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!

TROLL - or I hope you are, coz if you aren't I feel so sorry for your kids.
You clearly overthink everything. Your kids will not thank you for this when they are older. They will resent you when they have no friends.
Good Luck Op!

Update with the playmobil situation. They've just stuck playmobil Mary Poppins in the pirate ship prison. Maybe you have a point OP

You should round up some mates and picket the party OP - how will others understand unless you raise awareness?

@TulipCat Beat me to it 😂

What's a Pirates favourite letter of the alphabet?
Rrrrr
No - 'tis the C! 😂

You're both wrong. It's P. Without P, any pirate becomes irate.

Rather than boycott the pirate party why not show everyone a better way? Your son could rehearse a little speech exhorting the other pirates to reject pillaging in favour of lawful employment.

Can we please try to help the OP, come on, let’s come up with some nice neutral themes for her...

‘Fence themed party’ - everyone dresses up as a fence (not the selling stolen goods type,obvs)

Sounds a bit shit tho

Suggest you watch Horrible Histories pirate segments - they were actually governed by theirs own strict laws which were quite strict.......

Ffs! It's a party. As long as it's not Somalian themed it's just a bit of fun.

@Ispy123

To be fair they’ve made a good call with Poppins and the plank. She gets on my tits with fucking spit spot.

Birthday Candles:

Originally an offering to Artemis, the Goddess of Virginity and Fertility, in the hope that she will get the recipient's juices running.

This is hilarious. Have you been out in the sun without a hat, OP?

Ha ha ha fuck me!! This has to be a wind up

Suggest you watch Horrible Histories pirate segments - they were actually governed by theirs own strict laws which were quite strict

The Pirate Code. More guidelines I hear.

Have you asked the parents to parley to find a compromise?

Maybe you should teach those uneducated mothers a lesson and send your kid to the party with a pillory platform and some rotten fruit? He could put all his little 4 year old friends in the stocks and throw rotten fruit at them, shouting 'Shame,Shame!'

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

If it's good enough for Prince Charles...

YANBU

I hope you're joking. You have to be joking...

Has anyone else linked to this yet?
WI 'pirates' welcome Somali hostage victim www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22381593

As long as they don't have to throw their parrots or cutlasses in a bowl upon entering the party, I'm sure your child would be fine.

Have you asked the parents to parley to find a compromise?

But maybe your child could be made up as a parrot,and hop up on someones shoulder instead.

DS1 spent a whole day dressed as a pirate complete with eye patch and walked into stuff all day long. Maybe that’s how the Bermuda Triangle happened - all those one-eyed patch wearing pirates sailing round in circles...

dont go to Brixham 2nd May then
pissed up pirates everywhere