activities at a children's party. It is normal. It is, actually, why those of us who hire entertainers, do so. I'd be incandescent with rage if I hired someone and they started haranguing the parents.

theUrbanDryad · 13/05/2007 19:24

an open prison??? wtf?

Aloha · 13/05/2007 19:23

I think the DJ sounds like a twat on an ego trip. It is ridiculous to try to force parents to join in at a CHILDREN'S party.

tortoiseSHELL · 13/05/2007 19:22

No way will I ever be getting up to dance at a child's birthday party. And at 6 I'd be really surprised if parents were expected to stay tbh, unless the host had specifically asked me to (this was the case at one recently, but she is v good friend and needed help!).

Blandmum · 13/05/2007 19:20

I loath having to get up to dance, and would rather have my head nailed to the floor than do it.

Ever.

Anywhere.

For anyone.

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Ripeberry · 13/05/2007 19:18

This was held at a members only bar at an open prison- would you believe it.
Next year i think i'll just be lazy like all the other parents.
It just upset me to see those kids crying because their parents thought drink was more important, than just making a fool of themselves and having fun with their kid just for a couple of minutes.
AB

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