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To think this lady is going to be very disspointed with motherhood

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Thefishewife · 04/10/2016 10:47

Listening to 3 counties radio

And this lady was raging because Cine world wouldn't allow her to bring her 4 month old in to watch Bridget Jones

It's a 15 btw

The radio presenter said well it's a 15 and can you not see that they aren't legal allowed to let under 15 in

she went on to say well life has to carry on I shouldn't be stoped from doing things because I have a baby😳 I think this lady is going to be very disspointed with all the things YOU can't do once you have a child

She said that they shouldn't have age limits and it should be left to the parents to choose 😳The fact she is trying to take a 4 month old to the pictures shows that it really really shouldn't be left to parents

OP posts:
passingthrough1 · 04/10/2016 13:25

Cineworld just have a really weird selection of baby screening films - they for some reason show films children want to see rather than a film the mother (or father) of a very young baby wants to see. The baby can't tell what they're watching and is happy because they're in warm room on a warm body, so why show the BFG?? Other cinemas show abnormal selection of films at baby screenings and know full well that a 2 month old baby can sit (lie) through a 15 or 18 without being scarred for life. Cineworld just need to change this policy in line with other cinemas.

passingthrough1 · 04/10/2016 13:25

A normal ** not abnormal

MadAsABagOfCats · 04/10/2016 13:28

It's part of being a parent, she'll have to get used to it. It won't last forever

LadyConstanceDeCoverlet · 04/10/2016 13:29

OP, you haven't answered the question. Do you think the baby shouldn't have been allowed purely because it was a 15 certificate?

Caper86 · 04/10/2016 13:33

Picture house hold the big scream where you can take babies (in fact you can only go if you have a baby). they show Bridget jones too

Bogeyface · 04/10/2016 13:37

If the cinema has banned it then presumably thats because there are people who dont take their babies out when they make a racket, and they stand to lose a lot of money if others dont return.

What this woman is failing to understand is that a) the world was not created to revolve around her and her child and b) she actually has no right to enter the cinema at all, they can refuse entry to anyone if they so choose.

I am sure that she was equally passionate about not sharing her space and free time with kids before she had any, she sounds the type. As for "why should my life change because I had kids?" well, thats the kind of the whole point isnt it? No one would have kids if nothing changed surely?!

droolinggimp · 04/10/2016 13:40

If I was in a cinema with a parent with a non walking, talking but babbling, sreaming, crying baby I would be well pissed off. Yes they have a right to be there but common sense should really prevail here. I mean would you take a baby mountian climbing, strapped to your back?? because that example does not have any restriction on who takes part. Doubt it very much. I would never dream of taking a baby into the cinema where adults or teenagers have paid good money to experience a movie.

Hellochicken · 04/10/2016 13:41

I don't think she will necessarily be disapointed with motherhood, but possibly not get to see as many films as she hoped for.

You can do quite a lot of things as a mother. I would say the biggest shift is in me, not in what I am prevented from doing due to children.

I can't think of many things I want to do but can't. If there are then I just think I will do them one day when they are a bit older.

PurpleDaisies · 04/10/2016 13:42

Does a babbling, screaming or crying baby really have a right to be in a cinema showing drooling? I very much doubt it. Any person not being quiet should be asked to leave (obvious exception for baby friendly showings).

DoNotBlameMeIVotedRemain · 04/10/2016 13:47

12A is fine as it is up to parents discretion whether suitable for their child. I can take my 6 month old as they are too young to understand. I wouldn't take a 6 year old as not suitable but the law allows me to take in any child including baby.

15 is strictly no under 15s admitted even if parent thinks OK. This is why, by law, there should not be 15 films at parent and baby showings.

droolinggimp · 04/10/2016 13:48

purpledaisies, I was posting in reply to another post on page one (after I realised this thread is more pages. My bad) The poster said a human can go where they allow humans. So my post was about that.

Cackleberry4 · 04/10/2016 13:48

I would be concerned about the volume level for a babies ears as I find the cinema very loud.

I'd also be pissed off to have my viewing pleasure disrupted by a crying baby or disturbed by a parent jumping up to take a crying baby out of the theatre.

shovetheholly · 04/10/2016 13:50

I would rather have a baby that occasionally cried and was taken out than bunches of teenagers on their phone constantly, chatting and giggling!! Watching movies in a public place does sometimes entail noise (even though this irritates me in the latter case). I hate the idea of women who might be feeling quite isolated, tired and lonely with a small baby being shut out of things. Providing everyone keeps a modicum of common sense, it can work.

KondosSecretJunkRoom · 04/10/2016 13:55

I have decided to make up some of my own laws today.

Law 1: No chatting to people in the aisles of supermarkets...go somewhere else to talk.

Law 2: No one should be late, ever, no excuses.

Law 3: People who don't change their batteries on their house alarms so that when there is a powercut the said alarm goes off for twenty minutes, should be immediately incarcerated.

More will follow.

passingthrough1 · 04/10/2016 13:58

DoNotBlame I don't think it actually is the law though because many other cinemas just not Cineworld show 15s at baby screenings. I took my baby to see Bridget Jones (at a baby screening, no adults were offended), as far as I know I was not breaking the law. They allow under 1s to see whatever the rating. It's just Cineworld.

TheNaze73 · 04/10/2016 13:58

What a prick she sounds. This is for her Biscuit

Who wants a 15 certificate film ruined by a child? The entitlement of some people, grinds my gears

Atenco · 04/10/2016 14:03

I'm with the mother in this.

I'm a complete expert on children's films of the 80s and early 90s because I couldn't afford a babysitter so that I could go to more restricted films. Which would be fine if it were not that my dd got to see all those films on video at her friends' houses.

FontSnob · 04/10/2016 14:03

Ah, the entitlement. Bingo.

LadyConstanceDeCoverlet · 04/10/2016 14:07

I don't see why it's entitled to want to go to the cinema with your baby, so long as you are prepared to go out if the baby cries. The chances are that this mother knows that her baby will sleep at the relevant time and there is very little chance of her causing any disturbance.

Our local cinema has hourly screenings of Bridget Jones, with the result that daytime showings are never full. I went at the weekend and the cinema was half empty, so it will be even emptier during the week. I bet this mother could easily sit well away from everyone else and no-one would even notice the baby.

MitzyLeFrouf · 04/10/2016 14:11

I think in this case the use of 'entitled' is correct!

FontSnob · 04/10/2016 14:15

Because saying someone feels entitled for something is default outrage mode on here. Doesn't matter what. If like a definitive list of what people are and are not entitled to. I find it ridiculous because actually none of us are entitled to anything. At all. Do really we should all just sit naked in a hole.

DoNotBlameMeIVotedRemain · 04/10/2016 14:18

Passingthrough - I think technically they are breaking the law. Whether it is likely to lead to the cinema being prosecuted when kids admitted are babes in arms (rather than 13 year olds) I wouldn't like to say. Likely they would be given a warning first.

frenchknitting · 04/10/2016 14:18

Can anyone actually confirm that this woman was complaining about not being able to take a baby into a normal screening? Because it seems far more likely she was complaining about Cineworld's policy of not allowing 15 rated films at baby screenings.

albertcampionscat · 04/10/2016 14:19

YABU. The movie won't corrupt the baby, but the baby might well annoy people. (FWIW I'm going to take my four month old to see it tomorrow - at a baby-friendly screening)

KondosSecretJunkRoom · 04/10/2016 14:20

You better not be sat naked in a hole too close to my hole, that's illegal you know (writes new law) you entitled hole dwelling hole digger.