DH and I went to our town's Oktoberfest event today. It's basically a beer garden, with food, held in the local minor league baseball stadium.
There are four levels of tickets: Beer-only, wine-only, beer and wine, and DD. The DD people get a special wristband and a free T-shirt.
This is a drinking event, y'all. 100+ craft brews, a dozen or more local wineries, and food. This is a drinking event.
I was shocked and appalled at the number of infants/babies/small children I saw at this event today. First of all, we live in central Pennsylvania and it was chilly and blustery today, so NO ONE should have had babies out unnecessarily. Second of ll, IT WAS A DRINKING EVENT.
So, we're standing in line, and a group of 20-something guys near us are getting a big rowdy. Nothing out of hand, just a lot of swearing and sexual jokes and whatever.
This mom of a young child was nearby and she overheard and huffed, loudly enough for us and the rowdy group to overhear, "I wish SOME PEOPLE would mind their language in front of SMALL CHILDREN."
I said, equally loudly, "I wish SOME PEOPLE would realise not all events are CHILD-FRIENDLY and stay the hell home." She shot me a dirty look and stormed off, dragging the toddler with her. DH and our friend burst out laughing. The rowdy guys cheered me on.
Maybe I should have been nicer, but DAMN -- this is a freaking DRINKING EVENT. Why the eff would you bring your kids??
(The question is rhetorical. The answer, as I perfectly well know, is because the helicopter parents can't bear to be separated from their speshul snowflakes for an afternoon but also can't understand why they have to change their lifestyles now that they've had kids.)
I'm gonna go with 'not my circus, not my monkeys.'