Woman sparks walk-out at kids' party over behaviour of birthday boy's mother

16.11.2022 - 02:09 / dailyrecord.co.uk

A mum has taken to the internet to fume about an experience at a three-year-old's birthday party.

The woman was taking her child to the party but had to leave as she was getting annoyed by the birthday boy's mother who was obsessed with taking pictures. The woman said that the children were not able to enjoy themselves as they were constantly being photographed.

After getting up and leaving, the woman claimed that others followed suit, sparking a mass walk out as other parents were also irked by this party being used as an Instagram opportunity.

As reported by the Mirror, the mum took to Reddit. She wrote: "We had to follow the itinerary we didn't realise we had. The kids had two group rides, which always came with a photoshoot before each ride.

"Then they were free to play for just another five to 10 minutes before they had to go for another photoshoot with the cake. Then the parents had to take photos.

"Then we had the cake cutting and another round of photos, before food was served." Knowing her daughter wasn't hungry enough for food, she attempted to sneak her out the backdoor to avoid her having a "breakdown" in the middle of the party.

"My daughter didn’t want to eat and I could see she was losing it," she added.

"Especially, since it was a spread of beautifully decorated desserts that weren't offered to anyone at all, so I wouldn’t let her touch them.

"But my daughter leaving triggered her two friends asking to leave, which triggered even more kids demanding to leave. The party ended up getting cut short by 30 minutes.

"The mum is obviously annoyed with me, and I agree I did ruin the party and I knew if my daughter leaves, there’s a chance I'd trigger that snowball effect.

"I believe it's important not to expect