Aibu to think the majority want to sleep?

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First time post, so I'll try not to waffle!
I know everybody is entitled to a holiday, but...
I was camping with ds in the Easter holidays.
We were in a field of families, with kids of all sorts. All generally mucking in together during the days, then generally going back for tea and bed between about 8-9. So far so good.
Apart from the odd-ball couple, who plonked their tent in the middle of the field (no kids, only 2 adults).
I don't want to say his snoring was bad, but 3 dads from the next field came to see what the row was! She was seen up walking around half the night...

If you know you (or your dp) snore loud enough to wake people in the next field, wouldn't you try to either go on holiday in term time (if you could, assuming they weren't teachers or something)
Or at least plonk your tent on the edge of the field/ in a corner/ not on a field full of small kids when you don't have kids with you. Lots of other spaces were free.

sing along, all together now "fifty green bottles hanging on a tent wall.." hic !

I think I would probably feel some sympathy for his poor wife, wandering around at all hours probably because she cannot sleep through his snoring.

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If anyone's after a name change, this is genius.

Snorers aren't allowed to go on holiday during the school holidays... Ooook then, that's a new one.

I'm fascinated by this "won't someone please think of the children" attitude with certain parents. Yes, fabulous you've reproduced, we are all super impressed.

If you know you (or your dp) snore loud enough to wake people in the next field, wouldn't you try to either go on holiday in term time (if you could, assuming they weren't teachers or something)

Assuming they are not teachers they might not even know that it was the school holidays.
Quite frankly as someone who is without children I'll go on holiday when and where I please thank you very much.
And just so you know, people without children aren't odd, some people chose not to or can't have children.

It's camping. Everyone wears ear plus and eye masks to ensure they get some sleep. If it isn't adults sitting around the campfire cackling at midnight, it's a screaming baby at 1am, or the bloody birds at 4am, or children being let out to run round other people's tent shouting at the top of their lungs at 7am.

They were probably being considerate and putting their tent a far away from other tents as possible (in the middle of the empty space in the field!)

I think the couple were mad for camping in the middle of a site with lots of children as that sounds like my idea of hell. But the rest of it - meh

YAB breathtakingly U

Are you really that entitled that you think your right to take your kids camping and pitch your tent where you want trumps someone else's right to go camping and pitch where they want?

snoring is grim
being deprived of sleep by the noise of somebody else sleeping is quite trying
camping is quite likely to include snoring
and/or campfire drinking & singing and children/dogs
even desert islands have shrieking gulls
sad but true
earplugs are our only hope

Yabu, they may have got there before you and it was empty at the time! I think you are exaggerating about people hearing in the next field, who are you the fucking camping police?!

They may have been pissed off that load of families with kids decided to pitch up near them

Camping is grim. I have never been.

Pitching their tent in a field full of families? Well it's obvious isn't it. They just have to be big raving snoring paedos.

So, someone who knows they snore loudly does not plonk pitch in the designated quiet areas?

Don't see a problem with that.

If someone's snoring through a tent annoys you, you wear earplugs.

Expecting other people to be silent while they're asleep is a bit entitled.

And I'm a bit at you complaining that they're on holiday when they're adults without kids - probably work in education.

We went to a campsite once (note, once) where some mad bat started a complaining conversation with me because we'd got back from a day trip and started to cook sausages at 6.45

Apparently it was too 'late', her children were just about to go to bed, they might be up 'half the night wanting sausages', didn't I know this was a 'family campsite' (had children with us - but early teens).

Put it this way, my face started by looking perplexed - moved swiftly through astonishment to 'fuck off you mad bat, I will cook my sausagems and stay up til 10pm to just piss you off now'

The teens and DH got the uncontrollable giggles at how just batshit crazy she was.

I didn't say he was odd for snoring, I said they were odd for putting their tent in a field of families when they had no kids with them.

So, people without children should be segregated from people with children.

Can you not see anything wrong with that?

And this couples names have passed into the annals of our family history.

Whenever anyone's being a bit of a precious twat in our house someone will say "gosh, that's a bit Caspian and Lola of you".

Apologies to any normal couples called Caspian and Lola

Actually, they'll be divorced by now - they fucking hated each other, spent the whole time hissing bile at each other just low enough that the children didn't notice but we could.

this happened me when we were camping.
a male snorer in a nearby tent kept everyone awake.
he was so loud.
and it was very irritating.
nothing you can do about it except use earplugs.

I'm trying to remember exactly where in the field we were over Easter, whether DH was in a snoring phase and whether I popped to the loo in the night ... so many new things to consider next time we camp.

We went to a campsite once (note, once) where some mad bat started a complaining conversation with me because we'd got back from a day trip and started to cook sausages at 6.45
Apparently it was too 'late', her children were just about to go to bed, they might be up 'half the night wanting sausages', didn't I know this was a 'family campsite' (had children with us - but early teens).

I'm not surprised at the mad bat's reaction.

I have seen threads in the past where parents of young children have complained because people in adjoining tents have had the cheek to sit round the campfire chatting and laughing in the evening, basically enjoying themselves But it was after 7 o clock! -
How selfish is that - the children must come first before anybody else's enjoyment. Their children have to be asleep the minute the sun goes down apparently.
If they're going to have such rigid miserable routines, why go on holiday in the first place?

Think Op may have given it 'goodnight campers'

Are you supposed to have a collective bedtime when camping? Sound awful.

I think all the 'odd balls' without dc have are meant to have a segregated one in their separate field.

Lights off and no snoring

Jesus wept.