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To think the person who brought their baby to Wimbledon should be ashamed

335 replies

StunningCunt · 03/08/2012 16:41

Crying in the middle of the point, 17-16 in the final set of the semifinal, do people have no sense???

OP posts:
Goldenbear · 04/08/2012 14:42

'Twaty scumbag parent' about this, a game of Tennis, really? People disagree with you do it's not really 'end of' is it?

janey68 · 04/08/2012 14:42

Stunning- I've seen that clip, and frankly considering a world class tennis player could have aced the idiot father between the eyes if he wanted, ferrer was remarkably restrained ...

Olympia2012 · 04/08/2012 14:43

Goldenbear.... Your posts are becoming unreadable. You seem very angry over this

ilovesooty · 04/08/2012 14:46

I lovesooty, the competitors most probably didn't even notice, let alone mind. Do you really think an a sportsman at that level would be bothered by a bit of random noise from the crowd? Surely they'd be used to much worse

It appears that the competitors both noticed and minded. My link points out that Federer appeared not to be happy when the baby howled as he was about to serve. Del Potro probably felt worse.

I mentioned that match earlier, StunningCunt and I agree with you that the parents of this baby are entitled idiots who should not have taken the baby there, out of respect for the players and the spectators.

And if that mother finds she has to remember it for a long time - good. Perhaps she'll develop some manners and consideration.

MrsHelsBels74 · 04/08/2012 14:48

Surely one of the things you accept when becoming a parent is that sometimes you miss out in things. A tennis match is no place for a baby & if you can't find a sitter/can't bear to be separated from your baby then you don't go, it really is that simple in my opinion.

I only ever took my son to the parent & baby screenings at our cinema, there it was kind of accepted your viewing would be interrupted. I've never considered taking him to a standard screening of a film.

vess · 04/08/2012 14:49

'Appeared not to be happy'?
That doesn't really mean anything. Did he actually say anything afterwards?

ilovesooty · 04/08/2012 14:51

No idea whether he did or not: but that's not the point. Anyone who thinks a major competitive tennis match is suitable for a baby is deluded, selfish and self-absorbed.

janey68 · 04/08/2012 14:52

I'm sure he had a lot to say afterwards.

"who the fuck was that pig ignorant parent" perhaps

vess · 04/08/2012 14:53

Why are babies alowed in then?

Olympia2012 · 04/08/2012 14:54

Anyone know ( roughly) the age of this baby?
seems bloody cruel to keep it in a confined place for all those hours....

ilovesooty · 04/08/2012 14:54

They shouldn't be allowed in, IMO. However I would hope parents would have the sense not to take them, but it appears some don't have that sense - or consideration and good manners.

janey68 · 04/08/2012 14:55

Oh Jesus wept this is like groundhog day... Children are allowed in became the Olympic committee want to be inclusive and not have a blanket ban by age, and they assume that parents have a couple of brain cells between them to exercise some judgement

Olympia2012 · 04/08/2012 14:55

Vess..... Same as anyone is allowed in. The expectation is that spectators will be considerate.... Coughing fits, remove yourself,mobile phones, turn them off, disruptive children, remove them..... You know? The basics!

SurprisinglyCurvaceousPirate · 04/08/2012 14:56

VESA, originally they weren't going to be but lots of people kicked up a fuss and they changed their minds - not believing, I expect, that anyone would be stupid enough to take their baby to a tennis match!

We're taking our two U5s to the Paralympics but are going to a footie match where noise wld not be noticed. As other posters have said, having children affects what you can do, if you don't like it don't have kids!!

janey68 · 04/08/2012 14:56

Because not became

ilovesooty · 04/08/2012 14:59

It's not easy to remove your baby from a tennis match at a crucial moment. Since any parent knows that the baby might cry, they shouldn't take it in the first place.

vess · 04/08/2012 15:02

If the rules say no babies allowed, then fair enough.
If babies are allowed, then, perhaps, everyone should be able to put up with a bit of occasional crying without all that pathetic moaning. Crying is not great to listen to, but it's not the end of the world.

Goldenbear · 04/08/2012 15:14

olympia, I was quoting the OP who you're right seems very angry about it all.

ilovesooty · 04/08/2012 15:15

People shouldn't take them at all. Athletes who have trained for years shouldn't have to put up with distractions that could have been avoided. As other posters have said: other sports can accommodate babies/children who might make a noise. Tennis can't - or shouldn't be expected to, and any sensible parent should realise that.

Original poster
StunningCunt · 04/08/2012 15:24

There are lots of sports where you can take kids. We went to the badminton and there is a Lot of noise, scores being announced on the PA for adjacent courts (which are side by side with no walls), it's allowed.

It's hard to imagine anyone who went to the considerable trouble and expense of buying Olympic SF tickets would not have watched tennis on Tv for more than 30 seconds in their lives and therefore would have heard the 'quiet please' calls and realised the impact of a screaming, inherently uncontrollable infant on that environment. Given this, it's obvious that the perpetrator was just a self-centred selfish twat with no regard for anyone other than themselves.

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Olympia2012 · 04/08/2012 15:27

Correction. 'perpetrators' . Two of them. Neither of them thought to put their baby first.

ilovesooty · 04/08/2012 15:30

Exactly. I bet it wasn't much fun for the baby. If seeing the match was so important they should have got a baby sitter. If they couldn't: they shouldn't have gone at all.

Lambzig · 04/08/2012 15:35

Loving so many of the posters assuming it was all the mothers decision and blaming her. (entitled mare - lovely)

HermioneE · 04/08/2012 15:42

Goldenbear "Talk about condescending. She has PND so it suddenly makes it ok, talk about changing your tune?"

Care to explain who has changed their tune? I can't see where anyone's opinions have changed after rhubarb's post.

vess · 04/08/2012 15:42

Sorry, but if if the rules say it is ok to take a baby to an olympic tennis match then it is.