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

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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???

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bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:18

Sooty i used to run for my county and knowing what it takes for that, I can only imagine the commitment it must take to be at international level.

But I didnt believe for one moment that I was changing the world, anymore than any athlete is. They compete for the love of the sport and to be the best they can be. And if they agree to compete at an event that allows babies to attend then they accept that that is a possible distraction.

marquesas · 03/08/2012 21:20

Goldenbear - if you're referring to my comment I said that it wasn't appropriate for a child unless they were a real fan.

Obviously you're talking about young children who are fans but that doesn't make it suitable for the majority of children.

The coverage of Wimbledon this year had many camera shots of bored looking children and remarks from the commentators about how they shouldn't have been there. I remember it because I thought it wasn't fair on the children involved.

bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:22

Good point Rainy. If it was that bad, presumably both players would have suffered equally therefore Federer was the better player as they were both dealing with the same set of circumstances.

A quote from an article about the match.......

Del Potro's record on grass is not particularly impressive, while he had faced Federer five times already this season and lost all of them.

bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:23

But hey lets play blame bingo, far more fun

GhostShip · 03/08/2012 21:25

Blame bingo? Pretty sure the blame is on the parent. No-one else.

ilovesooty · 03/08/2012 21:25

If you're competing for the love of the sport and to be the best you can be you don't want your hard work compromised by a crying baby who should have been kept at home.

And the spectators don't want their enjoyment affected either.

miaowmix · 03/08/2012 21:26

How about baby top trumps , is that funner?
For those saying it's just a game, sport is clearly immaterial to you, so why care enough to bring the baby?

bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:26

Pretty sure the blame is on the player who wasnt as good as winner actually.

rainydaysarebad · 03/08/2012 21:26

Oh flipping heck, it didnt compromise federers hard work did

bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:26

as the winner

rainydaysarebad · 03/08/2012 21:27

..it.

ilovesooty · 03/08/2012 21:28

It had the potential to compromise the efforts of either player.

bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:28

As I said above grey, I used to compete and I wouldnt blame someone else for my loss. As Rainy said, Federer seemed to cope ok, because otherwise they would have stopped the match.

Posterofapombear · 03/08/2012 21:29

I actually don't disagree that babies probably shouldn't be at sporting events that require silence. I'm just a bit that there seems to be so much bile directed at tiny helpless things or someone who clearly knows now that they fucked up.

Do any of you actually remember that blissful time when you had no idea how loud and long babies cried for? Or that they would always choose the most inconvenient moment to start?

Have you all honestly never been twats?

Also if baby only cried at the end of the longest match ever does that not exonerate them a bit? Mmm?

Baby was quiet for the length of a normal tennis match!

bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:30

Exactly sooty but it didnt therefore Federer won as he was more focussed and didnt allow outside influences to affect his game. So, he was the better player.

Whichever way you look at it, they were on the same court at the same time with the same screaming baby, so it was an equal match.

Woodlands · 03/08/2012 21:30

I had a lovely day out at the Olympics today with DH - we had a ticket for DS (2) but decided he would be much happier in nursery. We had a stress-free journey, a nice couply lunch, then watched the gymnastics uninterrupted (except for the disruption from a child the same sort of age in the row behind us). Tomorrow we are off to the shooting all day and my parents are looking after DS. However I do appreciate that not everyone has childcare lined up like that. We are very lucky.

bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:32

An equal match if you dont count F beating him 5 times already this year, but no, it was definitely the babys fault

AnnieLobeseder · 03/08/2012 21:33

Whether one player was distracted more than another is immaterial! A crying baby is one of the most annoying and distracting noises there is! And besides the players, there were spectators who had paid good money to enjoy tennis without a squealing baby annoying everyone, and who managed to leave their babies at home. So how is it not selfish and antisocial to bring along a baby which will inevitably cry, and be distracting and annoying? I'm stunned that anyone is actually defending the actions of these parents, I truly am.

mimimomma · 03/08/2012 21:34

Maybe the parents are mortified and just didn't THINK before taking their baby.

I took my 12 week old yesterday to the basketball. We only live 25 miles west of London left at 09:30 and arrived home at 8pm, far too long to leave a bf baby. We only got the tickets at the last minute and to be honest I was just excited at the opportunity to go the games. My baby did cry at the basketball (when the crowd cheered), he obviously didn't affect play, but I can imagine how a person could just be excited at going to the games, not ever having watched a live tennis game to have experienced how quiet you should be, or not really taking the time to think it through.

We're all human, capable of errors of judgement and hindsight is a wonderful thing.

bogeyface · 03/08/2012 21:37

I am not defending the parents, but saying that as they took their baby to an event that allows babies then if you have an issue with that then it is the fault of the organisers. As Poster said, the baby was quiet almost the whole way through the longest match since Noah (or something) so actually their judgement was fine, I am sure no one anticpated that length of game.

All these calls of selfish, end of a dream blah blah are ott when the winner wasnt affected by the same distraction, so it was an equal match.

ilovesooty · 03/08/2012 21:38

Whether one player was distracted more than another is immaterial! A crying baby is one of the most annoying and distracting noises there is! And besides the players, there were spectators who had paid good money to enjoy tennis without a squealing baby annoying everyone, and who managed to leave their babies at home. So how is it not selfish and antisocial to bring along a baby which will inevitably cry, and be distracting and annoying? I'm stunned that anyone is actually defending the actions of these parents, I truly am.

Well said. And for the second time - nobody is blaming the baby.

ilovesooty · 03/08/2012 21:39

Perhaps the organisers didn't think to ban babies because they hadn't considered how selfish some parents can be?

I agree though that they should have thought about it in advance.

Olympia2012 · 03/08/2012 21:41

Hindsight is indeed a wonderful thing...... You wouldn't need it if you applied a little forethought!

Silly, silly parents! Guess they have learnt that lesson today

Olympia2012 · 03/08/2012 21:43

Let's hope the Olympics commission ban babies from now on for the tennis

Some lessons learnt today

blonderthanred · 03/08/2012 21:43

I was at the tennis last weekend and there were a couple of toddlers that had to be taken out. It took a minute or two of course but no-one was bothered.

Generally, it was much more of a family atmosphere than Wimbledon and all the nicer for it (I love Wimbledon too but it was nice to have something a but different).

The slogan is 'inspire a generation' and the kids who went are going to be talking about it and asking about it in years to come. My baby's still in utero so no danger of squawking but I hope one day it will be excited to know it was there!

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