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Soft play rage - WIBU?

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MillieH30 · 12/08/2014 21:48

Not sure how it came to this, but I got into a dispute about a ball. Possibly losing my grip on reality...

At soft play loads of coloured balls are brought out. DD (20 m) usually selects one and plays with it throughout the class. Today she rolled the chosen ball down a slide and it rolled to the feet of a pre-walker. He was crawling by his DM who was chatting to a friend. He put his hands out towards it but my DD picked it up and ran off with it. I rolled another ball towards him.

The next thing his mother dashed over and roughly snatched the ball from my DD saying "My DS was playing with that. Dont steal from babies". Cue my DD looking really surprised and then bursting into floods of tears.

I picked up sobbing DD, explained that DD had been playing with the ball and demanded it back. The mother then dropped the ball on the floor and walked off saying "well take it then if it means so bloody much to you. You'd think there are enough bloody balls here". DD got the ball and carried on playing. However as we were leaving the mother whispered loudly to her friend: "such a brat, so bloody spoilt. You'd think they'd teach her to share".

I carried on walking but was fuming. However when I told my DH, he found it hilarious that I got into an argument over a ball. Am now thinking perhaps he's right and am Blush. What do you think, WIBU?

OP posts:
freyaW2014 · 12/08/2014 22:49

Yanbu and I would be furious if someone snatched a ball from my 20 month old and told her off like that!
I would probably have acted like tiger mother and had a right go to be honest!

Softlysoftlycatchymonkey · 12/08/2014 23:03

ThisIs I also step in when older kids are effecting other people's kids too. Grin I have a habit of taking over the area as kids flock to me. even when I try and ignore them

Dp now gets me a coffee and I sit and watch them play, out of the area.

StrawberryGashes · 12/08/2014 23:06

It is really funny OP, but you weren't the one in the wrong.

deakymom · 12/08/2014 23:39

ive been there ive also been there when some child has snatched a toy off my 18 month old the mom was all awww sorry he is like that (syrupy smile) and my son headbutted hers my reply was along the lines of don't worry mine can defend himself (and scoop up child and RUN AWAY FAST!!)

we don't go to soft play too often and never in the holidays it's far too busy!

ThisIsBULLSHIT · 13/08/2014 07:23

Oh god softly me too! I told a boy off for pushing a smaller child down the slide the other day. Didn't know who either of them were!? Glad it's not just me.
I bet you take stuff for your dc to do wherever you go the pub like us and then end up with all the children in the immediate area playing with you!

Softlysoftlycatchymonkey · 13/08/2014 07:44

ThisIs oh yes we have a pepper pig rucksack with pound shop crap toys.

You can guarantee I will have a 5 year old skulking about trying to make eye contact ha ha. I don't mind actually as dd gets company keeps her quiet

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