Oh bollocks. I've just signed up to a series of kids activity sessions. I'm 37 and I don't have kids

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I'm a member of a martial arts club that do adult and children's classes.

They sent an email yesterday with different summer offers.

One of their offers was six activity sessions (martial arts based sessions and more general social sessions) over July and August. The activities are: A craft afternoon, A movie evening, A sparring workshop, A small-group training session, and A trip to a local adventure playground.

I thought it looked great and so I signed up.

Then I forwarded onto a friend who pointed out that it's for children to keep them entertained over the six weeks holidays. It's not intended for 37 year-old, professional, child-free women.

In my defense (geddit) - I've done loads of non-martial arts stuff with the women's class including craft evenings, book groups, trips out etc. Plus, I kind of forget that the club does children's classes because I'm never there when the kids are going in or out. So, I'm telling myself it was an easy mistake to make.

I need to ring the club and tell them I want to cancel but I feel like such a bloody twat.

I can't lie and tell them I booked it for a child who's changed their mind. They know I don't have a child. Bollocks.

😂😂😂

One of my friends signed up to a goalkeeper class - he’s six feet five so thought he would be a natural.

he was more than three feet taller than every other person there #under8s

That's genuinely break your sides laughingly funny! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

I was 20 when this happened, but me and a friend went to her parents' timeshare once on our own, I'd never been anywhere like that before. I accidentally signed up for a children's shooting activity - (now I type that I realise the fact it was for children wasn't the only thing wrong with it). Anyway, I turned up, every one else was under 14 but because I was still quite young and gauche I didn't realise I should have made my excuses and left.

I did the whole thing then my friend came and met me and pissed herself laughing. But because it was a time share (the parents went the same week every year with many of the same people) it became a 'thing' and 15 years later her folks were still coming back saying 'oh tell Lavinia such and such were wondering how you're getting on with your target shooting.'

And I still think you should go OP!

Wondered for a moment if I knew you and you'd changed a few details... I was part of a group who did something very similar! The really embarrassing bit was the organiser explaining earnestly that although our costumes were amazing, it wasn't really fair on the kids to give us a prize... We were just dying of embarrassment.

This whole thread is adding to a general idea I had that there should be a thing like nursery school but for adults. Could possibly market it as a £££ alternative therapy or team-building type thing.😂 Bit of playing with water and sand, some good climbing frames and trips out to places. Lovely!

Nursery for adults would be fabulous! Complete with school dinners too, concrete cake if possible!

There are, or were, some soft play places aimed at teens and adults. The usual kind of stuff but scaled up. Had some massive vertical-drop slides. So yeah, I can see how you wouldn't have suspsected anything of the "adventure playground".

A friend and her sister were on a trip to New York just before Christmas. They went into Macy's to look at the Christmas displays and were wandering round pointing stuff out to each other and taking photos, when the display turned a corner and they followed it to hear a deep voice say" well you look a little bit older than my normal visitors but if you've both been good girls, feel free to sit in my lap and tell me what you want for Christmas " unknowingly they'd joined the queue for Santa. After trying to calm down after a fit of the giggles ( which Santa also had) they embraced it , sat on his lap and came away with a souvenir photo.

Definitely go 🤣🤣

I did that once as well. But fortunately realised in time!

An inflatable activity centre close to us does 'adults only evenings'. No alcohol though I don't think.
I always thought it sounded great fun!

Just say it was for your niece or nephew but you need to cancel and be super vague

This is my favourite post of the day...

You are just young at heart.

Other way round, but when I was about 13 or 14 and my siblings 12 and 6, we were in France with our parents, and Dad took us to lunch because Mum was doing something else. The waiter clearly thought I was Dad's new wife (I was already very tall) and kept addressing us with big flourishes as Monsieur, Madame and Les Enfants. Dad was flattered so didn't correct him, I was embarrassed but saw the funny side. Until he brought out ice creams on the house "pour les enfants" and I didn't get one. Oh how my siblings gloated.

Just tell them the truth ffs 😂😂 it’s an easy mistake to make and something I would definitely do 😅

Thanks everyone. I’m reading this in a hotel room and I’m howling with laughter. Am afraid someone’s going to knock on the door asking if everything is ok 🤣

this has made me laugh so much haha

That’s funny! But just tell them the truth - you misread it & didn’t realise it was for kids! They’ll probably laugh too!!

Sorry but you’ve really made me laugh! This thread has really cheered me up.

I’d own it! Be honest with them- think you’re more likely to get your own money than if you make up a fake kid 😂

Also- have always been slightly jealous of the kids club- wish adults could go to the same things!

I've also laughed out loud several times on this thread, especially at OP, the saving the family from fire creative writing exercise and the Life Skills for dogs 😂

There was a thread like this a few years ago, the OP had gone something similar. I can't remember the details.

I think the thing that gets me is the adult alternative is so much more expensive! I want to have fun inexpensively too, thanks.

I did this the other way round. Me and my husband recently attended a weekend away for over 65's. We were the youngest there by at least 20 years with the average age being around 80ish. Slopes everywhere for mobility scooters, soft food and entertainment finished by 8pm. Haven't laughed that much in forever.

Concrete cake cakes it chocolate concrete. Served with mint custard. Happy days.

This is hilarious. But also as a childfree woman I think loads of stuff that exists for kids looks mint. My niece goes to brownish and I want to go to a club and learn stuff too!