Soft play?

[Welllllllnow]

Would you voluntarily go to soft play if you didn't have to? Or to meet friends?

I haven't said that at all? I thought it was weird for someone who doesn't have dc to meet there

Well it’s not odd if you have a good friend with children and it’s your only chance to see them/have a catch-up. Before I had kids o was always meeting my friends with kids in gardens centres or somewhere easy for them that’s child friendly.

The real question is not soft play or not but why she was there at all.

Why, what would you be thinking?

Multiple pp saying that kind of thing is making me reassess

Not a chance.

This thread is just getting more confusing by the minute 🤣 yes, it’s strange and like pp’s have said, i’d be asking what she was doing there to begin with.

Oh, ‘no’ to the original question!

I wouldn’t go by myself or to meet friends unless they had children, but I love taking kids to softplay. I always volunteer to take my DNs and my children’s friends if I have them for the day, I love chasing them up and down the slides and in the ball pit as much as they do I think!

I don't understand why it's confusing. I asked a question then explained why I asked

Sorry I missed this. They just said hello to me while playing with the dc

It’s only confusing because most people will assume that your main concern would be whether she is the “Other Woman” ie why are they meeting up at all; whereas you’re only asking whether it’s weird for her to be in soft play.

No I don’t think it’s weird to meet a friend in soft play with their child even if you don’t have one. Very weird if you both go with no children obviously and probably not even allowed 😂

Oh I see, I thought that was what pp were getting at but having it spelt out was helpful, thanks haha

I haven't unpicked that but it does strike me more as a family activity

I wouldn't go to one if I didn't have DC. Why on earth would I? To play on the equipment? That would be unthinkable.

If they didn't act caught out I would think it's nothing to worry about. Do they meet up in other places without the kids?

I have a friend who will meet me at soft play without her child because we can follow my kid around supervising and actually be able to talk. If we met elsewhere I would not be free to talk

Yes they do but tbf I usually know about it