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AIBU?

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To be getting cheesed orf with afternoon bleedin' tea?

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MarmaladeTwatkins · 14/08/2013 09:52

Just had an invitation to a hen night. Ooooh I think, a night out and a chance to get dressed up. But then I read further on and it is going to be afternoon tea at a naice hotel in town. A hotel that is notorious for being crammed with families of a weekend (which is fine!) so there will be probable babies there etc. I am disappointed. I know, I know, not my hen night. But this is the FIFTH afternoon tea I have been on in about 6 months. Birthdays, hen nights etc all people want to do now is go for afternoon tea. Why?!

I've just had enough of it all tbh. Every fucker seems to be doing it. Every café offers afternoon tea now. This café in town charges £14.99 pp for afternoon tea. That's a pot of tea, sandwiches and scones. If it wasn't labelled up as afternoon tea, people would be decrying it as a rip-off.

I know, I'm a sourfaced mare.

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Sparklingbrook · 14/08/2013 09:57

Not at the sit down Greggs then?

Panzee · 14/08/2013 09:58

Bring wine in your handbag?

candycoatedwaterdrops · 14/08/2013 10:00

YABU. I love afternoon tea, it makes me feel posh.

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MarmaladeTwatkins · 14/08/2013 10:01

Sparkling, do you think I'd be moaning if it were at the sit-down Greggs?

Wine in handbag

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BrokenSunglasses · 14/08/2013 10:02

I love afternoon tea, but even I'd get bored of it if it was included in every hen do I went on.

Are there any other plans for the Do, or are you all supposed to have the afternoon tea and then go home afterwards?

FariesDoExist · 14/08/2013 10:02

YABU!

It is her hen night
afternoon tea is lovely and a treat when served up to you
some people would dream of going for afternoon tea but can't afford to
at least you don't have to go to some awful club or spend hundreds of pounds going abroad

LaurieFairyCake · 14/08/2013 10:03

Well done, you have started the first anti-cake thread ever on Mumsnet.

Ya nutter

Yabvvvvvv v v v vv u

SPsTotallyMullerFuckingLicious · 14/08/2013 10:04

I have a hen party next week. Rather do the afternoon tea then what shes doing.

Fucking Bingo! 3 hours of bingo. Luckily I cant make it due to childcare issues so I'm meeting them in town and getting pissed!

AKissIsNotAContract · 14/08/2013 10:05

You need better mates, I'm going for a piss up on my hen night.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 14/08/2013 10:05

Hipflasks are your friend. Guarantee if you flash one of those babies about you'll be the most popular broad in that joint. or if you're dead classy like me one of those little coke bottles filled up with vodka will suffice

ViviPru · 14/08/2013 10:06

YANBU. Last afternoon tea hen do I attended, it cost us £25 each. We were still full from lunch and dinner was booked for 7pm. Totally arse-about-face.

Worse still, when it was all over we became hostages in the ante-room we'd been occupying when a bridal party arrived at the hotel. We were not allowed to vacate via the lobby area lest we sully a photograph with our crumb-encrusted chins. We were stuck in there with the cucumber sandwich crusts for the best part of 30 minutes.

Emilythornesbff · 14/08/2013 10:07

On the fence here (ouch).
I hate hen "dos" altogether these days. (ooh, miserable cow syndrome spreads fast!
Take miniatures.

Yama · 14/08/2013 10:07

I was just thinking that I have never been invited to afternoon tea since I was a child and had lots of elderly relatives. Then I remembered that we are going to an engagement party afternoon tea before the month is out.

There will be lots of wine at this one though. I checked.

SavoyCabbage · 14/08/2013 10:08

Would it make you better to find out that here in Australia a 'Kitchen Tea' is a popular hens night activity. It's going to the bridesmaids house where they have a Tupperware party and then the bride gets a Tupperware gift from the Tupperware party woman.

So be glad you are not doing that!

AKissIsNotAContract · 14/08/2013 10:09

Maybe there is a night out afterwards but the B list guests only get invited to the afternoon tea.

VestaCurry · 14/08/2013 10:09

I love afternoon tea, but it has to be somewhere really special and a very occasional treat - Claridges or the Savoy,

I should repeat this post on the sophisticated thread !

On the bright side, it's not a ££££ weekend abroad or ££££ weekend stay here in the country. These shoot up the cost of other people's weddings, although I decline invites to these on the basis of them being part of the bloated wedding culture. No doubt I'm a misery guts for not wanting to 'party', but I don't give a shit.

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MarmaladeTwatkins · 14/08/2013 10:10

Oh booze isn't included in this one but you may have a glass of Pimm's and lemonade for a supplementary... SIX POUNDS NINETY FIVE

What would anyone say if you got quoted £6.95 for a Pimm's in any other situation?! Or £25 for some flour, butter and milk formed into little circles and a pot of hot water with some leaves? HUH? What would you say?

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MarmaladeTwatkins · 14/08/2013 10:11

"Maybe there is a night out afterwards but the B list guests only get invited to the afternoon tea."

The hen wants to go out for one or two drinks at a bar then be on the 9pm train home. And I am staying at her house so she better not be off uptown top ranking whilst I am kipping on her futon.

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SPsTotallyMullerFuckingLicious · 14/08/2013 10:13

I'm off to town for my £1 shots on the hen night. Easily spend £20 alone on those

No alcohol just pimms? Sneak some in, add it to the pimms, jobs a good 'un.

lovestogarden · 14/08/2013 10:15

Better than staggering down Oxford street at 1am, in high heels, teensy frock, veil and L-plates.

Pinupgirl · 14/08/2013 10:19

I love afternoon tea but I would think it was a bit boring for a hen night. I am going on a hen on Saturday. Its a tribute night in a local hotel with meal and disco included.

I am sure the food will be horrible,the act mediocre and the drinks exorbitant but am determined to enjoy myself-this may involve smuggling a half bottle of Gordon's in my bag

SPsTotallyMullerFuckingLicious · 14/08/2013 10:20

Loves is it really though?

I haven't been on a hen night before. I hope so doesn't want to go to a wine bar.

Pinupgirl · 14/08/2013 10:21

I love afternoon tea but I would think it was a bit boring for a hen night. I am going on a hen on Saturday. Its a tribute night in a local hotel with meal and disco included.

I am sure the food will be horrible,the act mediocre and the drinks exorbitant but am determined to enjoy myself-this may involve smuggling a half bottle of Gordon's in my bag

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MarmaladeTwatkins · 14/08/2013 10:26

I don't particularly want to go on a "typical" hen night of dancing to '80s music at Flares and ending the night at AbraKebabRa either. A happy medium like dinner at night would be preferable.

Still, it's not as bad as the Alton Towers hen weekend I went on. What kind of adult decides that they want to spend their hen weekend in a theme park?!

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Charlottehere · 14/08/2013 10:28

If there are any other ladies up for a laugh, round them up and head into town, tell the bride to leave the key under the mat.

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