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AIBU?

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Original poster

I really don't care about your baby.

153 replies

50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:47

I'm in a taproom with a friend.

A couple arrived with their 32 day old baby. And 2 flights of beer.

They're talking very loudly about how baby is/isn't. They've already pulled 2 other tables into the conversation about their baby and feeding/sleeping/clothing/nappies.

My babies are adults. Friends babies are adults.

I know I wasn't this insufferable when mine were little. Friend says she wasn't either.

We both know we didn't go out drinking when baby was 32 days old.

Babies are really precious creatures. But only to their parents/family. Most people don't want to get drawn into a conversation about a strangers baby.

In essence, stop talking so loudly about your baby. The rest of us really don't care.

AIBU?

OP posts:
MyMilchick · 09/04/2026 16:49

what's a taproom? And what is two flights of beer?

FeliciaFancybottom · 09/04/2026 16:50

What's a flight of beer?

Original poster
50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:52

This is 1 flight of beer.

3 x a third of a pint.

Normally found in craft beer taprooms.

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VillageMilton · 09/04/2026 16:52

You need to drink more beer. Drink until they find you annoying.

Bluddyellfire · 09/04/2026 16:53

VillageMilton · 09/04/2026 16:52

You need to drink more beer. Drink until they find you annoying.

Now there's a solution, I like that one 🤣

Original poster
50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:53

50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:52

This is 1 flight of beer.

3 x a third of a pint.

Normally found in craft beer taprooms.

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I really don't care about your baby.
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marcyhermit · 09/04/2026 16:53

Are you at the pub?

Can you not just move tables if you don't want to sit near the baby?

AnOldCynic · 09/04/2026 16:54

I third that.

see what I did there…

Original poster
50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:54

Bluddyellfire · 09/04/2026 16:53

Now there's a solution, I like that one 🤣

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Me too!

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MyMilchick · 09/04/2026 16:54

50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:52

This is 1 flight of beer.

3 x a third of a pint.

Normally found in craft beer taprooms.

ah gotcha, thanks

Tillow4ever · 09/04/2026 16:54

I bet you were both more insufferable than you remember. I don’t think I know a single person who didn’t go on about their baby a bit too much. I was always happy to hear it though, even a strangers baby.

If the other tables didn’t want to know, they’d have made an excuse or not joined them.

I too wouldn’t have been drinking at that stage BUT you don’t know what’s going on with them, so they may have a reason.

newornotnew · 09/04/2026 16:54

I don't think talking about a baby is inherently more boring than talking about sport/work/music/gardening/holidays, people can go on about anything!

BillieWiper · 09/04/2026 16:55

You don't mention the baby itself making too much noise, crying, causing a nuisance.

So presumably these two would've been whittering on about the baby regardless of whether it was with them or not.

Or someone could be talking equally loudly about their holiday, their relationship etc.

They are just annoying. The baby itself doesn't seem to be the actual problem.

Rileysp · 09/04/2026 16:55

Erm…

I think you’re being a little harsh. They just seem to be making conversation

user976532456 · 09/04/2026 16:56

newornotnew · 09/04/2026 16:54

I don't think talking about a baby is inherently more boring than talking about sport/work/music/gardening/holidays, people can go on about anything!

Exactly. Either you're loud and boring or you're not. Someone who's loud and boring about their baby is likely to be loud and boring about having just attended a swingers convention on Mars.

marcyhermit · 09/04/2026 16:56

4.45pm on a Thursday and you're in the pub chugging beers in 3s 😂

Your friend must be really dull if you're having to post on mumsnet!

Original poster
50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:56

BillieWiper · 09/04/2026 16:55

You don't mention the baby itself making too much noise, crying, causing a nuisance.

So presumably these two would've been whittering on about the baby regardless of whether it was with them or not.

Or someone could be talking equally loudly about their holiday, their relationship etc.

They are just annoying. The baby itself doesn't seem to be the actual problem.

Baby is being a baby. A bit of crying.

They're being themselves, which really isn't a problem.

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Original poster
50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:56

marcyhermit · 09/04/2026 16:56

4.45pm on a Thursday and you're in the pub chugging beers in 3s 😂

Your friend must be really dull if you're having to post on mumsnet!

Toilet!

And teachers on school holidays.

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Everlil · 09/04/2026 16:58

Maybe the other tables wanted to speak to them? Being friendly isn’t a crime. Neither is going to the pub with a baby, although I went to the pub when our baby was 5 days old, so might not be the best judge. I find baby talk boring, but I also find a lot of other things boring. You don’t have to join in, just talk to your friend, unless you and friend are boring each other and you have to eavesdrop other people’s conversations?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 09/04/2026 16:58

Well, I wouldn't have ever done that.

But honestly? I like babies. All babies. Even other people's babies. And I like to see parents who are clearly besotted with their babies. Even if they talk about them too much.

There are some babies whose parents don't give a shit. Those are the ones that worry me. Not a couple who are just a little bit full of it.

Caveat: I assume that they weren't both drunk in charge of the baby?

Original poster
50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:58

They're now videocalling Nanny. Loudly.

Lord help me!

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Allswellthatendswelll · 09/04/2026 16:59

A flight of beer is hardly "going out drinking" is it. We took DD to the pub for one drink lots when she was tiny and DH was on pat leave. I look back on it fondly.

People were always starting conversations about her with us. Lots of people like chatting about babies. You could have just moved.

BillieWiper · 09/04/2026 16:59

50nifty · 09/04/2026 16:56

Baby is being a baby. A bit of crying.

They're being themselves, which really isn't a problem.

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Fair enough. If it isn't a problem then why write about it? It's their fault, not the baby's if they annoy people.

Bloodycrossstitch · 09/04/2026 16:59

I think anywhere that serves beer by the flight is likely to attract insufferable types

MarxistMags · 09/04/2026 16:59

I know my maths is bad but Have I gone mad, or is 3 x 1/3 of beer not 1 pint. ? 😜