My friends and I are in our 30s, the 3 of them have children, I don’t.
One of my friends has been on a health and fitness journey and it’s her goal this year to complete a 10 mile walk, she expressed she was disappointed she hadn’t found time to complete it as she’s a busy working mum and now the weather is turning so I said let’s arrange something, and we have. We invited my other 2 friends, one can’t make the date and the other said she wanted to come, she’s eager to get out the house more, but it’s a weekday so she doesn’t have childcare for her 15 month old so asked if she could bring him.
I checked with the original friend who agreed that we wanted this as a no kids thing so I replied and explained why, I sent her the route, there’s no toilets, it’s steep in places, not buggy friendly but she said she’d be fine putting him in her carrier and he loves being out for walks. I didn’t reply while I was at work and she seemed to sense our reluctance as was a bit upset and said she wouldn’t make her child our problem.
Is it unreasonable to stick to our guns? Because ultimately listening to a crying baby, stopping for frequent snack breaks etc will become our problem. We do lots of kid friendly activities as a group and wanted this one thing to be child free. But I know being a mum is tough and she would love to spend the time with us so I’m torn.
AIBU?