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AIBU?

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Fairground prize

60 replies

Winebomb · 28/08/2017 23:11

Well we don't particularly like fairgrounds, the type where loads of lorries show up, with fold out rides etc, and you get a very expensive mystery meat burger...

We have driven past every night and caved in as due to work commitments (we usually don't work BH) DS has had a shit BH weekend, he loved it by the way despite the tack and weirdness.

We played hook a duck. He won. But oh the prizes..

Assault rifle
Bb Hun
Some plastic balls on a plastic spring
anti terrorist police set

He chose the latter, and it's all gone in the bin when he went to bed.

So basically it was a toy marketed for 3 years old plus, anti terrorist police set came with:

Handcuffs
Gun
Knife
Compass
Binoculars
Gun
Police badge

On the box it clearly said 3 years plus, the marketing included a very adult looking lady wearing a fancy dress "slutty" police woman outfit (thing boobs spilling over a blouse, and cheap porno)

He will ask in the morning, because he is 4, and remembers everything...

Do I say the dog ate it?

OP posts:

Thebfg75 · 28/08/2017 23:55

If he's anything like my ds just let him take it to the park with him.... It'll be lost or broken in a few minutes,

AnnieAnoniMouse · 28/08/2017 23:57

The first packaging is crap. Easily solved.

I can't see the issue with him having things a Policeman would have. Why isn't he allowed to role play & dress up as a Policeman?

Take his new toys out of the bin fgs.

SkylarFalls · 28/08/2017 23:59

You're doing it wrong:

You should have let him play with the lot all the way home! most of it would have been broken before you got in the door coz fairground tat is extra brakey! then you coulda legitimately put it in the bin and not be the bad guy!

Viviennemary · 28/08/2017 23:59

I agree with unless the knife is sharp and the gun real and loaded what harm can they do. As long as you're not going to an airport tomorrow and he wants to take them. In which case he can't.

gingergenius · 29/08/2017 00:03

My eldest is 15. Hecdusdnt see actoybgun until he was 6.

He still made weapons from any available shit he could find.

He loved the tacky shit from the fair.

He watches James Bond films and can tell me the name of every gun that appears in every film. He still makes weapons out of sticks etc. We have a close, loving and very bonded relationship. He thinks trump is cock and we readily discuss (with utter disgust) the gun laws in the US.

It's not just about the plastic guns.

KurriKurri · 29/08/2017 00:04

You don't have to explain terrorism to him if you just give him the more innocuous bits of plastic tat. Are a compass, binoculars and a badge harmful ? Throw the packaging away - it sounds dire and innapropriate.
But you let him
a) Go to a fair
b) do the hook a duck
c) choose that toy

The chances of him coming home from a fairground with absolute tat are predictably very high

The time to get all moral was when he was saying 'I want the knives and guns' that's when you say 'why not have the nice balls on a spring instead ?'
It seems a bit unkind to let him choose something tacky then throw your hands up in horror when you get home and throw it all away when he's asleep.

He'd have lost interest in a few days when it all fell to pieces, and would have no idea about terrorism unless you forced him to listen to a lengthy explanation, But now he'll know that when he's asleep people throw his toys away. Good luck with that.

gingergenius · 29/08/2017 00:05

Hecdusdnt see actoybgun until he was 6.
Was meant to read
He didn't see a toy gun until he was 6! Of course

LilQueenie · 29/08/2017 00:06

you don't like the 'type' of fairgrounds. What other types are there?

Fruitcorner123 · 29/08/2017 00:09

my son ( age 6) won this exact prize (i think) a few weeks ago. He played with it for 2 days then forgot about it so why not just let it run its course? He wil playat police a few times then loe interest, he certainly doesn't need to know about terrorists.

Obvioulsy dispose of the packaging

don't go there again or if you do then specify beforehand which prize he can have.

Lmsm · 29/08/2017 00:11

Ffs! my girl loves police things " kills the bad guys" daily! who told them it's to prevent "terrorism". it's a police set let them play!

Bananasinpyjamas11 · 29/08/2017 00:23

I know. I tried not giving my son any toy guns or knives etc.

Then aged 4 he ate his toast into the shape of a gun and picked up a stick to use as a knife.

And aged 3 we visited Father Christmas and his present was a toy soldier with an AK47.

I kind of had to laugh in the end! He loved them. To him there wasn't any bad connotations. I just tried to teach him as he got older about caring about others, sharing, negotiating and not hurting them!

Ttbb · 29/08/2017 00:46

I would just let him keep the compass and the binoculars and say that the dog chewed up the rest. It's shocking that this is rveb sonething that exists.

HappylandToysEverywhere · 29/08/2017 01:03

Is this Harrogate by any chance? Can't believe the fair is only here for 5 days! Used to always be at least 10 days!!!

Rodhullstvaerial · 29/08/2017 01:06

you don't like the 'type' of fairgrounds. What other types are there?

Well special nice ones obviously! Swapping the candy floss for artisan lollies handcrafted in the hills of the Himalayas, and instead of greasy burgers theres falafel and ethically sourced goats cheese.

Christ, the poor kid had to touch the rod hooking that duck. Just imagine how many working class kids must have held it. Disgusting.

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 29/08/2017 01:13

Presumably he can't read the word terrorist?

I wouldn't bet on that as apparently he can go to his current preschool and use saws and electrical drills to play with wood

Hecdusdnt see actoybgun until he was 6.

That deserves a prize.

pp2017 · 29/08/2017 01:23

Swapping the candy floss for artisan lollies handcrafted in the hills of the Himalayas, and instead of greasy burgers theres falafel and ethically sourced goats cheese.

👆🏼👆🏼😂😂😂😂

ByGum · 29/08/2017 01:36

My real AIBU, is when does hulk a duck start dishing out pretend anti terrorist style toys for fucking 3 year olds!!!!

They've always had police sets as prizes, I'm 37 and my brother used to beg Mam to let him have the cap gun as a kid, I always wanted the hideous plastic pink dress up stilettos

LuLuuuuuuu · 29/08/2017 01:36

Ilovefood

I won a fish once . Lived about 3 days . Poor Vienna.

OP you could have kept the binoculars etc for your DS . I'd have kept it all but I am not you so I guess you think its for the best.

ReanimatedSGB · 29/08/2017 01:59

Get over yourself. Roleplaying and pretending are fairly important parts of being a kid, and this includes roleplaying 'bad' characters. The more pissy you are about toys you disapprove of, the greater attraction such things will have for your DC, whereas if you just accept this sort of tat without having a big self-important strop about it he will play with the stuff for a while and move on to the next thing.

Also, just in general, throwing away something which belongs to your DC is shitty behaviour.

HappenedForAReisling · 29/08/2017 03:57

Bb Hun

KurriKurri · 29/08/2017 11:24

you don't like the 'type' of fairgrounds. What other types are there?

The ones where you can see General Tom Thumb, a Bearded Lady and a bit of bare knuckle fighting. Those were the days

RonSwansonsMoustache · 29/08/2017 11:32

You've massively overreacted here.

By all means get rid of the gun/knife, but why have you chucked all his toys in the bin?! Surely all you need to do is get rid of the packing and let him play with the rest? Winning cheap plastic tat is all part of the fun of going to the fair, surely? You let them play with it and it all breaks the next day, or they get bored because it doesn't work anyway.

You clearly hated the idea of the fair in the first place, but when you're a parent it's just not about you. Kids love flashing lights, tatty toys, rides, music and junk food - it wouldn't kill you to let him enjoy his "prizes" for a couple of days, would it?

RonSwansonsMoustache · 29/08/2017 11:33

The ones where you can see General Tom Thumb, a Bearded Lady and a bit of bare knuckle fighting.

shrunkenhead · 29/08/2017 11:40

I was wondering which types of fairground don't consist of a load of lorries rocking up and folding out the rides???!
While I don't think his "prize " is in any way appropriate, I'd maybe just let this one go....the packaging can go in the bin and the more offensive items (knife/gun) will soon be "lost " or broken.

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 29/08/2017 11:51

I'm with you OP, that 'prize' is beyond grim, and would have found its way to the bin in my house too.

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