To think this friend is being ridiculous

[lastqueenofscotland]

I’ve got a friend who brings her three year old to most things, including when occasionally inappropriate. But usually it’s ok, she is the type to kick off when she gets invited to a wedding and her daughter doesn’t but otherwise it’s ok.

We all thought it would be fun to go to a beer festival and bought tickets about a month ago. It starts at 7pm in a city centre on a Friday. She has since found out it is (I’d think obviously) no under 18s due to licensing.
She is kicking off sideways about this.
Aibu to think she’s being bloody ridiculous and to tell her so!

I'd ask her quietly what the DH does that means the 3yo cannot be left in his presence.

She’s been moaning that it wasn’t absolutely clear that when it said over 18s it meant that excluded very young children to

Is your friend feeling ok?? She can’t be that dopey surely??

Wow she is so ridiculously entitled.
Having worked in hospitality I've dealt with many people like her there nightmares who are so arrogant that they can't understand that no means no and yes the rules apply to everyone equally and that includes them.
How can you be friends with someone like this?

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@messolini9 you had me in the first half not gonna lie

She’s a tit and I’d tell her so.

Christ, she's That Parent, isn't she? The one who drags her child to the pub on a Friday evening, then complains because the pub is full of pissed adults, telling filthy jokes and swearing?

Why would a 3yo be out after 7pm, surely that’s bed time?.

Does she have childcare? She sounds weird, but so do posters who claim 7pm is too late for a 3 year old. Not everyone put their kids to bed in the afternoon and have them up at dawn.

What exactly did she plan to do with her child in a beer festival?

Tell her to get a frigging grip. The world doesn’t revolve around her and her bloody child, and not should it.

She is kicking off sideways about this

Is it possible that your friend has gone through a Freaky Friday situation, and switched bodies with her 3 year old????

On a serious note just ignore her..

Is she a bit thick?

Why the fuck would anyone ever thing it would be appropriate to take a 3yo to a beer festival on a Friday night, let alone email the organisers to tell them so. what a fucking weirdo!

Why would you even want to be with your 3yo at a beer festival?! That sounds like utter shit!

I didn't have the option of not taking my (then 3yo ds places) not when he was older tbh!

But I accepted that if I couldn't take my child then I didn't go and it was my issue and not others. I wouldn't have booked a beer festival as I knew it wouldn't be for children.

She is being ridiculous. Who would even want to take a small child out to an event like a beer festival? Why does she want to bring her and not leave her with her DF?

I really hope your friend is on MN.

OP, YANBU!!

What species of idiot takes a 3 year old to a beer festival? Is she one of those "oooooh my kiddies are my life, I luvs them sooooo much and can't bear to be parted from them" or is she just totally inappropriate?

Ignore her kicking off. Rules are very simple. She either leaves her child at home or doesn't come.

She’s been moaning that it wasn’t absolutely clear that when it said over 18s it meant that excluded very young children too

Oh we had one of those at an event we organised at school - a ladies' evening type thing with stalls, silent disco, bar, nails etc. The tickets said "this is a licensed event, strictly over 18s only". Mother turned up on the night with a 2 year old and 5 year old because surely the over 18s really meant just that teenagers weren't allowed. She wasn't happy when we refunded the price of her ticket and sent her home.

Your friend is an idiot.

Pineapple her argument was that obviously her child was so so young she possibly couldn’t be counted and the under 18s thing was to stop teenagers buying alcohol

She needs to get a grip.

Regards of whether the organisers allow it.. who on earth thinks that taking a 3yo to a beer festival that starts at 7pm is a good idea?

Severly cranky, fed up and over tired child, lots of loud noises, bad language and drunk people, being unable to relax due to keeping a eye on said 3yo..
Sounds like a absolute nightmare.

Even more so when she has family who are willing to provide childcare.

She sounds like a NIGHTMARE.

Even if they did allow children, why would a three year old want to go a beer festival? she sounds ridiculous I couldn’t imagine anything worse than entertaining a child whilst having a drink with a friend.

She has a husband who is a great dad and often bemoans that fact he is hardly ever allowed to have his daughter unsupervised

I found that sad and worrying in equal measures. I think your friend has some serious problems that aren't being addressed by everybody pandering to her.

She’s off her chump. I’d step back and let her get on with it.

Why don’t you say to her “don’t be ridiculous, no one wants to hanging around with children at a beer festival?”

How do people this stupid reach adulthood? I mean surely this is a situation that should have been resolved with natural selection.

Your friend is clearly bonkers....