Loud, entitled families at the beach

[Tuxedomaddness]

Aibu to think they are so self absorbed. 5 windbreakers, take over so much space and then play loud ball games,screaching. Performative parenting at it's worst. Just so feckin rude. No wonder their kids are spoilt brats.

They're using outside voices, well, outside.

It's not your lawn, er, beach, so if you don't like it you can leave.

This. Just move elsewhere if it annoys you but families and friends playing games on the beach is what its there for.

Nah, I can beat that, last year a group of people old enough to know better rocked up, put some loud obnoxious music on then proceeded to light a bbq right next to me. It was a proper big bbq as well they dragged right down the beach, not one of those poxy trays. Until then I’d been lying there enjoying my paperback, listening to the crashing waves and the peace. A national trust beach as well, totally fucking rude imo.

Isn’t it entitled to insist you have a right to enjoy the beach the way you do, and other people don’t?

It’s life now - annoying people who think the world revolves around them who don’t give a fuck about pissing off other people. In pubs with their kids on phones full blast watching YouTube videos because they can’t be arsed to talk to them; on trains having phone conversations on speaker phone because they don’t give a shit who else has to listen to their boring conversation. This is how we live now and people on here think its ok and you are a cunt for not being happy with it.

Struggling to see what they did wrong really. Went to the beach and played ball games. Horror!

When I am busy laughing and screeching on the beach with my kids, I can't stand the po-faced, entitled moaners, clicking away on mumsnet. No wonder their kids look so miserable.

I often go to beaches in the UK. In warm weather it is often crowded on the bit of beach nearest the town but walk a few hundred yards and there is plenty of space .

That’s not performative parenting!

Beaches are usually massive. Room for all.

I’d only be annoyed if they had a dog running round.

There's no requirement to be quiet at the beach

Beaches great for people watching! But I don't get why people squash in so close to others sometimes. One family spread out practically on our towels with large picnic, unfortunately our ddog leant over and ate one of their sandwiches!(on lead) Apologised much - helped them move a bit. 😀

Did you expect a free day out at the beach to be quiet on a sunny bank holiday? Perhaps have your next day out at the library, much quieter.

this is a joke post surely....youre obviously doing this to get people riled up...(watching with interest)

Why shouldn't she winge if it was bloody annoying.

But if we have set up and there is a huge amount of space nearby, why come next to us? Move away.

Quiet peaceful people don't infringe on other people, noisy and inconsiderate people do.

This is why the beach on a bank holiday is the last place i’d be. So many beautiful sunny weekends to go in the year (even in Winter) and so many beautiful places to go in the countryside, lakes, country parks etc on bank holiday.

Yes it is inconsiderate to constantly shout loud on the beach when its a busy day, but i’d expect that behaviour on a bank holiday.

Same people that have to park next to you in a pretty much empty car park.

Exactly. Why do it?

I genuinely think they feel worried about parking in a space with no one around them. Whereas im happy parking the most quiet end of a car park to not have car doors slammed into my car. It is wierd behaviour, must be some explanation for it.

There are people (plenty of them) who lack any concept of awareness of personal space. When I go to the beach (not on a bank holiday), I make sure I pick a spot away from everyone as much as possible and I especially wouldn’t pick a spot next to a couple quietly sunbathing with my kids. I know that’s not possible on a bank holiday so OP should have expected the behaviour she’s complaining about.

Go to the beach in 2 weeks time, less holidaymakers, not a bank holiday, less traffic and hopefully nice June weather and it will be so much nicer.

Micky Flannigan had it nailed when he referred to families like this as "cunt families"

Dogs and boomboxes have no place on the beach. There are now beaches near where I live where dogs are banned. I have hope on the boomboxes.

Nailed it.

It’s so true. It’s actually not a class thing it’s a type. Remember years ago at a picnic spot by a waterfall. Maybe 5 ish families. Playing chatting normally, Then one hell family arrived. All of them loud shouting screeching drama dog urgh. I watched the normal families gradually all leave.