To refuse to send my child to a pirate party

[Mashbocking1]

A nursery friend of my 4 yo DS is having a pirate themed birthday party. I’m planning to decline the invite as I don’t think it’s appropriate for little children, or anyone for that matter, to dress up as a pirate - it’s glorifying and sentimentalising criminal men who raped, robbed and murdered.

FFS, piracy used to carry the death penalty until recently! You wouldn’t let your child go to a Nazi themed party - I can’t see much difference!

Halloween costumes must be a real struggle round your house...

Stealing a loaf of bread used to get people executed too. Humans are vile.

I can't believe what I just read. I think you're being unreasonable

You are being ridiculous. My son’s 7th birthday party was a pirate party. I made them all hats and swords and they came in suitable attire and a great time was had by all. It doesn’t have to relate to historical fact.

10/10 for goadiness op 😂😂😂

I don't have enough eyes to roll at this nonsense...

This must be a wind up surely

You are totally right to your opinion.

Absolutely don’t go.

i personally think YABU but it’s your deciosion.

Maybe you should send them but dress them as a modern-day Somali pirate, complete with AK47, to really hammer the point home?

What are acceptable themes for a 4 year olds party then?

...it’s glorifying and sentimentalising criminal men...

And women, to be fair to the parents of this child.

Have a watch of Muppets Treasure Island for some light-hearted pirate inspiration.

Shocking!!

Four years ago, I went to a Somali Pirate Party.

Still there. Family trying to find the money, they say.

My nine year old dressed as a pirate every day for a full year between ages 3 and 4.

We also went to a LOT of pirate parties.

He has shown no violent, criminal or far right tendencies as yet.

While I take your point, I think that it would be like thinking a princess party was glorifying actual under-educated, well-bred young women who have disastrous personal lives and die because they have a drunk driver and don’t wear a seatbelt.

Wow! So i expect you’d all be fine with your kids getting dressed up in Nazi uniforms too!

Ahh. PFB yeah?

Don't let your kid go to a princess party. Those girls were so repressed by their mothers and fathers, often living a life of slavery and beatings before agreeing to marry a bloke the met in the woods. Most of them were about 15/16/17.

Well this has cheered me up a bit.

I do feel sorry for your son though

• Four years ago, I went to a Somali Pirate Party.

Still there. Family trying to find the money, they say.*

I snorted out my tea at that! 😂

10/10 for goadiness op

I'd give it zero, not one person is goaded, everyone has having a laugh. 🤣🤣🤣

How do you feel about the vikings op?

Oh I love these threads. Makes me realise I'm not crazy after all. 😂😂

This has to be a joke!!

What's a pirate’s favourite shop?

Arrrrrgos!

Sometimes you just have to lol