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

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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

They are literally camped 2 ft away from us

I can imagine that his children were like the ones in the ' bad move' sit com with Jack Dee. ' we dont watch television, do we daddy?'

At least he won’t be reading this, as he’ll be too busy ‘experiencing life’.

Get dc to sing Baby Shark, or another annoying song (Agadoo)

i can imagine that there is lots of 'experiencing life' in a field full to the brim of people, drinking, smoking all sorts, having a laugh and listening to very loud music. its a wonder he has taken his precious cargo along to be honest - if they can't have a kindle / i pad/ phone or whatever, goodness knows how'll he'll explain away a lot of what must go on there 'mind the passive smoking kids'

He's an idiot. There was a man on the train like this last week, announcing to the carriage to look at the table he was on, everyone with their head in their phone. Me, and from what I could see, everyone else on the table was reading the news or a book. He was reading a newspaper, how is it different? It's just a different media.

Good on you for getting your DC out of the midday sun.

He must be a bit thick if he thinks reading constitutes missing out on life.

I wouldn't move from that spot for two reasons firstly when you do move you might move next to some real idiots getting absolutely hammered and smoking goodness knows what which you don't want your daughter her around and secondly WE NEED THE UPDATES!

Can you download something on your phone into a rough idea of what stars you can see ( the ones in the Sky not the ones on the stage ) then tonight once it's dark both lie on the ground outside looking up at the stars with your DD reciting what they're called how big they are how far away from Earth they are etc

I can never understand people like this TBH. Why do they feel the need to pass judgement on other peoples children FGS dont they have enough to do looking after their own?.Just ignore him and by tomorrow or Saturday he will be worn out as someone else says!

Wait till his DC gets sunstroke or heatstroke, while in a tent, at Glastonbury festival....then say "oh come on your missing out. There's a whole world to explore". He's an idiot.

Rather than move, turn the tent?

You have to out performance him.

At EVERY opportunity.

Cmon kids let’s not cook a boring breakfast by the boring old tent when we can go and have organic falafels and REEEEEEALY experience all the amaaaaaazing flavours of festival food

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'I wouldn't move from that spot for two reasons firstly when you do move you might move next to some real idiots getting absolutely hammered and smoking goodness knows what which you don't
want your daughter her around and secondly WE NEED THE UPDATES'

If you don't want your children to see drug use you really shouldn't be taking them to Glastonbury.

Dickhead.

Piss on his tent pegs.

Silly man; it’s very easy to get a sensation overload somewhere like Glastonbury. I’d be like your DD; getting a bit of mental space inside a book.

Daft man needs to pace himself; unless you are 19 and mad for it, it’s a marathon not a sprint.

Is he alone with the children...
As not having some me time hurts...
If he is alone kissy kissy your partner . And tell him is it his turn or yours to have a walk...

I agree, performance parenting updates needed. And yes, set the bar high. Tomorrow morning could you do 'bonjour mes petites, aujourd hui est jour du francais! Aujourd'hui on parle seulement français!'

See how long it takes him to get in there with Deutscher Tag

I think singing 'I know a song that'll get on your nerves' might help.
Has DD got her violin with her?

A knobhead at Glastonbury? Who’d have thunk it

Imagine thinking people shouldn’t read at a festival. What an odd thing to object to.

When he or his DC is exhausted (I'd guess within 24 hours) with all this 'being at one with nature' malarkey or have a blazing row because it's hot, kids are bothered and he's an arsehole by not pacing himself or them...ask him if he'd like to borrow your DD's kindle to calm down (and don't forget to add 'dear' to the 'calm down')

We had one of them at a bike festival a few years ago. Thousands of bikers and we ended up next to a twat who kept up a running commentary on everything his kids were doing. We got the biggest, meanest looking guy (nickname Animal) to growl at him a bit and tell him to keep it down. There wasn’t word for the rest of the weekend .

Play this for him, very loudly.

As I remind Dh when he encounters twonky behaviour at the festival he drags us to ... we are all equal in a field

Would be terrible if their tent got infested with ants or something else that makes your skin crawl, you can just say it's part of the experience.

This is why dh will not camp or go to festivals or indeed go anywhere really you are crammed in at close quarters with Other People. I used to eye roll him but actually have come round to his viewpoint as your op so ably demonstrates

So annoying when people try to dictate to you how you should enjoy your time at Glastonbury!

He sounds like one to avoid! Although difficult when he's camped 2 ft away