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To take my ill child to Disneyland Paris?

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aperolspritzbasicbitch · 12/06/2024 14:27

To be clear - this is not something I did!!!

I guess it's more of a wwyd, but I couldn't find that topic for some reason.

So, this hypothetical version of me has booked Disneyland Paris with my husband and two children. Leaving on a Saturday.
On the Friday, school call - 'can you collect child1, they aren't well'. Child is collected, and vomits! Still, this version of me and the rest of my family leave the house late that night as planned, child being sick along the way. Child continues to be sick, even once we've arrived. Regardless of this, we all continue along our merry way around the park the next day, I'm even arrogant enough to announce on social media that I've dragged child 1 round the park with a 40.2 degree temp!

Is it just me, or is this version of me an absolutely selfish prick?
I mean, surely I've got insurance?! Yes, disappointing all round to delay, but how much fun could it actually have been - especially for the poorly child.
Strangely, no one commenting on the post mentioned above has queried traipsing around a busy park with said sick child.

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LifeExperience · 12/06/2024 14:53

I think it's a cruel thing to do to a child. Who wants to vomit their way through Disneyland?

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Or, as I said in the OP, the child's temp was declared in a social media post.

Jesus, my weird writing format really has riled you up, hasn't it? Trying to pick apart everything I've said, when all the info has already been given.

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ManilowBarry · 12/06/2024 14:54
  1. Stop wasting your life thinking about situations that have not actually happened or if they did are absolutely nothing to do with you.
  1. Note to self - stop wasting my life reading about someone who is wasting their life thinking about situations that have not actually happened or if they did are absolutely nothing to do with them:
Hobnobswantshernameback · 12/06/2024 14:56

"This version of me" is a very odd way of phrasing it
not riled at all

elliejjtiny · 12/06/2024 14:56

Awful. Poor child being taken on holiday when they should have been tucked up on the sofa or in bed. Poor other people at Disney land who end up getting ill.

bluewaxcrayon · 12/06/2024 14:57

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 12/06/2024 14:54

Or, as I said in the OP, the child's temp was declared in a social media post.

Jesus, my weird writing format really has riled you up, hasn't it? Trying to pick apart everything I've said, when all the info has already been given.

why do you need to be so rude? You sound just as bad as the "hypothetical version of you".

Brownie point for not doing a reverse though.

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 12/06/2024 14:57

Sorry to those of you that didn't like that way I wrote the OP, won't happen again. I was trying to make it fit AIBU, but will word anything posted it future differently.

Thanks for the feedback.

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aperolspritzbasicbitch · 12/06/2024 15:00

@bluewaxcrayon have you read the posts from the poster that I've been responding to? They've really been like a dog with a bone.

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Hobnobswantshernameback · 12/06/2024 15:01

People have simply pointed out your confusing and quite frankly bizarre wording

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 12/06/2024 15:03

Hobnobswantshernameback · 12/06/2024 15:01

People have simply pointed out your confusing and quite frankly bizarre wording

Actually, one poster has tried to pick flaws in what I've said, as well as how I've written it.

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GalileoHumpkins · 12/06/2024 15:04

Has someone on your FB or IG posted this and you want us all to say what an arse they are? If not, why are you making stuff up to be judged over?

lateloverofcelery · 12/06/2024 15:05

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aperolspritzbasicbitch · 12/06/2024 15:05

@lateloverofcelery the majority haven't picked at what I've said as if I'm lying.

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Hobnobswantshernameback · 12/06/2024 15:06

No one has said you're lying
jesus wept
you've posted in a bizarre way
it doesn't make sense

UpUpUpU · 12/06/2024 15:06

Odd thread OP. You know it was unreasonable if whoever this is about actually did this. No need to make a weird and critic thread about it.

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TheStateOfTheArt · 12/06/2024 15:11

AIBU being its usual pile on I see.

OP, I found your post very clear. Yes, your friend on social media was unreasonable and inconsiderate spreading a vomiting illness over a theme park and dragging a small child around when ill. They are even more unreasonable to be declaring it on Facebook like it’s an achievement rather than something pretty shitty.

lateloverofcelery · 12/06/2024 15:12

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TheStateOfTheArt · 12/06/2024 15:15

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Long time user who name changes frequently, and I’ve also posted under this username before. The search function on Mumsnet is awful, so probably hasn’t shown those previous posts.

TheStateOfTheArt · 12/06/2024 15:16

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Also troll hunting and sock puppet hunting isn’t allowed, so report me if you suspect that. Don’t throw accusations around.

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