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To hold Simon Cowell personally responsible for my daughters heartbreak

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 18:31

My daughter has a serious crush on Liam Payne in One Direction. I know it's rubbish music etc, etc, but a girl can't help she has a crush on! Lol. She's travelled to Paris with her dad, stood in a queue for nine hours, only for the band to turn up late, no one seemed to be in control, people who had only been there a little while managed to push in and she never even got a glimpse of them. They left pretty quickly as they had a flight booked. she knew it wasn't a dead cert she'd see them, she's a sensible 14 year old but AIBU to think that people like Simon Cowell make millions out of people like my daughter and it wouldn't hurt for his company to treat fans with a little bit more respect?

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 19:16

This was a lighthearted thread, but MN being MN....... Yeah Labocca I'm mad and making this up because God forbid anyone should occasionally do something that is for no other reason than to make someone happy. We should spend our one and only chance of life by being totally sensible, reasonable and boring...... Indulgent? Lmao hurling the blame indeed, and he should give fuck, it's his management company....

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cakeismysaviour · 14/02/2012 19:17

I think you are being too OTT about this OP. Its rubbish that the meet and greet went tits up and at her age I would have been upset too. However, you are not going to be helping her by raging about it. Surely better to adopt a 'never mind there will be other opportunities' approach?

Did you pay for the wristband? If you did. I would personally be asking for a refund.

sodapops · 14/02/2012 19:17

Liam tweeted "Hey everyone sorry we couldn't stop we are really late for the signing and we could be late for our plane :/" 2hours ago.

So should they have missed their flight, just so your DD wasn't "heartbroken"?

HaveYouTakenLeaveOfYourCervix · 14/02/2012 19:19

teenagers are bonkers at the best of times. i suggest she gets herself a real and useful hobby.

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 19:21

I love the way everyone is immediately thinking I'm raging. Where does my OP indicate that? All I did was explain what happened and complain about Mr Cowell. ......

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ConstanceChatterley · 14/02/2012 19:24

Your daughter is BU to like Liam the best. Harry all the way and I hear he likes the older woman...

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 19:25

Yes I had heard that Constance

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cakeismysaviour · 14/02/2012 19:25

Honestly I'm not having a go OP, but the thread title 'To hold Simon Cowell personally responsible for my daughter's heartbreak' is a bit ragy (I know that isn't a real word ).

cakeismysaviour · 14/02/2012 19:26

I have heard something else entirely about Harry....

sodapops · 14/02/2012 19:27

Read your OP again, Wonky. It doesn't sound very light hearted to me.

I don't think you are raging, I do think you are being a bit silly to be blaming Simon Cowell for it going tits up TBH and for "your daughter's heartbreak"!

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 19:29

Well I honestly didn't mean to be cake, I just didn't realise AIBU was such a serious place! and ragy is a brilliant new word

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 19:33

Sorry Soda I didn't realise the word "heartbroken" would be so powerful, after all if she was truely heartbroken I wouldn't be sat messing around writing about it on the Internet on a page as entertaining as AIBU..........

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cakeismysaviour · 14/02/2012 19:37

Oh well never mind! Hopefully your DD will grow out of this crush anyway.

Is it just me or do the popular boybands of today, not sound anywhere near as good as the boybands of my day (ie 90's boybands)?

mustdash · 14/02/2012 19:38

Pre DCs I've organised events like the one your daughter was meant to take part in today. They don't often go tits up like yours has, but it happens. With a busy band, sometimes it just happens, and it's really no one's fault.

If someone went to the trouble of arranging wrist bands, I'm sure it was well organised. Maybe if you get back in touch with whoever organised the meet and greet, and explain that she didn't actually get her meet and greet, even though she was there in time etc etc, being super nice and apologetic for nagging etc etc, we really love you all etc etc, and appreciate it was no ones fault, this stuff just happens etc etc, thank you thank you, etc etc. and then some more thank yous, they might be able to do something else to make it up to your daughter.

Obviously they don't need to, but if you don't ask, it is unlikely that they'll offer. But do be nice about it. The people who actually had to do the organising on the day were probably as upset about the mess as you were. I'm fairly sure you realise that Simon Cowell really doesn't have anything to do with it though....

Good luck!

LaBoccaDellaVerita · 14/02/2012 19:39

You youngsters know nothing of boybands! Nothing! The Bay City Rollers - now that was a boyband!!

runningwilde · 14/02/2012 19:41

Yes yabu for encouraging your teen to worship at the altar of a pop group and waiting nine hours to see them. Maybe you should encourage her to do something more interesting with her time.

yellowraincoat · 14/02/2012 19:42

It's as much your fault for indulging her in such pathetic behaviour.

I wouldn't have been seen dead at a boy band signing with my parents when I was that age.

ValarMorghulis · 14/02/2012 19:45

I think it is very unreasonable to encourage a 14 year old to travel to a different country in order to possibly glimpse a member of a band.

completely ridiculous over indulgence.

Her broken heart is your fault not simon cowells.

JustHecate · 14/02/2012 19:50

I don't think it is unreasonable to expect something professional and organised.

These people are where they are because of their fans. They should know that people want to see them. That it's all part of the 'package'. They should turn up on time for a start. And a bit of a wave / meet and greet is not an unreasonable thing to want either, nor is expecting things to be managed effectively.

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 19:50

Thank you mustdash for that, it was good of you to take the time to write that reply :) I would never go head on hosting the odds at anyone, I realise that people in any walk of life are doing a job and have feelings, doing that kind of thing is not fair. Yes I do realise the Simon Cowell had little to do with it lol.

laBocca now you're talking :)

running my daughter speaks four different languages, plays cello, is top of her class, is artistic, dances and studies physics for fun. I think she does quite a lot of interesting things with her time, there is space in life for fun too you know......

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 19:53

That is exactly what I was getting at hecate, exactly. If they'd gone in the front door and simply waved at the crowd everyone would of been happy.

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NoOnesGoingToEatYourEyes · 14/02/2012 19:54

They live in France Valar.

This wasn't so bad really. It was a one off to make a fifteen year old girl happy. It's nice to do things like that sometimes.

Even though she didn't get to see whatshisname she will always remember how great her dad was to take her to try.

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 19:56

valar she didn't travel, we live in France. My daughter is NOT over indulged, it was merely a treat. And as I said before, she is NOT literally heartbroken, I would NOT be sat online if she was..... Lmao that it's my fault, stop being ridiculous for goodness sake, lighten up.......

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cakeismysaviour · 14/02/2012 19:58

OP - I like the suggestion that someone else made about writing a nice letter to the management company. You never know, you might get a signed picture or something. :)

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WonkyCatonkey · 14/02/2012 20:00

Thank you for that noOne it was exactly what it was, to make a happy memory to look back on in years to come, the mad day her and her dad had in Paris :)

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