Adults at petting zoos/farms/kids days out

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Has anyone else noticed a massive uptick in grown adults (many in late teens and 20s) going on days out aimed at kids/young families? I’m finding it increasingly irritating - small children having to queue behind grown adults to stroke rabbits or see tanks of fish.

(Exception where there is clearly a disability at play)

Honestly I hadn’t noticed, but I guess they have paid and if they want to. Many people I guess can’t have pets due to cost but get a lot from stroking them. Quite sweet really.

(Exception where there is clearly a disability at play)

What about people with invisible disabilities? Should they just stay home? YABVVU.

I take note of your advice about the roundabout😁

My neck/shoulders are bad due to picking 4 year old DGC out of those swing (banana?) boats at the zoo. Won't be doing that again - she'll have to wait for her mom to get her out next time

I don't really care about other people's kid's to be fair (and most people If they are actually honest about it will say the same)
If me petting a guinea pig means some random child i don't know misses out, that's not really going to bother me.
I care about me and mine first and foremost. If you tell me you are more concerned about others you're a doormat, stupid, or lying

That selfish me-me-me attitude is part of the reason that society is breaking down.

If the little punks are allowed to scream around the place around ruining pubs, theatres and museums for me, then I'm allowed to stuff up BunnyRubbers Farm for them...

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On the contrary, there are loads of annoying kids in the way when I’m trying to pet goats. Wish they’d clear off.

Lets see how many petting farms still exist when all the adults stop going and paying all year round...

Instead of taking the kiddos to a petting zoo, you can spend an afternoon explaining why farms that don't make money, cease to exist.

😂 BunnyRubbers Farm made me howl!

Good point! I'm not saying I don't care about anyone else, or anyone else's children (even though others have the right to feel that way,) but it's batshit to say that adults going into these little farms and petting zoos are somehow depriving children of their experience. They're so totally not!

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I went to a safari park once where there was a school trip group feeding the penguins. I went over to the lady holding the cups of fish and asked nicely if i could have one and she let me. Grown ups like to feed penguins too.

Cuddling with cute baby animals sounds like an excellent way of improving the mental health of stressed out adults. It should be encouraged. Possibly even made available on the NHS, as probably more effective than some therapies.

I think this C.S. Lewis quote belongs here.

"Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."

Your loss! I did the teacup ride at 42 for the first time 🤷🏻‍♀️

Maybe the small child could pay their own way to the experience then 😂

The small farm near me specifically offers some activities aimed at older children/teens/adults!

Aside from anything else, try to apply some critical thinking and perhaps have a bit of empathy. Not all adults had the privilege of doing “childish things” when they were children. For your children’s sake try to be less judgey and focus on being a fun parent.

A great quote from the author of my favourite children’s books, which I reread as an adult.

@ExtraHotDoubleShot I'm quite amazed about about how many adults who want to be kids again here. When I've gone to pet zoos with my children I haven't seen many adults and teens around tbh except parents like me standing around and just waiting for it to be over😅. But ofcourse they exist just like adults loving Disneyland. If I go there it's really out of love for my children but one dc friend mum actually forces her now teen dc to go with her. They still haven't dared to tell their mum they no longer believe in Father Christmas. Poor kid.

The poster will not be persuaded. She has a fixed belief that she is right. Let's draw a line here and she can waste her time not queueing to stroke a rabbit/lamb/alpaca ......(other petting animals are available).

Honesty at last 😂

This thread has not disappointed overnight! But think it’s time to wrap it up before someone has an aneurysm…

Thanks everyone - time for work now - someone’s got to pay for all those farm admissions you need!

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Lots can’t have pets, so enjoy doing this, odd in your attitude

I don't agree with the OP but that's a horrible attitude.

If you start a thread you don't get to tell other people when it's time to wrap it up

Wonderful ❤