When we become parents, we don't want to lose the parts of ourselves that existed before we had children. But sometimes, children just don't fit into our pre-kid activities. One mom sparked a debate about what's appropriate for babies and parents by calling out the rudeness she encountered when she took her 10-month-old baby to a rave.
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"Just a little reminder, if you ever go to a show and see a child or a baby there, I don’t care how lost you are, have some respect," the mom's social media post, shared in the Reddit group r/OhNoConsequences read.
She went on to explain that she and her husband had taken their infant to a Zed’s Dead concert in Spokane, Washington, at The Knitting Factory.
The mom explained that she was unable to find a babysitter, and they had already bought the tickets, so instead of canceling, they simply took the baby along. She then went on to complain about people bumping into her and her baby, and spilling drinks on her.
"It’s not that hard to have fun and still be considerate of each other," she wrote. "That’s what this community should be about. Not getting so messed up that you become completely unaware of yourself and your surroundings."
She explained that she had taken her son to a different rave when he was 4 months old, and it all went well. Obviously she didn't take into account that not every experience is the same. "This just goes to show that if you do bring your baby to an all-ages show, it can work out completely fine," she reasoned.
But people weren't having it.
While the Reddit post didn't share people's responses to her, based on her further comments, people were dragging her for bringing her baby to a rave and then complaining.
"I sincerely do not understand why anyone would think it’s appropriate to bring a child to a rave and then be shocked when people are outraged. That poor kid," one person said.
"Sometimes you have no other choice. Umm the other choice is not to go and sell your tickets or give them away or not buy them at all," another added.
"You've got to be really short on perspective-taking abilities to think it's ok to take a 10-month-old to a rave," someone else said.
