I had a party last week for my ds at at rollerskating place. I paid entry and skate hire for all the children and also for food and drinks.
However, the rink told me in advance that there is a £2 charge for spectators (this is apparantly due to safety regulations allowing only a certain number of people into the building and if too many spectators then they are losing money on the amount of skaters they can allow. Fair enough.
There were about 15 children at the party and I put a small note in with the invite saying that I had a few helpers with me to hold hands with the ones who had never skated before but if the parents wished to stay and skate then the charge would be £7.50 to skate or £2 to spectate.
The parents paid the money but I overheard two of the mums saying that they think its a bit cheeky to have to pay £2 to spectate at a party that their child was invited to and that if it was them they would have just paid it as it could only be an extra £20ish. Bearing in mind that some kids come along with both mum and dad I think its unreasonable to expect me to pay for them to watch. Am I wrong?
Honest responses welcomed.