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)

Strange?

or maybe they’ve just now got the confidence to do the things they actually WANT to do, rather than the “naice” hobbies that old fashioned thinkers like you think they “should” do.

My friends and I in our 50s love nothing more than our annual trip to a Rage Room to smash stuff. Fuck watercolours, give me a sledgehammer. It’s brilliant.

Op isn’t talking about science museums though is she? Shes talking about petting zoo’s with little rides for children little tea cups twirling, tractor and trailer rides, little sand pit areas etc.Op isn’t talking about science museums though is she? Shes talking about petting zoo’s with little rides for children little tea cups twirling, tractor and trailer rides, little sand pit areas etc

Op included zoos and farms and 'family days out'. At our local farm/zoo there's a massive zip line that you have to be an adult to use. An adult is part of a family.

love this.

Children should definitely experience theatre and art galleries! Partly so they learn how to behave in these environments but mostly so they can enjoy and experience art and music!

Maybe they would have loved some comfy, fun jammies with pictures of their favourite film stars, if they had been around.
You can’t speak for what they were really thinking, rather than how they behaved within societal constraints.
Maybe they did lots of fun stuff that you just never saw.

And once again, as it’s just not getting through, animals are NOT just for kids.

Honestly OP, you do sound so rigid and bound by some arbitrary rules that confine your life. Maybe mocking makes you feel more powerful but really, it’s just showing you can’t think for yourself.

You’re the one coming across as “sad”, not us.

As this thread is nearly full...
Quick here's a bunny.
No don't look. DON'T LOOK.
You're an adult.

A lot of students hugely miss their family dog when they leave home for the first time.

We took ours with us when we visited DC (we were staying elsewhere, checked no one had allergies when we met DC in the communal garden area outside). Practically everyone in the Student Hall tumbled out to meet and fuss over our dog - so many said they missed their dog at home! Our dog was in heaven with all the attention!

OK.. Even when I was a child in the 60s we used to go to the donkey sanctuary to stroke the donkeys. There's a working farm in Sheffield which is also an educational charity and has been going since the 70s. I used to volunteer conducting school groups, young carers and some adult groups so I got my lamb cuddling in legitimately 😆.

Hahaha brilliant!

Isn’t Henry Cavill, sex on legs, into Warhammer?

Have you been to a petting zoo recently? They can be really big without a children’s little tea cups ride in sight. If there is a children’s area, it’s not the main attraction.

Our local petting zoo has alpacas, bearded dragons, water dragons, snakes, geckos, pythons, scorpions, tarantulas, ferrets, tortoises, owls etc, as well as the usual rabbits, hamsters, pygmy goats etc.

Why should adults be denied the joys of these animals simply because you and OP resent your children having to wait?

I hope I never lost that spark of joy either.

There was zoos and stuff but I do think Farm Parks are fairly recent.

But you know what I'm missing myself at the thought of someone telling David Attenborough that animals are just for children 😂

'One rabbit? One rabbit for all these kids going in & out? Jesus Christ! How many pats can one rabbit take?' (sorry, had to be done 🤣 iykyk)

This again just shows your limited rigid thinking. A huge percentage of the population do not work a M-F, 9-5.

I’m self-employed and work mostly evenings. So what if I'm on MN during the day, during the week?

Sorry - you think art galleries & theatres are unsuitable for kids??

What about my inner child?

I will just leave this here 😆

I think she has quite a few pet peeves. Wonder if they all have to queue up and wait their turn behind whichever her favourite topic of the day is. And really, as such a mature know-it-all, she shouldn't have pet peeves. A pet sounds far too childish for her. I suspect she is simply a peevish poster.

With the voice of David Attenborough, "...as the lama looks carefully at the camera, as he considers, who is going to clap him next"

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Hahaha, I didn’t even think to make a pet peeve pun. This so why I’ll never be a comedian 🤣

Yes, she is petulantly peevish 🤣

Omg just noticed the pet pun in petulant too.

This really is the thread that keeps on giving.

They spit at people they don't like, don't they?

I didn't think lamas were like that?
Or is it a camel?

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