To be annoyed by this text from my sister regarding Alton Towers?

[Chocolattay]

I have no interest in the place. I have a young baby who’d come with us

That does sound a bit irritating but equally it's totally okay and up to you to say 'no', 'no, it will be too chaotic for baby' or 'no, I'm too knackered for that at the moment' or just 'no'. :-)

@grapewines

"Do you want to go to X?"

"No, not really, thanks though. Enjoy."

Done. Just use your words.

THIS!

Are you usually offended by invitations to do fun stuff?

Don't go.
Absolutely not a place to go to with a baby.

Looooong queues, fast, sometimes nauseating rides and just hopeless with a young baby.
Expensive, too.

I can't think of anything worse than a day at alton towers with a baby!

But if you want to go because you want to help out your dsis but without baby, say that. You'll come but not bringing dd.

if you don't want to go at all, just say sorry I can't come.

I hate seeing babies at places like this. Either go and someone else cares for your baby or don’t go, but I would t take a baby there.

Would not ^

Just say thanks for the offer but you’re going to pass this time.

You don’t need to get yourself worked up about it.

@LaraDeSalle why do you hate seeing babies at places like that?

Surely they don’t know any different and the fresh air and vitamin D is better than being stuck indoors most of the day.

I think you might need to post her text in order for us to fully appreciate the disingenuousness of your sister's comms strategy, OP.

If there are 6 of you going then you'll probably all use the 2 for 1 offer = £15 each and is she is paying for a meal - cheap day out for you

Your sister should have worded it better. She should have told you the children wanted to go there and she could not go alone.

You might have not minded so much ?

I think you could still have fun. I suppose it depends upon your mindset. If you are one of those glass half empty people I can see why you would not like it

Just say no thanks it’s not really your thing. Plus ists expensive if you’re not into rides.

Maybe she's phrasing it like a fun day out because she genuinely thinks it would be and that you'd enjoy it? An awful lot of people like going to Alton Towers, you make it sound like she's asked you round to clean her house for her or something.

@Chocolattay

She literally said we could take it in turns going on the rides with the boys and then one of us would stay with the pram. So it would alternate. She said “It’ll be a good break for you.”

She also has offered to buy me dinner in the restaurant though I believe I’ll have to buy my own ticket.

Sounds fun. Why annoyed?

Just say no thanks

Is it a sister dynamic thing, OP? Is she hard to say no to without drama?

I got me one of them.

Just say ‘not this time, but thanks for asking. Have a great day! xx’.

Yes it would be stressful and annoying if you had your baby with you. Completely pointless in you going as queues would be 45 mins long so it's not as if you could chat with your sister.

Don't know how old your baby is? Would you be up to going to a theme park if your partner could look after DC?

Otherwise just decline.

Id just say no thanks. Alton Towers is not a day out for a baby.

Her: ‘Hey Sis, we’re going to Alton Towers, it’s going to be a really great day out for all of us. The boys are really looking forward to hanging out with their favourite fun auntie. We can do so many rides together. Bring baby too, I’m sure the pram will be OK’.

Universal Auntie: ‘ Fuck off, I am not hanging about grounded with the short arse nephew & his mates whilst you go off on the big kid’s rides, & no you cannot dump your coats, snacks, sticky wotsits & pocket money gewgaws in the pram, specially with baby there already.

All the same, it was nice of you to think of me & baby.’

You seem very stressed, from the seemingly OTT reaction to your sisters message to getting stressed about your post.

Just be honest! I’d say “I thought you liked me 😂 that sounds like hell to me”

Just say, "No thanks". She probably means well and thinks you might feel left out if not invited; however, you have your answer.