I used to take my DNephew to a kids football session every Saturday morning which cost £2.50 for two hours.
We stopped going because his mostly uninvolved father randomly decided he wanted to spend time with him on Saturday mornings (although this has never once involved an activity away from the tv in my sisters living room because his dad is lazy and more interested in playing on his laptop than actually interacting with DN).
His useless father goes through short periods of showing interest in his son. This is generally instigated by him being told I take my DN to some activity or other, that DN invariably loves and wants to tell his father every minute detail of. His selfish and inconsiderate father then proceeds to want 'contact' at those times (he and my sister don't live together). My DN has had to give up football, karate, violin lessons and street-dance classes before now for this same reason.
It's been about a year since we attended Saturday morning football. His father never comes to see him on a Saturday anymore so I figured it's ok to start taking him again.
I called the football place to check the fee is still the same and they told me it's now 1 hour for £5!!!!! AIBU to think this is outrageous? Does anyone know of a football club in the Croydon area that's not a rip-off?
Ps. Sorry for the mini-bitch-fest about DNs dad, he does my head in.