To be annoyed at this women's rudeness?

[duskmum]

Maybe a bit petty but it's just annoyed me. Me my family and DS went to a celebration party last night. We knew most people there and I've know them since I was little. Someone was playing with my D'S and they had a balloon which she got off the table for him. He was laughing and loving it. I went over to play along too.

Then this woman comes over with her GS I know her very well. She said can my GS hold it he was going nan I want. Then she asked him if he wanted the balloon and he obviously said yes. She said ok and just walked off. My D'S looked quite upset and luckily we managed to find him another balloon. But what is wrong with people's manners? Teaching your GS you can just take things from other people. I was shocked as I haven't seen this women like this before. AIBU to be annoyed at her behaviour?

Am I just being petty?

No! That’s really bloody rude!

Were the children similar ages?

Were you there at the time? Did you just watch them walk away with the balloon?

As you have never seen her like that before, it may be that her GS is going through a tantrummy stage and she was trying to keep the peace in public to save being embarrassed. If you found another balloon, she could have found one though. There are ways of keeping the peace without teaching your GS to be a bully.

yeah that's really rude yanbu to be annoyed

Rude. You're not BU. People might come to post and tell you it's just a balloon but it's not the point.

Bloody rude. I wouldn't have watched her walk away without saying something, though, it's such an odd thing to do?

I had a similar thing with balloons. People must be weird when it comes to them as my son had one and so did my dd we was at the park and a little girl started crying and asking for the balloons to her mum and her mum just stood there staring at is clearly hoping i would give then to her little girl. Um no!

Rude. Is her GS younger? Perhaps she thought your DS would understand but if there were others then no excuse really.

Same on swings at the park. Wait your bloody turn!!

My DS is around 18 months her GS is about a year older. Not sure about tantrums but like someone pointed out she could have gone and gotten him one without taking from my DS.

Should have said Nan my DS was playing with that can we have it back but was taken back abit. Not good lessons to teach. I just said to the person who got it how rude

I'd have stepped in to show my DS that I had his back and he didn't need to give up things he fairly 'had'. I understand why you were perhaps taken aback so didn't at the time.

You're perfectly reasonable to be annoyed. Thank you for not being livid, beyond livid, broken-hearted, sick with etc