So I’m with my dd who’s just turned 3 and my ds who is nearly 18 months climbing about in the soft play enclosure. My dd can’t go in the ‘baby’ section as she’s too big and my son is pretty good at the ‘big’ part of soft play but clearly needs help.
We get approached by another little girl who latches onto us, at first it’s cute but becomes clear very quickly that this child is very high maintenance! We initially go around the area as a 4 but my son is starting to get tired and fussy and my daughter is hungry, naturally my focus is on their needs, however, this girl won’t stop following and pestering us with ‘hey you’ etc
It’s very quiet here as it’s a week day morning and it’s set in a coffee shop, her mother/ nanny is sat direrctly opposite the play area and can hear the constant requests and my declining them. At no point does this woman get up and join the child, at one point they call to each other, but the girl is left to get on with it alone.
I’d like to stress I’m not annoyed by this child but the adult. AIBU to think this woman should have put the phone and coffee/ croissant down and join this girl who clearly wanted attention. She could clearly see I was very busy with my 2 but seemed happy to enjoy her ‘break’ as I was left to entertain this girl. Was I ‘right’ to be feeling so irritated?! I’d not leave my children to pester others whilst I sat back and enjoyed a coffee?