To think you don't plop your toddler down in the middle of a croquet lawn

[trufflehunterthebadger]

Where people are actually playing croquet ?

We were at a garden party today and were playing croquet. As were some other people. Some woman and her 1ish year old child were wandering about all over the lawn with said child dragging a mallet with her. They then plopped down right in front of where we were playing, blocking our path to the next hoop. I said rather pointedly to DD "wait for your go as i don't want your ball to hit that little girl". The woman eventually moved but just left the mallet behind where her child had dropped it, in our path

aibu to think that this was really quite rude ?

Bella - it's true - some parents never grow out of it

But this thread was about babies / toddlers.

FWIW I would probably say 'Oops, there, Baby, we don't want you to get whacked with a mallet, so shall we move you?' or would say something to the parent, like 'ball coming through' and make a siren noise. Or if I know them well enough 'OI - shift your baby! deadly competition in progress!'.

But smile and nod at the baby-centric attitude.

In the case of the French language it's referred to as Bof

I love that sound. It says everything in one Gallic syllable.