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AIBU to not see music festivals as a teenage rite of passage?

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musemusemuse · 30/08/2026 19:59

to not understand the appeal of music festivals.

I hear that music festivals like Leeds are a right of passage for teenagers, I never went to one as a young teen myself and I don’t remember any of my friends going either. Is this a right of passage, did I miss out? Or AIBU to think they are not really a right of passage.

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Isittimeformynapyet · 31/08/2026 15:50

Backfrombright · 31/08/2026 15:49

That poster was giving the context to her view rather than the issue as a whole

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My point still stands.

Flamingojune · 31/08/2026 15:51

musemusemuse · 31/08/2026 08:54

I’m finding it interesting how some posters seem so defensive on this thread that they have resorted to attacking me personally because I am questioning festivals being a rite of passage. 😮

its so bizarre.

I think it's because you've made some very negative generalisations about the sort of people who go there, making direct comparisons to your own experience as a 16 year old who had to or chose to work full time

Backfrombright · 31/08/2026 15:53

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/08/2026 15:50

My point still stands.

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I disagree

The poster was “adding” to her post by explaining the co text of her opinion on the matter

HorseandHeron · 31/08/2026 15:54

We used to go to the Rock Against Racism ones when I was a teen. But iirc, they were daytime events. We'd get the bus overnight from our home town to London or Manchester, spend all day at the festival, then overnight bus back. No camping. No drugs. No creepy men preying on girls under cover of darkness. I don't remember ever feeling threatened. They were a rite of passage but a very safe one.

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/08/2026 15:56

Backfrombright · 31/08/2026 15:53

I disagree

The poster was “adding” to her post by explaining the co text of her opinion on the matter

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Try reading the post without the "for context" though - it's exactly the same.

Backfrombright · 31/08/2026 15:57

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/08/2026 15:56

Try reading the post without the "for context" though - it's exactly the same.

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The “context” of your post is that you have a serious and ongoing issue with what you regard as the overuse of “for context” on Mumsnet.

Backfrombright · 31/08/2026 15:58

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/08/2026 15:56

Try reading the post without the "for context" though - it's exactly the same.

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The fact you don’t find the “context” useful @Isittimeformynapyet does not mean others won’t

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/08/2026 15:59

Backfrombright · 31/08/2026 15:57

The “context” of your post is that you have a serious and ongoing issue with what you regard as the overuse of “for context” on Mumsnet.

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You got it!

Basically I get irritated by posters just trotting out the things that others say over and over.

I've shown you who I am - believe me 😉

Backfrombright · 31/08/2026 16:08

Isittimeformynapyet · 31/08/2026 15:59

You got it!

Basically I get irritated by posters just trotting out the things that others say over and over.

I've shown you who I am - believe me 😉

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Mumsnet maybe isn’t for you

musemusemuse · 31/08/2026 18:21

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11AndCounting · 31/08/2026 19:43

Adding "for context" is a rite of passage.

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