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At Glastonbury and I’ve just had a row with twat in the next tent

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Glasto · 27/06/2019 16:05

Family camping. Absolutely boiling so brought DD back to the tent to have lunch and sit in the shade for the 12-2 bit. Been out since 9 this morning around the festival.

She’s sat in the foyer bit of the tent reading her kindle when performance parent dad from next door comes back to his tent with his kids.

He spots dd and gives her a jovial “oh come on now you shouldn’t be sat in their on a tablet you’re at Glastonbury”. His kid piped up oh we don’t have our tablets do we daddy. Dad is looking at DD and says come on put it down there’s a whole world out there you’re missing

I popped my head out of the tent and said she’s not on a tablet she’s reading a book. He said it doesn’t look she is, I was hot and pissed off and said it’s a kindle and if she wants to go on her tablet that’s not really your business.

He then goes on a 2 min rant about kids on tablets missing out on life. I told him again she isn’t on a bloody tablet and again, it’s not your business. He then accuses me of being rude and says he was only trying to help and says come on DS let’s leave these two to sit in their tent Angry

They are literally camped 2 ft away from us Hmm

OP posts:
CurtainsAndCords · 28/06/2019 22:00

Emily Eavis has just been on Desert Island Discs. Worth a listen for anyone interested in Glastonbury Smile

The80sweregreat · 28/06/2019 22:03

Emily is really sweet.
She clearly loves her dad.
I'm fascinated by a festival I've never been to!

Doingmybestmum · 28/06/2019 22:16

I hate to sound negative but tread warily. He sounds like a self important git and you never know with them. ‘Thanks for Shari f your thoughts now please leave us on peace’ may say a nasty incident, plus show your dd how to deal with wankers without provoking them. I promise this is not cowardice, I got chased by a man with a Stanley knife at 8am, who I had assumed to be rational. There are some weird people out there...

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Justanotherlurker · 28/06/2019 22:18

Glastonbury has lost its roots, its gentrified nonsense now same as all other festivals.

Look at this cringe they have posted.

twitter.com/GlastoLive/status/1144539220096294912

Doingmybestmum · 28/06/2019 22:19

Sorry it should say: thanks for sharing your thoughts, now leave us in peace. 🙁

spongedog · 28/06/2019 22:32

@1moremum so agree with you. My DC is at at an English special needs independent school. I reckon this half term they have barely been in lessons - sports day , (shit) activities week (for the kids who didnt go on the parent paid for residential activity for 1 week), end of year school play (for both juniors & seniors), school day trip to a fun fair. My DC wanted to finish term 2 weeks ago - they still have another week. I wouldnt mind but my DC is Yr9, barely taking any GCSEs next year but apparently the school do not have time to offer extra Maths to support Science. #shitpriorities. They would get more from any of the science activities or festivals in June, than they are getting from their school. But let's not worry. The school recently passed the ISI regulatory compliance. So all must be good?

OneShotLattePlease · 28/06/2019 22:36

“Twatrose” 🤣

DobbyTheHouseElk · 28/06/2019 22:50

Yes, 20 years ago, everyone jumped the fences. Until the big security wall went up. It was so much smaller then. I’m amazed by how massive it is now. Also loads of folk stayed on, their campers had broken down. And they partied on for weeks. I don’t think that happens now.

MyOtherProfile · 28/06/2019 22:52

@Jux we have been to Beverley festival a couple of times. Probably as far to the other end of the spectrum of festivals as you can get away from Glastonbury! We loved it Grin

@Jeeperscreepers69 you know it's not either or right? Like taking kids to festivals doesn't mean you can't then take them to the beach. Lots of festivals are great for taking kids to. We have taken our kids to festivals all their lives and they love them. We also somehow manage to still take them to the beach too Grin

Justanotherlurker · 28/06/2019 23:06

Yes, 20 years ago, everyone jumped the fences.

I remember paying £5 to some bloke holding opened the hole in the fence they had obviously cut, then taking some acid that has made my memories of that weekend somewhat sketchy.

It's become painfully political, white and middle class, it can still be a good party, but it's turning into a "must do" destination hence the OP of this thread. The fact OP needed to rail on MN highlights it more than she will realise.

OwlBeThere · 28/06/2019 23:18

i remember sitting in tent reading in glastonbury many times as a child. some of my favourite memories were finding a corner where i could read and just watch all the interesting people. tell him to wrap the fuck up.

chipsandgin · 28/06/2019 23:22

Love the ‘no borders’ sign. Ah, the irony!!

TigerTooth · 28/06/2019 23:22

S1naidSucks

“Kids don't belong at music festivals, what about those spliffing up”

The kids can get their own spliffs. I wouldn’t be sharing with anyone

I agree S1, my youngest makes the roach all sticky.

Cassimin · 28/06/2019 23:27

My kids and other family go every year.
You can still pay security off to get you in but it’s £300 now!!!!
It’s great for young ones but to me it just seems like a load of people my age who are so competitive the rest of the year, keeping up with the Joneses, buying massive televisions and gas guzzling cars then for a couple of days each year they pull on their wellies and declare their love for everyone.
I don’t get it.

VanillaSugarr · 28/06/2019 23:28

Is that the Beverley Folk Festival or the Beverley Puppet Festival @MyOtherProfile?

MyOtherProfile · 28/06/2019 23:41

@VanillaSugarr I've never been to the puppet one but the video looks like the folk one. I heard it doesn't run any more after hitting financial problems.

PregnantSea · 28/06/2019 23:54

Why are you surprised? Glastonbury is always full of twats

WhoatemyLindtbunny · 29/06/2019 00:15

Oh God this is the most middle class thing ever - brilliant. I mean not just him, the whole situ and you posting on here! Have a good time!

funnelfanjo · 29/06/2019 00:24

Beverley Folk Festival went bust last year (had tickets, got refunded by my credit card company), but Beverley Fringe Festival seems to be expanding to fill that niche.

SamBeckett · 29/06/2019 01:16

OP where are you we want updates

(I think OPs phone battery may of gone flat Sad )

VanillaSugarr · 29/06/2019 03:27

Oh no. Does that mean that there are no more Morris Dancers skipping down the Wednesday Market Sad?

justilou1 · 29/06/2019 03:59

You could always set fire to his family trug...

Weenurse · 29/06/2019 05:00

👀🍿

DobbyTheHouseElk · 29/06/2019 07:06

I want to know what a family trug is........

GimmieTheCoffeeAndNooneDies · 29/06/2019 09:09

Currently amused about Stormsey rocking up on stage wearing a stab vest to draw attention to knife crime.

The audience already know about knife crime. They've read about it in the Guardian.

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