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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:
S1naidSucks · 27/06/2019 16:44

TheInebriati 😁 I’m saving that for the next time my middle boy who ‘works in fashion’ (I nearly disowned him for that), is going to a festival. 😁

MissSueFlay · 27/06/2019 16:45
MissSueFlay · 27/06/2019 16:45

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TheCatThatDanced · 27/06/2019 16:45

Arsehole. Ensure your DD wakes him up early next morning by running around screaming at 6am, in fact encourage it. evil grin Grin

gingersausage · 27/06/2019 16:46

Wouldn’t sending them to school be better parenting 🤷‍♀️

SeaViewBliss · 27/06/2019 16:46

Is this our first Tentzilla?!

DowntonCrabby · 27/06/2019 16:48

What an utter wank badger!

Can you move? It’s a PITA but I’d rather not have to see his smug face again.

ellaballoo · 27/06/2019 16:48

Are you both single ?
It sounds like an excellent opening chapter for a chick lit novel .

overnightangel · 27/06/2019 16:50

“I imagine Glastonbury as Twat central to be honest”

X1000

ashtrayheart · 27/06/2019 16:50

What a twat. Keep us posted!

BlueJava · 27/06/2019 16:50

You like to get up really early with DD and do lots of yoga with loud chanting don't you OP? If you don't... I suggest you do for the next few days :)

TheCatThatDanced · 27/06/2019 16:51

ooh yes BlueJava's yoga suggestion of yoga with loud chanting (bells, gongs?!, music?) is excellent - ommmmm.

Yabbers · 27/06/2019 16:51

I would have invented a disability and made out she uses it for communication. The look in his face would be great to see.

I have a friend who has an autistic son. He was in a shop buying something and the cashier was really rude about the fact he had headphones on "some people are just so rude" she said loudly to then lass next to her. Friend stepped forward and said "he's autistic and those headphones help him deal with people like you." Her red faced apology was priceless.

CarolDanvers · 27/06/2019 16:55

My children are both autistic and tablets make life a lot easier than it might otherwise be. I'm well practised in dealing with nosy busy bodies with a series of firm "mind your business...mind your business...MIND YOUR BUSINESS!" Repeated in louder tones each time till they STFU.

The80sweregreat · 27/06/2019 16:57

tentzilla, love this! the festival song is funny. very true of a lot of the types that like to ' pitch up' there i bet with 'nibbles and wine'.
someone on the radio a few years ago was moaning that the shower blocks had a queue round the block - people didnt bother with all that ' back in the day' - oh no. they have a' pop up co - op 'going up there this year, makes you wonder. eh?

CCquavers · 27/06/2019 16:59

Ignore him. he was probably high..

Readytogogogo · 27/06/2019 16:59

Hate to ask, but how old are the children here and why are they not in school?

If you hate to ask....why bother??

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 27/06/2019 17:03

It's a pity it wasn't a tablet. My response would have been a merry "would one of yours like a go?" and then watch him get trampled in the rush.

SuburbanCrofter · 27/06/2019 17:05

That is the behaviour of someone who has never actually spent any length of time with his children before. As other PPs say, there's no way he'll keep it up. Kids will be tired and whinging while performance Dad screeches at them for not eating their nutritious dinner and enjoying the festival activities by day 2, guaranteed

livefornaps · 27/06/2019 17:06

Oh god i fucking hate how festivals have become overrun with families like wankbadger's clan (not you, op)

Just leave us all alone to get twatted in peace

VanellopeVonSchweetz99 · 27/06/2019 17:07

Sounds like he's on coke.
Sympathies OP.

willywillywillywilly · 27/06/2019 17:10

I'm so glad he's at Glasto - that means he won't be down our local swimming baths this evening loudly showing off his shit diving to his uninterested DC while everyone else tries to get on with the lane swimming.
The twat.

NoSauce · 27/06/2019 17:11

He can’t be that perfect if he’s took his kid out of school for Glastonbury.

Mxyzptlk · 27/06/2019 17:12

He's an absent parent, still in a relationship with the kids' mum or not, and he's taken the kids to Glasto to show what a great, cool dad he is, while also doing what he likes to do.
he'll be a quivering wreck by Saturday Grin

The80sweregreat · 27/06/2019 17:13

its sad that in a field of 100,000 people you manage to get the festival idiot. how old are his children? they sound like ' mini performance parents' in the making.