Hide and seek in pub

[Girlfrommars77]

Was sitting early eve c.5pm in the pub with a book and glass of wine waiting for my DP to join me. Busy pub but big with lots of space, friendly, and couples, groups of friends and some families. Family eating dinner next to me and I suddenly felt a scrabbling under my legs in the booth I was sitting in. Looked up and saw a mum say to her child, ‘go on get under there’ under the seat behind my legs. I looked up startled and she said ‘it’s okay, it’s just a little girl’. They were playing hide and seek and her dad (looking sheepish) had to come and fish her out from behind my legs. I smiled politely at the cute little girl and ignored her mother. Aibu to think this is really bloody rude. It’s a pub not soft play and I was obviously enjoying my quiet wine? Or am I a moody fucker?

Looked up and saw a mum say to her child, ‘go on get under there’ under the seat behind my legs. I looked up startled and she said ‘it’s okay, it’s just a little girl’. They were playing hide and seek and her dad (looking sheepish) had to come and fish her out from behind my legs

A few minutes? It read to me like child hid, dad came and fished her out.

Either way, I just couldn't get riled by something like this.

Fine, I certainly would not be happy about it and would turf the girl out.

So you're having a quiet drink, the mum tells her DD to hide under your bench then the DAD got down and fished her out from behind your legs?? I'd find that very uncomfortable and intrusive.
YADNBU.

I wouldn’t haven’t smiled either!

Strange..but if you want a quiet wine and book go to a family free pub.
So if you go to a family friendly pub you should expect parents to let their kids to hide under your tables?
It doesn't matter if it is family friendly, you don’t do this..

I think it's fun and it wouldn't bother me a bit.

Probably depends on the mood you’re in and/or who you’re with and the conversation you’re having. Sitting with mates chatting you’d probably have a laugh
Trying to talk to someone about something important, you’d be right to be a bit pissed off
On the whole, not a biggie

Wouldn’t have bothered me unless they kept interrupting me. Nice the parents were entertaining the child.

Well they were interrupting Red the OP was trying to have a quiet drink and read her book and the father of the child was faffing around removing the child from behind the OP's legs.

I wouldn't be at all happy with this. I don't like invasion of my personal space - it makes me very uncomfortable- and would have found this very intrusive. And I probably would have said something fairly sharp to the mother.

However, if the mother had said "we're playing hide and seek, could my daughter hide under your chair for a couple of minutes" I may have viewed it differently. So the mother was being VU and you were not.

That’s not on. Next time something like this happens pretend to have a conversation on your phone. Be very sweary.

I did this with my wife when we were on a virtually deserted beach. A family wth a noisy five year old plonked themselves down 3 feet behind us when there was almost an entire, 1 mile long, beach to sit on.

I instigated a loud and sweary conversation. Lots of fucks and cunts. They moved within 3 minutes.

I love FlouncyDoves suggestion and might use it, provided my own child is not in hearing range.

I would have said something to the parents.

It's not soft play and I go to the trouble of teaching my child how to behave appropriately, and making sure they're occupied with colouring or something.