To be contemplating throwing something at this kid/his mother?

[soupforbrains]

So, it's Saturday morning. I'm looking after my niece which means taking her to ballet/tap/modern classes.

You know what it's like, but of a rush most of the time and then inexplicably there is always a big waiting time in the middle. The 'lobby' waiting room doesn't have enough chairs and kids flow in and out constantly at the changeover of classes.

There are always a few reluctant siblings hanging around too. Usually getting homework done etc.

Tolerable if not exactly thrilling/luxurious.

BUT this morning a mother has just swanned in with her son (sibling of a dancer) and parked him in the waiting room WITH HIS GUITAR.

The kid's about 7 and Based on his competence and the sound he's making i would estimate has been learning guitar for approximately 30 seconds.

AIBU to want to throw something at him/throw the guitar through the window and scream in the mother's face?

I am shamelessly awaiting an update and secretly hoping you will have recorded it!!!

Whoops..cross post

Guitar mum has been backed up by her friend saying what's wrong with being creative in what is 'clearly a creative space' 🤔

Dad has looked imploringly around. I'm going in....

I was crushing on this Dad just because of his kid-wrangling skills. Now this??? *swoooons (Am picturing him having told the kids mother to lie in while he made her a cup of tea before he took the kids out for the morning.... I believe in fairies....)

@soupforbrains
You are brave and strong!!!

OP - I’d just like to thank you for this thread

Am hoping the words “Performance Parenting” and “Narcissistic Twat” are thrown in there. Also “Complete lack of self-awareness...” not hinting....

Can't wait to find out what happens next

Really hope you backed up Hero Man

I wouldn’t have advocated grabbing it off the boy ☹️
He should have addressed the mother. It’s her fault. However please do support him by saying it’s not acceptable in a confined, busy, waiting area, and that it was getting on your last nerve too.

Please let everyone in the room have backed up Heroic Dad.

Christ do you think you're all secretly being filmed as some kind of social experiment to find out how much one group of humans can tolerate on the hottest day of the year before resorting to maiming one another in a heated rage?

I do hope so.

Go* for it soupforbrain*s

Weird bold fail

13 mins since the OP ‘went in’. I’m sensing blood she’d (hopefully the kids mothers, not the OP).

I applaud the guitar wrangling Dad.

Well that all got quite exciting.

I stood up and baked up Hero Dad. Said that she was wrong that this was a rest room not a creative space for her offspring to annoy everyone in. She then shouted at us asking if we expected her to leave her son at home alone.

To which I said " no, we expect you to leave the guitar at home alone!"

She said we were being racist. At which a woman nearby burst out laughing and joined in and said it had nothing to do with race but was solely based on the fact that she had brought the guitar and then Her, her son and friend had proceeded to annoy ALL he other parents which tuneless noise.

Guitar Mum's friend chimes in to say we were angry, rude people. So I told them that while we are currently angry the rudeness was hers in having no consideration for others and I said that if she insists on being an obnoxious twerp then she should also be prepared to deal with the fallout.

At which point there was a class changeover and her teen daughter appeared. Gave her mother a look, shouted "you're so embarrassing" and stormed out.

The mother glared at us why hastily gathering daughter's belongings and son. And rushing after daughter.

RIP @soupforbrains. She was a brave soul....

Hilariously Hero Dad is still holding the guitar. So now we're not sure what to do.

How long is this 'gap' in activities that the child has been playing guitar intermittently for over an hour?

YAY@ Soup and teen daughter!!!

Great thread OP.
I'm literally LMAO at 'be grateful it's not a violin' and kumbaya.
It's really not helping my poorly viral chest laughing so much.
Nice to hear of so many dance dads having to suffer the torture of dancing class.

He still has the guitar? Hilarious.

I'm sure someone will be back for it; leave it there.

Guitar Mum will be reporting guitar theft to the police.

How long is this 'gap' in activities that the child has been playing guitar intermittently for over an hour?

Long enough for baby shark to be jumped.