AIBU to think you don't have a picnic outside someone else's tent? (Diagram)

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DP and I are camping for a few days. We're in a big campsite and deliberately chose the furthest corner to pitch in, hoping it would be quiet. It's all couples in the tents in the same area as us - there are bigger fields nearer the toilet block with swings etc which is where most of the families are. We are pitched next to a small stream and there's a little bridge you have to cross to get to our bit of the campsite so it's quite secluded.

We came back to our tent today for lunch and found about 10 adults and about 7 kids all having a very noisy picnic along the stream right by our tent. Obviously I didn't say anything but AIBU to think this is not on and that if they want to have a big noisy lunchtime boozing session they should do it by their own tents? Lest I be accused of drip feeding I should emphasise that there is another, very shallow stream leading the whole length of the campsite which they could picnic next to. Also they are definitely not camped anywhere near this area as we've met all the other people who have pitched round us.

So, MNetters - AIBU? I admit I am mostly cross because I was hoping for a nap this afternoon and am now having to hide out in the local pub garden which is a hell of a lot quieter than the actual campsite! Also apologies for the poor quality diagram, am a bit short of drawing tools.

Unless they are actually ON your pitch YABU. On a campsite everywhere bar occupied pitches is communal.

Not sure why you anticipated quietness in what seems to be a very picturesque (and therefore of interest to others) part of the site.

Irritating. But probably not a lot you can do about it. How loud are they? Like seriously loud? I'd tell them to fuck off even though I may not be within the rules to do so. But I still would.

I would assume I was invited and tuck in. .

But they might have spotted the place ages ago and are at this moment busy writing a similar MN post about the irritating couple who've pitched their tent at the nicest picnic spot on the campsite.

But the whole site is picturesque! There's miles of stream!

I should add that I haven't said anything and have no intention of saying anything, I know it's a communal site. I just thought that it was a bit of an unspoken rule that you didn't sit right outside someone else's tent. But maybe not!

I'm guessing the smaller river and bridge makes it a good place for the kids to play.

No, there's no unwritten rule.

Ha maybe puppy! Though the grass was all squashed when we pitched up so someone else had obviously been there very recently.

I would join them!

Supervise them tidying up to make sure they take all their mess. That should put them off returning. Or have loud and enthusiastic sex in your tent.

I did think about the sex thing! But I'm too lazy

You need to tell us where this picturesque campsite is OP - only then can we decide.

You could have pretend sex instead....like most of us lol

...& this is why, when I go camping, I go to the arse end of nowhere, not a 'camping site' with swing sets & toilet blocks.

If there are other parts of the stream that are just as accessible & safe for the children to paddle then I'd go & have a word in the office. They might be happy to ask them to have their noisy picnics elsewhere in the future. Most campsite owners do try to keep everyone happy.

Or do what others have suggested & have noisy sex. I'm sure DH would be happy to do all the 'work' you can just lie back and moan, scream & instruct for England! 😊 No one can really complain about you having sex in your own tent in a secluded part of the campsite...

YABU

This is no different than getting annoyed at people parking outside your house when it's a public road.

You don't own the area next to the bridge. It's obviously that which is appealing to families.

Can you move your tent away a bit? If not, suck it up buttercup.

If you can't beat em, join em. Ask if you can join them for a beer, they'll either say yes or sod off.

I'd be pretty pissed off too OP. I remember once when we camped, there were free pitches all over the place but this dad and his chilled rolled up RIGHT NEXT TO US! WHY?!!!!
I'm not very tolerant of other people though

*children.
Not chilled. I was definitely not chilled

Start playing some Slipnot music. Or a porn video.

Yea coz having sex and/or blaring out heavy metal with kids outside makes sense .

Annie it's not the sort of campsite I normally stay at either, I'm used to places that are a bit more basic! But we were a bit stuck for choice as this was planned last-minute.

Well I accept that AIBU and will be a bit more careful about pitching in future. Just to update, we just got back and they were still there. One woman asked my DP if they were being annoying and he said yes so they all packed up and left!

I hope they don't come back and unpeg our tent in the night

if they come back just stick some music on full blast - death ,etal or opera

metal

They're obviously those annoying people who decide to set up their beach chairs and windbreaks right next to you when you are the only other people on a deserted beach, or the ones who come and park right next to you when you hoped to have a secluded picnic in the middle of nowhere. It obviously is seriously annoying, but there's not too much you can do about it. Maybe as an alternative to noisy sex, play Wagnerian opera really loudly?

YANBU,

It's herd mentality. Like parking next another car when there are loads of free spaces just a little way down. Or going in between two groups on the beach rather than the wide open space in front or further along.
Drives me nuts.
Definitely have sex and if they say anything say you always have it at this time , with a cheerful smile.