To be annoyed at the exclusion of single parents

[Peachyfizz]

There was a bit up roar about the brewers fayre not including single mums in their Sunday mother's day deal.

Just seen a local place of ours saying mums go free with another full paying person. My parents are away and obviously friends are with their families. So just me and DS this mothering Sunday. So I have to pay full price as I normally would. Just feel sad that us single mums are made to feel excluded! It would be nice to have a treat! AIBU?

Don't Creme Eggs come in 3s?

For the single parent of one child, all food is too much. I rarely eat a hot meal as I just cba to cook for me and a fussy small person. Loads of waste. I do freeze portions but my freezer is tiny!

Or a free glass of wine for example.
That includes everyone

Except teetotalers!

Pizza express send me a voucher every year for my birthday to “treat myself” to a free glass of wine. I don’t drink.

Assumptions are everywhere. 2+2 families, everyone likes a glass of wine, all women like chocolate and all men like beer. Dogs are male and cats are female.

Pisses me off. But i enjoy challenging stereotypes :)

There are hundreds of people who are excluded from deals and offers all the time!

Over 60s get 10% discount in B&Q on a Wednesday, that excludes everyone not over 60. Children eat free, excludes everyone who isn't a child. You must be this tall to ride, excludes everyone who isn't that tall. 'family pass' for 2 adults and 2 kids, excludes everyone with a different type of family. Birthday boy or girl eats free, excludes everyone who isn't celebrating a birthday. The list goes on. Heck, I only have 1 leg, should I always be annoyed that I have to buy 2 shoes?

I just don't understand your thought process though. So you saw the deal and assumed you would just get in for free? No common sense kicked in that from a business perspective that wouldn't be a very good idea? You didn't read the offer properly? Or you saw the deal, realised you would have to pay full price, got pissed off but did it anyways? You had the option to not go, go elsewhere where that deal wasn't on? Go to a park? Go for a walk? I just don't get it!!

reallyanother if it’s the pizza express birthday fizz voucher then you can have 6 soft drinks instead! Which isn’t bad if you go with a group (who don’t want the prosecco either).

Besides, where i live there would be uproar if a company was seen to endorse single parenthood.

Where do you live? 1950? 🙄

As far as the eye can see ...

pizza express send me a voucher every year for my birthday to “treat myself” to a free glass of wine. I don’t drink

If you read the small print, you would see that they will happily substitute a soft drink for you.

It is frustrating, OP, although very much a marketing ploy and all about money making, it would be fairer to all kinds of families to offer a 50% reduction rather than BOGOF, but I suspect tables/families consisting of one adult are simply not profitable and therefore are not a priority.

The lack of empathy here is outstanding, as ever.

My DCs’ school do a quiz night. Couples get a discounted rate. Single parents have to pay the regular ticket price.

dont how on earth is that fair? What is the logic behind that!

I'm a single parent but I'm on the fence here. If they offered a free adult meal/entry with a child's meal they'd go bankrupt by 2020. I know the feeling of being 'different' than the masses though and that feeling of loneliness.

Seriously, decades ago we'd all just smile and say:
"Isn't that a lovely thing for the company to offer?"

These days it's:

"But that's not fair on me..."

@paniconthestreetsofdreams BRILLIANT! Oh so correct too! Spot on

OP has admitted she was BU and said she finds it upsetting . That’s all

how on earth is that fair?

The more this thread goes on, the more it seems you just want money off things and are going to be outraged at any discount for anyone doing anything because any marketing ir promotion that doesn't benefit you is some sort of horrible conapiracy ti exclude single parents.

I could get annoyed that my meal prices in some places are probably higher where they offer kids eat free. I could talk about how that's upsetting and excluding me as someone struggling with fertility issues and it's not fair that i should pay more.

... or I could accept it's a business promotion and stop being professionally offended.

Er, except that poster who just did. Complaining that a two parent family who paid the same price as her were getting it cheaper ‘because they have two incomes’.
Which word suggests a complaint? I was replying since a number of people posted that the OP would be paying the same as a couple.

Every time there are threads like this you get people saying single parents should be given lower rates on the same goods and services purely because they are single parents. And they might not put it in the terms of asking for two parent families to be penalised for staying together, but it’s certainly the net result of what they’re asking for.
No it isn't, they are just asking that each adult pay the same.

they are just asking that each adult pay the same.
So basically nowhere should have any offers at all (even if they make good business sense) if an offer doesn't apply to everyone.

Great.
I demand all shops get rid of student discount or reduce everything by 10% so i don't feel left out.
Kids eat free with a paying adult. Scrap that. As a childfree adult struggling with fertility, that is offensive to me and my struggles ans why should I pay more to subsidise kids meals?
B&Q over 60s discount. Bloody baby boomers. They take all the best houses and then get a discount from B&Q whilst i have to pay full price for ky DIY goods. How is that fair?! Get rid of it.
Supermarkets should stop offering BOGOFF offers because I don't need to buy that much. Oh and they should stop making family packs better value too. Why should people get cheaper things when they chose to start a family. Surely they knew there'd be costs.

Different offers will appeal to different folks. Getting grumbly because some don't work out for you is silly.

I can't believe people on this thread genuinely think they should be entitled to discounts or free stuff from businesses because they're single.

As a PP said uptrend, having only one leg wouldn't qualify you for a 50% discount at shoe shops. I'd argue that it's a far bigger disadvantage too.

YANBU to be sad you're single.
YABU to expect businesses, or anyone for that matter, to give you special treatment for it.

My local pub did 50% of mums meal with any children’s meal, this is fair

I don’t think OP feels sad that she’s single, I know I don’t, I love being single, she just thinks the offer is aimed at people who are not single parents and why shouldn’t all mums get a special offer on mother’s day? She’s not asking for special treatment for being single

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Just to clarify, my suggestions weren't serious.
But I know what you mean. Sure it sucks to be single at times, but it doesn't mean you can begrudge promotions for others

Becuase no one in entitled to discount.

"why shouldn’t all mums get a special offer on mother’s day?"

Why should they? The pub is not your child. Why should they give you anything unless it also brings something to them?

"I don’t think OP feels sad that she’s single"

She very clearly does and I thought she was beginning to accept that she had to acknowledge those feelings rather than blame companies for them, but now people are egging her on again with this 'unfairness' rubbish.

MaisyPops but still good points!

I don’t think OP feels sad that she’s single, I know I don’t, I love being single, she just thinks the offer is aimed at people who are not single parents and why shouldn’t all mums get a special offer on mother’s day? She’s not asking for special treatment for being single hmm
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