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Original poster

To be irrated with people who dont feed their kids on days out?

34 replies

StarryStarryNight · 08/07/2007 20:04

There we were, me and DH, our kids, and the other couple and their kids setting out a 15 mile cycle ride in the country side together, and not only had they packed nothing to eat, had no drink bottles, and had not even had breakfast first! FGS 15 miles on NO food and drink in baking sun? (DH had told them we were packing just enough for us).

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MadamePlatypus · 08/07/2007 20:19

Not providing water on a 15 mile cycle ride is a bit silly. I would only provide food if we were going to be on the road at lunchtime and had agreed to have a picnic rather than stop at a pub/cafe.

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StarryStarryNight · 08/07/2007 20:19

There werent any restaurants/pubs enroute, and they know because they have done this route many times.

There were foodstalls at the beginning, but the mum decided against buying more than one small roll for each.

And yes, it was a problem, the kids were complaining, mum was stressed, one were feeling so hungry and faint she was vomiting several times. They had not eaten breakfast before setting off, they had eaten nothing the whole day, and we set off at midday.

I think I will just not go cycling with them again. As you are right it is none of my business, not if I am not there.

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hercules1 · 08/07/2007 20:17

YANBU. THat would annoy me as the idea is surely to have the bike ride rather than hunting for food.

bran · 08/07/2007 20:16

Sorry, crossed posts with your extra info. I would have had a proper picnic nearish to some shops and sent them off to sort themselves out and arrange to meet up again in an hour or so, rather than waiting outside shops for them.

bran · 08/07/2007 20:14

It's still not really enough info to decide whether yabu or not. If you and your family still had a good day anyway then it's not really your business how hungry/thirsty/miserable the other family are. If, on the otherhand, they whinged all the time or you had to change you plans to accommodate their problem then yanbu.

To be fair I consider buying my lunch somewhere to be a part of the enjoyment of my day out, it's a pain in the neck if I have to make lunch for everyone beforehand and then carry it around. I would personally plan a cycle ride to take in a country pub lunch.

I wouldn't set off without breakfast or water though, that's just asking for trouble.

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StarryStarryNight · 08/07/2007 20:10

And this meant we had to enjoy our lunches in our saddle as they would not sit and wait and NOT eat while we picnicked, and with stops at shops and food stalls (there werent many, it was taking awful long). I just found it a bit irritating.

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StarryStarryNight · 08/07/2007 20:08

No, because we had already told them in advance that we were bringing packed lunches for ourselves only due to not wanting to carry too much in our rucksacks.

It was a stress trying to find something to eat. But food not acceptable, so they did not buy enough, thinking they could find something else later.

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bran · 08/07/2007 20:07

So what happened? Did you stop off at a shop or did they eat yours?

fuzzywuzzy · 08/07/2007 20:06

so what happened did you end up feeding everyone???