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Now I know why soft play is the 7th circle of hell!

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Toddlerteaplease · 14/11/2025 12:17

(Light hearted) Have always been happy to meet up with friends with children at soft play centres. Never understood why soft play was so awful. Until now!! At a fancy play centre/cade and it is absolute carnage! I’m stressed out just being here, and I can’t even play in the ball pool!

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Toddlerteaplease · 14/11/2025 15:39

elviswhorley · 14/11/2025 13:38

How bizarre to meet your child-free friends at a soft play. I meet mine at a family pub or my home or even the park but not a soft play. That's no place for child-free adults.

They aren’t child free. Thats why we meet at soft play!

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hibiscuslightening · 14/11/2025 20:04

Wait till they all bring home a horrendous vomiting bug

Pointedpotter · 14/11/2025 20:20

You’re a very good friend even setting foot in a soft play without a kid! I’d arrange meet ups with friends with kids in cafes or parks. I wouldn’t drag my friends without kids to a soft play

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Toddlerteaplease · 15/11/2025 10:52

@Pointedpotterbuy I like to have a go on the equipment when it’s appropriate. 🤣🤣 even if I did get my bum stuck in a slide.

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