AIBU to have put a tent up in the garden just because I WANT TO?

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I am bored out of my fucking skull (on the shielding list plus nocturnal teenagers and cats who aren't about in daylight to provide company and entertainment for me, the selfish little fuckers )

It's warm and sunny here. AIBU to have erected a tent in my garden (not one of my big ones, just a little four person one, no separate bedroom pods). It has fairy lights, a big shaggy rug and beanbag chairs etc. I can drag an extension cord out too.

My reasoning is that my DCs who share a room and moan about it, can use it as an extra bedroom, or they can just chill out in it in the day. It can be a change of scenery for me. Plus I just fucking love tents

But this morning I saw my neighbour (big garden, so tent not blocking their light or anything) look at it and laugh while exchanging a comment with their DS.

That's OK. They don't feel the tent love, fair enough although wrong. I know MN loves a tent thread, AIBU to have my tent up?

(DH has "helpfully" suggested I live in it in my own for 12 weeks as an isolation pod . He also doesn't like tents but I love him so much I married him anyway )

God I would love a trailer tent

@succulento we have had a few pop ups over the years, the very cheap ones don't last (they're great to put up but fuckers to put down and like to break at that point IME) but decent ones are good, we had a Coleman that we got a lot of use out of.

I'm sure you're all on the edge of your seats for a tent update here The tent is still up and I did have my morning coffee in it in the rain the other day Luckily I am extremely short so I can sit on a normal folding chair (I can't get up unaided from a beanbag!) in my tent and still my head doesn't reach the top of the tent

I still can't find my waterproofing stuff so put a tarp over it at night before we go to bed. I may or may not say that I am "tucking it in"

Having followed this, I have purchased a teepee tent.