I love Cheshire Oaks and I wish I could go in the play area cause it looks so much funMe and my husband do the same! We are members, it’s a lovely place for a walk & a picnic and then we sometimes go to Cheshire oaks after for a meal!
We’ve been slagged off loads for it. I don’t think kids appreciate zoos personally!
I think it should be treated as a privilege.Random q... But do you think having children is a privilege or a right...?
For a few years now I've been going to a safari park (like Longleat) for my birthday with my Dad, and I've been told by numerous people that it's "weird" because it's "for kids"
Exactly this! The majority of the kids we see when we go to Chester zoo are whining that they are bored, they just don’t appreciate anything. I’m happy to see the animals asleep, but these kids want to see performing monkeys! I wish they did adults only days!Last time I went to the zoo with my niece and nephew, they just wanted their tablets the whole time!
Me too! They had nothing like that when I was a kid!I love Cheshire Oaks and I wish I could go in the play area cause it looks so much fun
I think privilege is an interesting term but I certainly do not think it is a right.Random q... But do you think having children is a privilege or a right...?
This might be an unpopular opinion as I know some men can be the worst. But I also have always had great male friends and I honestly feel sorry for men sometimes. I think they get a raw deal. By design women seem to flip a switch and become a different person when they have kids in every way possible. I see it with my own friends and it’s near impossible to maintain any relationship with them and definitely not how it was before. It’s like I don’t even know them, even after 30 years of friendshipShe has two others as well, the eldest is eight and she and her husband have been in separate beds since the eldest one was born as she had them all in bed with her due to breastfeeding and her husband ended up in the spare room.
More than once I’ve been asked what me and my husband talk about because we haven’t got children, which was very telling when the people asking had spent years/months complaining about the state of their relationships!This might be an unpopular opinion as I know some men can be the worst. But I also have always had great male friends and I honestly feel sorry for men sometimes. I think they get a raw deal. By design women seem to flip a switch and become a different person when they have kids in every way possible. I see it with my own friends and it’s near impossible to maintain any relationship with them and definitely not how it was before. It’s like I don’t even know them, even after 30 years of friendshipSo I can’t imagine what it’d be like to be married or in a relationship with them. As they are obsessed with their kids either in a positive way or a negative way that day. Like “oh love them so much” or “toddler xyz was so awful today, he’s being an asshole”. It’s their whole personality now. I have one friend who now only wears tops that consist of things like “boy mama” lol (wtf even is that???). This is also on her bio on social media…no mention of the husband. It’s like men just get pushed out overnight and they’re useless and redundant until they want another baby. I wouldn’t ever want to lose the bond/life I have with my husband but all my friends honestly don’t seem to care because they have their babies instead
Fuck that, I wouldn't pay for someone else's kids. If I were going on holiday with them and told them they had to pay part of my cat's kennel stay, would they? DoubtfulThere’s a very interesting thread on mumsnet at the moment. Op (no kids) is going on holiday with two sets of family who both have kids and wants to discuss how to split accommodation and is being told it’s expensive raising kids so to just pay more than her share and to be kind and to just pay a third because the five children are her nieces and nephews.
This is one reason some relationships (friends and family) can lessen when one party has children, they have high expectations of childfree/childless people.
For all we know OP is struggling and the other two parts of the family are millionaires but OP is supposed to ‘be kind’ because having children costs money.
That outdoor play area totally ruins the outdoor seating at Mowgli!!I love Cheshire Oaks and I wish I could go in the play area cause it looks so much fun
This is insane, OP didn't ask them to bring children into this world, why should they pay for them? If the parents can't afford the holiday without someone random paying their stay, they shouldn't be going on that holiday. (Or have a bunch of kids that they can't afford/don't want to spend money on in the first place.) Shocking request, I'd just refuse to go tbh.There’s a very interesting thread on mumsnet at the moment. Op (no kids) is going on holiday with two sets of family who both have kids and wants to discuss how to split accommodation and is being told it’s expensive raising kids so to just pay more than her share and to be kind and to just pay a third because the five children are her nieces and nephews.
This is one reason some relationships (friends and family) can lessen when one party has children, they have high expectations of childfree/childless people.
For all we know OP is struggling and the other two parts of the family are millionaires but OP is supposed to ‘be kind’ because having children costs money.
kids 100% don’t appreciate zoos. They only seem to enjoy the playgrounds that are there usually. I often see parents desperately pointing out the animals to bored children who I guess aren’t used to seeing animals just acting normal and not dancing around I guess.Me and my husband do the same! We are members, it’s a lovely place for a walk & a picnic and then we sometimes go to Cheshire oaks after for a meal!
We’ve been slagged off loads for it. I don’t think kids appreciate zoos personally!
Hahaha well I guess this answers my question aboveThere is a farm place near me which has banned adults going by themselves incase they are paedos
oh IV had that they wanted a massive villa but it would be split between the couples.. kids wernt counted. nearing the time a message came in saying X amount beds in bedrooms rest are pull out couches around the villa .. A decision was then made that kids got the real beds in bedrooms and adults would take whatever couc was free as we'd be up later.There’s a very interesting thread on mumsnet at the moment. Op (no kids) is going on holiday with two sets of family who both have kids and wants to discuss how to split accommodation and is being told it’s expensive raising kids so to just pay more than her share and to be kind and to just pay a third because the five children are her nieces and nephews.
This is one reason some relationships (friends and family) can lessen when one party has children, they have high expectations of childfree/childless people.
For all we know OP is struggling and the other two parts of the family are millionaires but OP is supposed to ‘be kind’ because having children costs money.
I love zoos too! My favourite at the moment is Yorkshire Wildlife Park. I think you need a lot of patience with zoos as animals are boring 99% of the time and just sleep or sit there. But if you wait long enough, you see them do amazing things, which of course, the kids miss as they're too impatient to get to the playground.kids 100% don’t appreciate zoos. They only seem to enjoy the playgrounds that are there usually. I often see parents desperately pointing out the animals to bored children who I guess aren’t used to seeing animals just acting normal and not dancing around I guess.
I do love a zoo though, my only issue is that I can never really find people to go to zoos with, is it weird to go on your own?
Hahaha well I guess this answers my question above
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